The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it is investigating an “incident” in which a Southwest Airlines flight “descended to a low altitude” near Oklahoma City on Wednesday. “After an automated warning sounded, an air traffic controller alerted the crew of Southwest Airlines Flight 4069 that the aircraft had descended to a low altitude nine...
Prosecutors in former President Trump's New York hush money case asked a judge Thursday to keep his gag order in place until Trump's sentencing in July. The move comes nearly a month after a Manhattan jury convicted the former president on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. The...
A Nevada judge dismissed a case Friday against six so-called fake electors who falsely claimed former President Trump won the state in the 2020 presidential election. Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that prosecutors with the Nevada attorney general's office chose the wrong venue in which to file the case, calling off a...
People will be allowed to carry guns just blocks away from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month, where former President Trump is set to formally become the GOP nominee for president. According to a security plan local and federal law enforcement authorities released Friday, weapons won't be allowed within a designated inner perimeter,...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Thursday told ABC host Jimmy Kimmel that she'd “be hard-pressed to find someone dumber” in the House than Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Greene and Crockett fought last month at a late-night House hearing, and their animosity has not gone down in the ensuing weeks, Crockett's remarks suggested. “I’d be...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the first ever nontobacco flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, a sign the agency believes some flavors of vaping products can be used to mitigate the effects of smoking traditional cigarettes. The agency said it authorized four menthol products from NJOY, which was purchased in 2023...
Influencers will have a chance to be a bit more influential when the Democratic National Convention (DNC) comes to Chicago this August. Convention organizers have agreed to credential social media personalities the same as traditional media in an effort to hit newer — and younger — audiences ahead of the November election. Influencers who qualify...
It's poised to be a starry time next week on Capitol Hill, as Paris Hilton, former Olympian Michael Phelps and country music star Randy Travis are all meeting with lawmakers within a few hours of one another. Phelps is diving into the political waters Tuesday, testifying before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee's evening hearing...
Days after Louisiana required all public schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) vowed that he would pass a similar bill in the Texas Senate in the next legislative session. In a post on social platform X, Patrick criticized Texas state House Speaker Dade Phelan...
Human rights activist Martin Luther King III is slamming North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson in new ads accusing him of rejecting the Civil Rights movement that King's father and others led. The ads that the liberal-leaning group Progress NC Action released show King discussing comments Robinson has made about aspects of that movement...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! It’s going to be a very hot weekend for much of the East Coast. Please stay cool and hydrated as much as you can. Maybe even have some ice cream or a popsicle, ya know … for health reasons 😉. Here’s what we’re following today: The Supreme Court ruled that...
Former President Trump is expected to hold a rally in Virginia following next week’s presidential debate as his campaign has asserted the commonwealth could be in play in November. The former president will be joined by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), a source confirmed to The Hill, marking the first time the two have made a...
