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 […]