The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a close call incident between two passenger planes at John F. Kennedy International (JFK) Airport in New York on Friday, the transportation agency announced. A departing Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 flight started to take off from a JFK runway but was forced to stop its takeoff midway...
Legislation can be head-scratching. So can the names of legislation. In the hopes of winning attention for their bills, lawmakers often report to the use of what they hope will be seen as a clever acronym. An example would be the introduction of the SANTOS Act this week. Introduced by two Democrats,...
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Senate will work to overcome partisan gridlock and confirm a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator to lead the agency after the FAA temporary grounded all domestic flights due to a system outage last week. "It’s time to clear the runway for President Biden’s choice for FAA Administrator, Phil...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said President Biden has a “political problem” on his hands as he questioned the administration’s decision to not tell the public about the discovery of the president’s classified documents when it occurred in November. “Why did they wait to tell us?” Christie, a former GOP presidential candidate and...
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said on Sunday that he would be cheering on his team in their wild-card playoff game against the Miami Dolphins from his home as he recovers after going into cardiac arrest on the field earlier this month. "My heart is with my guys as they compete today!" Hamlin said in...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) was noncommittal on how he plans to vote in possible impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying on Sunday that he will “see where the hearings take us.” “If the hearings take us down that line (of voting for his impeachment), then hearings take us down...
President Biden on Sunday reiterated that the U.S. is at a crucial “inflection point” in the fight for democracy while speaking in the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached to mark what would have been the late civil rights activist’s 94th birthday. “I stand here at a critical juncture for the United...
Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said the discovery of classified documents in President Biden's Delaware residence and an old office is a "gift" for former President Trump. "It basically ... is a huge gift to Trump," Axelrod told Reuters in an article published Saturday. Axelrod added that the discovery of classified documents is an "embarrassment"...
Republican lawmakers on Sunday accused authorities of “hypocrisy” when it came to the handling of classified documents by President Biden and former President Trump after leaving office. While some lawmakers acknowledged there was enough blame to go around on both sides of the matter, others who took to the Sunday political show circuit withheld criticism...
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is pressing the White House to release the visitor log for President Biden’s Delaware residence, as Republicans ratchet up their probe into the recent discovery of Obama-era classified documents from Biden's time as vice president. “Given the serious national security implications, the White House must provide the Wilmington residence’s visitor log,”...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) during an interview on Sunday did not say whether she has spoken to former President Trump about his 2024 White House campaign or whether she would endorse him. "My focus right now has been on 2022, winning the election in November, preparing through transition and getting ready to take...
An onslaught of severe storms since just after Christmas has savaged parts of California, with at least 19 storm-related deaths reported along with tens of thousands of customers left without electricity. The area has been battered by a string of atmospheric rivers, with heavy rain expected to continue through early next week. In response to...
Before California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has even announced her retirement from public office, two prominent progressives have already made plans to run for her likely-to-be-vacant seat. A battle of liberal evolution is unfolding as newer talent and the established guard on the left vie for the same spot, tempted by the chance to move...
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Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) said on Sunday that the notion that President Biden did not realize he had classified documents in his possession was “nonsense” because of the classified markings and red cover sheet that accompany such material. “Every one of these documents, they have a cover sheet that’s red,” Stewart, a member of the...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday cast both President Biden and former President Trump as wrong in their handling of classified documents after leaving office following news of the discovery of materials belonging to Biden were made public this week. “I think there’s blame to go around to both sides of this,” Bacon said. “And...
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Sunday said the key question for the special counsel looking at the classified Obama-era documents found at President Biden's home and former office is whether Biden was aware that the materials were kept past his tenure as vice president. "The key question, the threshold question here is going to be:...
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Sunday sidestepped a question on whether Democrats should support a reelection bid from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), who announced last month that she was leaving the Democratic Party to register as an Independent. "We’ll see going down the road how all of this plays out. I think it’s very, very early," Stabenow told...
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New House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday called Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) a "bad guy" amid multiple reports that the freshman congressman lied about his professional and educational background on the campaign trail, but declined to weigh in on whether Santos should step down. "Look, he's a bad guy. This is something that,...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday warned against the discovery of two dozen classified documents at President Biden's Delaware residence becoming "political football" between the parties after an FBI search found hundreds of classified documents last year at the Florida home of former President Trump. "We don't want to turn this into just a political football," Raskin said...
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said lawmakers shouldn’t be “playing chicken” with the American economy as the threat of a national debt default later this year looms. “The last thing we ought to be doing is playing chicken with the American economy,” Warnock said on ABC’s "This Week" in an interview with Jonathan Karl. “We’ve been...
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Sunday called President Biden's comments last year about former President Trump's handling of classified documents "embarrassing" amid the discovery of classified documents at Biden's own residence. "Well, it's certainly embarrassing," Stabenow told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press." But the Michigan senator said that though the recent discovery of "a small...
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Congress could not “exclude the possibility” that national security was jeopardized by the handling of President Biden’s classified documents, which are now at the center of a Department of Justice probe. “I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more of the facts,” Schiff said on ABC’s "This...
President Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Sunday morning to mark what would have been the 94th birthday of the late Martin Luther King Jr. His sermon aims to celebrate the civil rights leader's legacy while reviving the Biden administration's call for sweeping voting rights legislation. In advance...
