I haven’t seen Chuck Schumer so happy in months. There he was Wednesday, practically ready to burst into song while celebrating the Trump administration’s withdrawal of a memo ordering a federal spending freeze. “Americans made their voices heard,” Schumer crowed. “Donald Trump rescinded the OMB order.” Schumer was too giddy to tell the full story.
The military Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane near Reagan National Airport Wednesday appears to have been flying above the permitted altitude, publicly available flight data analyzed by CBS News shows. This data point is one of several key mysteries investigators are exploring as they seek to explain what caused the nation’s
In a Thursday press briefing, President Trump criticized his predecessor for his management of the Federal Aviation Administration and suggested, without evidence, that diversity initiatives at the agency could be to blame for a deadly crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. “I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the
Increased tariffs on Canada, Mexico could hike prices in the U.S. Increased tariffs on Canada, Mexico could hike prices in the U.S. 04:16 On the day of his inauguration, President Trump threatened steep new tariffs against key U.S. trading partners. Now he may be primed to deliver. Mr. Trump said Jan. 20 that he
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Kash Patel in the first formal hearing on his nomination for director of the FBI. Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) set the tone for Republicans in his opening statement. He said he hoped that Patel would bring greater accountability to the agency that he may soon lead.
The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fossil fuel production. The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum. Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur
The former two-term North Dakota governor will be chief orchestrator of president’s energy agenda. Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI) where he will manage 500 million acres of public lands and 1.7 billion offshore acres in orchestrating President Donald Trump’s “unleash