POLITICS

Focus Turns to Helicopter’s Altitude After Deadly Midair Collision

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The helicopter’s maximum allowed altitude for its flight path was 200 feet, according to the Army aviation chief of staff. Attention has now turned to the flight altitude of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. The accident—the deadliest U.S. plane crash

Tulsi Gabbard Walks Back Foreign Surveillance Criticism But Defends Snowden in Testy Confirmation Hearing

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Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s intelligence director nominee, walked back some of her past defenses of foreign adversaries and criticism of U.S. government surveillance but repeatedly refused to call CIA leaker Edward Snowden a “traitor” in a combative confirmation hearing on Thursday. Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who became a Trump ally in recent years,

RFK Jr., Sanders Engage in Fiery Exchange Over Drug Companies’ Donations

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Kennedy appeared before a Senate committee for the second consecutive day regarding his nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. In a fiery exchange with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Jan. 30, President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chastised the

Panama and China’s Partnership Highlights Years of Strategic Investment

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Experts say China has spent years laying the groundwork for its current influence near the Panama Canal. President Donald Trump’s promise to take back control of the Panama Canal has put a spotlight on the expanding relationship between China and the Central American nation. Security analysts say U.S. officials are right to be concerned about