Government shutdowns are harmful to the national airspace system and weaken the US economy. They are also stressful and distracting about 20,000 Air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals, represented by my organization – the National Air Traffic Controllers Association – are the majority of whom are working without pay during the shutdown. As…
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House Republicans are calling on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the Biden administration’s use of AutoPen, hoping that will lead to various actions taken by former President Biden. The 100-page report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee follows the panel’s investigation into questions about Biden’s mental acuity. While House Oversight Chairman…
Senator Ron Johnson (Wis.), the lead Senate Republican negotiator on a bill to pay key federal employees during the shutdown, says he has proposed to Democrats to pay all federal employees — essential and furloughed federal employees — while federal departments and agencies are closed. Johnson told The Hill he believes Senate GOP leadership supports…
,newsnation) – Republican mayoral candidate curtis sliwa He said he would not drop out of the race for mayor of New York City despite falling in the polls and facing pressure to withdraw, stressing that voters should decide the election rather than “billionaires, influencers and insiders”. “I don’t know how many times I have to…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) said Monday that she thought the “tax the rich” slogan at Sunday’s rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was “Let’s go Bills,” instead referencing the NFL team Buffalo Bills. “Given the reception you got last night at Zoharan’s rally, where people were chanting, ‘Tax the rich,…
Senate Chaplain Barry Black offered a pointed prayer Monday and said he hoped lawmakers would remember that “no gold medal was awarded” for breaking shutdown records. “Eternal God, our King, when our children and grandchildren want to know what we were doing in the 119th Congress during the famous shutdown, will we not have to…
President Trump on Monday met with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea amid speculation of a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posed for photos and spoke to families, some of whom held photos of their loved ones. “America is with him every…
President Trump on Monday signed an agreement with Japan to increase cooperation on the processing of critical minerals and rare earth materials, with an emphasis on one thing.major priority About his trip to Asia. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi signed the agreement, which outlines how both countries are “intensifying their cooperative efforts” to…
President Trump on Monday met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi immediately after becoming Prime Minister of her country.first female prime ministerWhere both praised the strength of the US-Japan alliance. Trump and Takachi met at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo a week after Takachi officially took over as prime minister. Trump congratulated her on becoming the…
