Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) railed against the White House's criticism of Republicans handling of the border situation, calling the remarks a "joke" and "beneath," the White House. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates on Wednesday accused Republicans of exacerbating the crisis at the southern border, ahead of a group of House Republicans' trip to the southern...
The Air Force has found the flight voice and data recorder commonly known as the black box from the deadly CV-22B Osprey crash off the coast of Japan in November, the service revealed Wednesday. The piece of equipment is a major find for the Air Force, as it could give investigators a view into what caused the accident that killed all eight airmen aboard. The black box “will be transported to laboratories for...
Singer Dionne Warwick on Wednesday said she did not agree to attend a fundraiser later this month for 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite claims of such from a super PAC backing the White House hopeful. "I don’t know anything about this event. I did not agree to it and I certainly won’t...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate Democrats scoff at Biden’s Israel arms sale Some of President Biden's top Senate allies are bashing the the latest approval of arms sales to the Israeli military that bypassed Congress while also calling on Israelis...
While regulation of social media is necessary and important given the sheer power tech firms have amassed in recent years, seeking to curb freedom of speech is an even bigger threat.
Honolulu on Monday became the first American city to require that bars, nightclubs and restaurants carry the anti-overdose medication naloxone. "Naloxone is a necessary tool these days in light of the national opioid epidemic," Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, a member of Honolulu City Council, old the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “It should be available and accessible in as...
While 2023 didn't feature an epic air travel meltdown, some airlines and airports fared better than others when it comes to on-time performance, according to a report from Cirium, the aviation analytics company.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint Wednesday accusing SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, of unlawfully firing eight former employees who drafted and circulated an open letter detailing workplace concerns. The letter, circulated in 2022, criticized Musk’s actions and the allegations of sexual harassment against him, claiming they were negatively contributing to the...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans used a border trip Wednesday to signal a more aggressive approach on border and migration policy, setting the tone for a January legislative agenda that could be dominated by those issues. Republicans threw cold water on the slow-going Senate negotiations on migration policy changes and hyped up a...