A critical hotline linking air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport with the Pentagon has been out of service since March 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed on Wednesday. Deputy FAA Air Traffic Control chief Franklin McIntosh told senators at a Commerce Committee hearing that the problem was only uncovered after air traffic controllers at […]
The Taliban-controlled government of Afghanistan opened a “dialogue” with the United States as Congress voiced concern about the safety of Afghan refugees returning to their home country. On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the revocation of temporary protected status for roughly 11,700 Afghan migrants in the U.S., putting them at risk of deportation. […]
Republicans’ battle over deductions for state and local taxes persists as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks to compromise with blue-state GOP lawmakers as the budget megabill cycles through committees. Though the Ways and Means Committee passed its tax legislation out of committee on Wednesday, it did so without a decision on SALT. Several blue-state Republicans […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem repeatedly refused to answer on Wednesday whether a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which was used by President Donald Trump to claim Abrego Garcia was a member of the MS-13 gang, was doctored. Noem and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) got into a heated exchange about the picture during her testimony […]
As controversy continues to surround President Donald Trump‘s acceptance of a $400 million plane from Qatar, he touted another aviation deal with the Middle Eastern nation on Wednesday. Trump said during a signing ceremony that state-run Qatar Airways will buy 160 planes from Boeing, a U.S. manufacturer. According to the president, the contract is valued […]
(The Center Square) — A lawsuit by the city of Boulder that seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their purported role in climate change will continue in a lower district court. The Colorado Supreme Court said in a ruling Monday that federal law doesn’t preempt the city’s claims in the lawsuit, so the case will continue […]
The number of people practicing the Catholic faith in the United States has grown over the last decade. The concentration of Catholics has also shifted. The Northeast and Midwest were once the center of the Catholic faith in the U.S., but the share of Catholic churches and congregations there decreased from 2010 to 2020. Meanwhile, […]
The Democratic National Committee is planning to troll President Donald Trump by flying a “Qatar-a-lago” banner near his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, while he is in the Middle East. Trump is in Qatar on Wednesday after visiting Saudi Arabia and before heading to the United Arab Emirates. However, his trip has been overshadowed by questions surrounding Qatar’s […]
President Donald Trump was given a red Cybertruck motorcade on his way to Doha, Qatar. As part of his second international trip during his second term as president, Trump traveled to Qatar after a stop in Saudi Arabia. Doha sought to make a positive impression, tapping into its alliance with Tesla CEO Elon Musk by […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested President Donald Trump has a deeper motive in receiving a luxury jet from Qatar. He is trying to get Boeing to expedite an aircraft to replace Air Force One. Trump has pushed back against criticism over his openness to accepting a Qatari jet, suggesting that it was “a very […]
