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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns of TSA exodus as DHS shutdown enters critical week

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the TSA staffing crunch will worsen as long as Congress doesn't fund the Department of Homeland Security.

States sign up to recycle nuclear waste, build new-generation nuclear reactors

The federal government is pushing for the development of "nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses" across the U.S. that will reuse much of the spent fuel from nuclear reactors to generate additional energy and eliminate the need for a single, massive underground storage site for radioactive waste.

Trump should restore little-known patent program to help local retailers

For years, America’s leading retailers have benefited from a little-known program that helps to resolve meritless patent disputes, called Inter Partes Review. Congress created the IPR process in 2012 to give businesses an efficient, expert, and cost-effective way to address weak patents that should never have been granted in the first place. Entities in the […]

Puerto Rico can’t afford price controls

Congress may soon inadvertently wreck Puerto Rico’s economy. Lawmakers are considering imposing European-style price controls on prescription drugs. That would cause American biotech companies to lose billions in revenue and inevitably force them to slash research and development budgets, cancel plans to build new factories, and lay off workers. One recent study estimates that the […]

It’s a bad idea to cap Tennessee Valley Authority salaries

When the United States was in the grips of the Great Depression, not only were people lacking in jobs and food, but also access to natural resources. Just two months after assuming office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. The government-owned corporation currently supplies electric power to seven states. In its early years, […]

TSA lines ‘going to get much worse,’ Duffy says

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at airports is likely to get "much worse," as the partial government shutdown hits Day 41. "I think you’re going to see more TSA agents, as we come to Thursday, Friday, Saturday of next week, they’re going to quit or they’re not going...

Jeffries: ICE officers assisting at airports is ‘last thing’ Americans need

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports starting Monday. “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill...

Participation in society shouldn’t require a smartphone — America needs offline accessibility

Smartphone ownership and constant connectivity are now assumed. Apps, mobile wallets and digital IDs — often available only through smartphones or smartwatches — are increasingly required to access public services. 

Homan: ICE officers will not assist with airport security operations amid TSA staffing shortage

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will not be directly involved in security measures at airports, a day before agency officials will begin assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. “Wherever we can provide extra security, I don't see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine,...

Tillis rips Trump’s NATO criticism: US lives would ‘be lost great numbers without’ alliance

Retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) ripped President Trump's threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in recent weeks, amid escalating tensions over the conflict in the Middle East. "The president of the United States cannot withdraw from NATO," Tillis told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a Sunday interview on "This Week." "Now, having said...

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