The Department of Transportation (DOT) is attempting to make bathrooms on airplanes more accessible. The department announced a rule Wednesday requiring new single-aisle aircraft to have fully accessible lavatories. The department said it is making the change due to airlines’ increasing use of these aircraft for longer flights because of their improved “fuel efficiency and...
Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) and Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) said Wednesday both Congress and the public need to be educated on clean energy and energy permitting reform as the issues become ever-more pressing. Curtis cited the intricacies of energy permitting as an obstacle to enacting reform on this issue during The Hill’s “Clean Energy Permitting...
The White House on Wednesday held a summit aimed to address the planet-warming gas methane and launched a new task force dedicated to the issue. According to a press release from the Biden administration ahead of the event, the summit was set to focus on issues including the task force’s establishment, technology to detect methane...
Three former defense officials on Wednesday gave explosive testimony at a House hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), warning that the sightings “potentially” pose national security risks. The witnesses before the House Oversight subcommittee — a former Navy pilot, a retired Navy commander and an ex-Air Force intelligence official -— also stressed that the government...
The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth is now banned in Michigan under two pieces of legislation signed Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michigan’s House Bill 4616 bars mental health care providers from engaging in conversion therapy with a minor. Violators are subject to disciplinary action and licensing sanctions. It’s companion bill, House Bill 4617,...
Republicans celebrated Wednesday after Hunter Biden’s plea deal fell apart during a dramatic courtroom moment. Lawmakers declared "justice is coming" for the president’s son.