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Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is demanding TikTok’s Chinese owner sell its stake in the app or risk getting banned, the company and a U.S. official told ABC News. TikTok confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday that it was recently contacted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the […]
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats in Congress are proposing additional aid for local first responders amid the ongoing conversation concerning rail safety in the wake of the February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In the time since the Feb. 3 derailment, lawmakers in Washington have focused on the state and federal response to the […]
Veronica G. Cardenas/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PHARR, Texas) — Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told lawmakers on Wednesday that parts of the southern border are in “crisis” and that U.S. authorities do not have “operational control” despite recent declines from the historically high levels of illegal migration seen in the past year. “The migration flow […]
P_Wei/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a series of close calls involving commercial flights, aviation leaders met Wednesday to discuss the incidents and work to identify patterns and factors fueling risks to the industry. At the safety summit in Washington, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and acting Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Billy Nolen both acknowledged an “uptick” […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several top GOP senators are pushing back on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ position that “becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia” is not a vital U.S. national interest. DeSantis’ statement terming the war a “territorial dispute” sparked backlash from members of his own party, including Sen. John […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A Donald Trump-aligned political group on Wednesday said it filed a complaint with the Florida Commission of Ethics accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of abusing his office to mount a “shadow presidential campaign” — which DeSantis’ team dismissed as a “frivolous” claim. DeSantis, the popular and polarizing governor of a former […]
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stormy Daniels met with prosecutors Wednesday at the request of the Manhattan district attorney’s office, her attorney said in a tweet, as the office continues its ongoing criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s role in a hush money payment made to Daniels near the end of the 2016 presidential […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — Donald Trump has amped up his attacks on Ron DeSantis — making some of his harshest public comments yet directed at Florida’s governor and potential GOP campaign rival. “You have to remember Ron was a disciple of Paul Ryan, who is a RINO (Republican In Name Only) loser,” Trump said […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There’s a growing list of politicians, conservatives and liberals alike, who back raising teacher pay. But while members in both chambers of Congress, multiple governors and President Joe Biden all agree that the issue deserves attention, amid high inflation and an ongoing shortage of instructors, they disagree on whether it […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a series of close calls involving commercial flights, aviation leaders are set to meet Wednesday to discuss the incidents and work to identify patterns and factors fueling risks to the industry. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the safety summit last month as part of a review of the nation’s […]
