Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work during shutdown

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown. 

“If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work … they’re the problem children,” Duffy said, according to CNN. 

“We need more controllers, but we need the best and the brightest, the dedicated controllers, and if we have some on our staff that aren’t dedicated like we need, we’re...