An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to turn off the engines during a flight in October was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Oregon on 84 charges. Multnomah County, Ore., District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday the grand jury chose to indict Joseph David Emerson, 44, on 83 counts of recklessly endangering another...
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he fears a lapse in the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers as Congress struggles to settle on a proposal or a pathway to reauthorize them ahead of an end-of-the-year expiration. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the...
Presented by the Working Forests Initiative — It's not clear whether the measure will make it into the annual defense bill and ultimately across the finish line. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Advocates urge Congress to act on radiation compensation A measure that expands compensation for victims of radiation...
Lawmakers say Congress could be closing in on a top-line deal on overall government funding for most of next year, as the House and Senate race to reach a compromise in time to avert a shutdown next month. Spending cardinals in both chambers Tuesday said they could receive a top-line spending level from leadership for Congress's 12...
Tempers boiled over during a classified Senate briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, when Republican senators insisted on talking about security along the U.S.-Mexico border while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and military officials tried to keep the discussion focused on the war. Schumer accused Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) of attempting to hijack the...
House Judiciary Republicans are accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) of “colluding” with the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, saying she asked the panel to share evidence with her — evidently making a similar request to one long ago made by the Justice Department. The accusation comes after Chair...
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that $110 million will be awarded to improve wildlife road crossings across the United States in hopes of reducing deadly crashes involving animals and cars. The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced that the $110 million in grants will be awarded to 19 wildlife crossing projects across 17 states and includes...
2024 Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Cenk Uygur will appear together on the progressive news network The Young Turks (TYT) on Wednesday night in response to the fourth GOP debate taking place in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The network, which has more than 5.6 million YouTube subscribers, said it would give the...