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President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx for the job of Transportation Secretary today, a White House official told CNN.

Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has stopped funding the charter school operator United Neighborhood Organization as a result of insider deals the state says breached the terms of a $98 million state grant, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation late last night to end air traffic controller furloughs that the Federal Aviation Administration began Sunday due to the federal sequestration, which caused delays and headaches for travelers at O'Hare International, Midway and airports across the country.