At a House Appropriations Committee meeting yesterday regarding the Department of Transportation’s fiscal budget for 2026, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) referenced Duffy’s comments. She suggested that Duffy “diverted [his] wife from Newark airport to LaGuardia out of a sense of security.”

The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a reduction of traffic at the airport for the “next several weeks,” insisting that it’s safe to fly out of New Jersey’s busiest airport, despite it using an “old” system, which he previously described as being run on “copper wire and floppy disks.”

A staffing shortage, runway construction and deferred maintenance to crucial air traffic technology have made Newark Airport a national laughingstock.

Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport for the "next several weeks."

A meeting to discuss reducing the number of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport is set to continue Friday.

Yes, President Trump and Elon Musk and DOGE aren’t doing travelers any favors, but a scarcity of air-traffic controllers has existed for years. Newark airport has become ground zero for the issue through a confluence of events — events that haven’t actually happened at Newark airport.