President-elect Donald Trump does everything dramatically, often shockingly. So it is with his rapid-fire nominations for senior positions in his administration two months before he takes office. Several have been excellent, involving people who will bring in fresh thinking and greatly needed energy. Others, picked for vitally important posts, have been highly questionable at best, […]
American Airlines flight pilots were told to make an “expedited climb” to avoid crashing into Hawaii mountains on Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic controller instructed Flight 298, heading toward Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, to “perform an expedited climb after the crew did not make the assigned turn...
Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), two of the Senate’s most aggressive advocates for action on climate change, said Friday that the second Trump presidency will be a major setback for that action but expressed confidence there would still be opportunities for progress. Speaking on a press call from the COP29 climate summit...
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki is blaming Vice President Harris's loss to President-elect Trump in part on disinformation. “One of the things that’s changed even since I got involved in politics is just the rise of the percentage of people who get their information off of platforms that have no fact checking mechanism...
Kamala Harris lost the presidency to Donald Trump because she ran an awful campaign. Contrary to received wisdom, this was not because she did not adequately distance herself from President Biden; rather, it was because she did not embrace him sufficiently.
The FDA's REMS program has been found to have unintentionally created barriers to accessing clozapine, a crucial antipsychotic drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, leading to tragic stories of relapses and suicide attempts.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used it last month to pause Robert Roberson's execution. Roberson, 57, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17 after being convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, when...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called on Senate Republicans on Friday to act as a check on the incoming Trump administration — a response to a handful of controversial Cabinet nominations announced by the former president this week. Jeffries declined to weigh in specifically on President-elect Trump's list of picks, which includes two of...
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), who was unseated last week by Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, seems open to a bid to replace Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who will be leaving the upper chamber to serve as vice president. “I’m not ruling anything out," Brown told Politico when asked if he might run for the remainder...
A few years ago, U.S. workers were spoiled with perks in the office, particularly if they worked in tech or for a big bank. From dedicated coffee areas to fully-catered meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, some workers also enjoyed free massages, on-site laundry and gym facilities, or even shuttle services. Many of these extras...