{
  "id": 20202989,
  "title": "Sean Duffy Wants You to Know That This Wasn’t Sean Duffy’s Fault",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/sean-duffy-wants-you-to-know-that-this-wasnt-sean-duffys-fault",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-15T17:16:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/sean-duffy-faa-ground-stop/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Secretary Sean Duffy of President Donald Trump's Department of Transportation insisted that the nationwide ground stop, which stranded thousands of airline travelers with delayed or canceled flights, was not his fault. Instead, he blamed previous presidential administrations and Congress. During an NBC News interview, Duffy stated, \"It happened on my watch, but we have to be clear: I am moving at an incredible speed that no one has done at the Federal Aviation Administration or DOT in decades. And I’m proud of the work we’re doing, the attention we’re bringing to this issue.\" However, he would not apologize for the situation, asserting that it was the result of \"30 years of a lack of investment\" from prior administrations. In 2025, lawmakers had allocated $12.5 billion for FAA modernization, but Duffy emphasized that this was not his responsibility.",
  "summary": "On Sunday, the head of President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation refused to apologize for the nationwide ground stop that stranded hundreds of thousands of airline travelers with delayed or canceled flights. Instead, Secretary Sean Duffy is blaming previous presidential administrations and Congress. “It happened on my watch, but we have to be clear: I […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}