Boeing has paid $160 million to Alaska Airlines to compensate for profits lost in the grounding of the 737 Max 9 planes following the January panel blowout on the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines jet. The airline’s parent company, Alaska Air Group, said Thursday in a statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that […]
A Florida federal judge denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to dismiss his classified documents case on the grounds that his actions were permitted under the Presidential Records Act. Trump’s attorneys had moved to dismiss the case on those grounds, writing in a February filing that the PRA granted “unreviewable discretion on President […]
A Mexican drug cartel not only forced vendors to buy chicken at wildly inflated prices, but it also sold them chicken “not fit for human consumption,” investigators concluded this week. Prosecutors in the State of Mexico this week concluded a monthslong investigation that found the hyperviolent Familia Michoacana cartel had been forcing small stores and market vendors […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken aired a public threat to withdraw American support for Israel unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complies with U.S. demands for “a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps” to mitigate humanitarian suffering and civilian casualties. “If we don’t see the changes that we need to see, there’ll be changes […]
Former President Bill Clinton is set to release a new memoir on the more than 20 years since he was in office. In a statement, Clinton described Citizen: My Life After the White House as “the story of my 23-plus years since leaving the White House, told largely through the stories of other people who […]
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sidestepped Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) calls for a unified party and instead endorsed Rep. Tony Gonzales’s (R-TX) challenger, a sign that GOP infighting is not stopping as the 2024 elections approach. Good endorsed Brandon Herrera, a gun rights activist and social media influencer, who is heading to a […]
No Labels will no longer pursue a third-party presidential ticket, ending a monthslong effort to gain ballot access across all 50 states that garnered criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. “Americans remain more open to an independent presidential run and hungrier for unifying national leadership than ever before,” the group said in a statement. “But […]
Former President Donald Trump is still leading in the polls, raising fresh questions about whether the problem is with the polling or President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Biden’s team initially suggested that recent polling has been at odds with the election results, which often seen Democrats beat expectations — and often Republicans. But their stepped up […]
California‘s increased minimum wage for fast-food workers at companies with more than 60 locations is causing various downstream concerns, one of which is labor competition with schools. The new $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect on Monday and raises the floor for wages up $4 per hour from the regular $16 minimum […]
EXCLUSIVE — A legal group headed by ex-Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller accused the Defense Department on Thursday of failing to answer a request for an Obama-era memo that may reveal pertinent information surrounding the 45th president’s classified documents indictment. America First Legal in January filed a Freedom of Information Act request to compel the […]
