The Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit’s “crash axe” in the assault and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national. The co-pilot attempted to “take control of the aircraft” and carry out a “terrorist act,” UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al […]
President Donald Trump published Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AK) personal cellphone number in a Truth Social post, urging people to call Cotton to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. The act, which would end daylight saving time, passed the House in July. The bill is currently held up in the Senate, with Cotton opposing the measure. NINETEEN […]
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico journalists’ access to the White House, arguing that access to the White House is a privilege, not a constitutional right. The filing comes after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, temporarily blocked the […]
Recent polling shows Democrats making gains in several states President Donald Trump carried comfortably in 2024, tightening the party’s path to potentially reclaiming the Senate as the midterm elections approach. A New York Times/Siena College poll of five states — Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas — found Democratic Senate candidates tied or ahead in […]
The November 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 27 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon made a splash in early September for resigning and claiming artificial intelligence could one day kill humanity. One American anti-capitalist group was especially happy to see it. “They know that they’re in way over their head and that they need international outrage, which I see happening, about the runaway AI […]
Niigata is not Japan’s most prominent prefecture, but there are a handful of areas in which it stands out. Snowboarders and skiing enthusiasts from around the world travel there for the pillowy snow on its mountains. Its rice is considered some of the best in the country, and that fact contributes to its status as […]
President Donald Trump has spent much of his political career blaming the media when voters sour on him. But with Republicans facing a difficult final month before the midterm elections, Trump is increasingly acknowledging a problem inside his own operation: He and his administration have failed to sell their record, even as the White House […]
When Kevin Warsh was sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he touted a planned policy regime change for America’s central bank and pledged not to repeat past mistakes. Four months-plus into his tenure, Warsh finds himself in the same boat as his predecessor: sticky inflation and the need for higher interest rates. Warsh […]
Big Oil’s long-running alliance with the Republican Party faces a major roadblock as more GOP candidates, and President Donald Trump himself, back a temporary ban on diesel exports. The rift, driven by the war in Iran and Ukrainian strikes on refineries in Russia, broke into public view recently when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the president […]
