The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday will announce a list of 40 high-volume airports where it will reduce flights by 10% due to staffing shortages caused by the government shutdown.
The man who slung a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., and was unwittingly transformed into an opposition symbol of President Trump’s local crime crackdown has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a trial. A jury handed down the not guilty verdict Thursday against Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee who hurled a hoagie after confronting a group of officers patrolling a popular nightlife area of the nation’s capital. The acquittal marks an...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is publicly criticizing the party to secure "the big interview" with media outlets ahead of the midterm elections. “I’m not unaccustomed to hearing criticism from Marjorie. We have intense fellowship as we say in the Deep South, Stephen. And she knows I’ve...
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials will brief reporters Thursday afternoon on the NTSB's probe of a deadly plane crash in Kentucky earlier this week that left 12 people dead, including at least one child. A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, after its left wing...
President Trump said Thursday he was glad former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was retiring from Congress at the end of her term, deriding her as an "evil woman." "I think she's an evil woman. I'm glad she's retiring. I think she did the country a great service by retiring," Trump told reporters in the Oval...
Multiple airlines are offering refunds and free flight changes to passengers whose travel plans have been impacted by restrictions amid the record-breaking government shutdown. Bryan Bedford, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said Wednesday that the agency will reduce capacity by 10 percent at 40 “high-traffic” airports around the country starting Friday morning. The...
President Trump on Thursday will welcome Kazakhstan into the Abraham Accords, the agreements centered around normalizing ties with Israel, two sources confirmed to The Hill. Israel and Kazakhstan have had diplomatic relations since 1992, and it's not clear what benefit Astana will get from joining the accords — although it provides a forum for greater cooperation...
Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral race highlights the divide between moderate and progressive Democrats, and signals that the Democratic Party is open to more grassroots and youth-led movements.