Author: Elaine Mallon
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Two airport workers arrested for allegedly leaking footage of airplane crash
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Two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority workers were arrested and charged after being accused of leaking airport surveillance footage of the Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines jet’s midair collision, which killed 67 people. The video, which provided a new visual angle of the crash, appeared on CNN on Friday morning. CNN anchor Kate Bolduan said…
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WATCH LIVE: Senate Finance Committee votes on RFK Jr. HHS confirmation
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The Senate Finance Committee is voting at 10 a.m. on whether or not to move forward with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as Health and Human Services secretary. If approved, Kennedy will move on to the entire Senate for a final confirmation vote. The Finance Committee consists of 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats. If every…
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What to know about Musk’s weekend efforts to suffocate USAID
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Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency went into action over the weekend to begin gutting the United States Agency for International Development, calling the agency a “ball of worms.” Roughly a week after several senior USAID staffers were placed on leave for not complying with President Donald Trump’s executive order to pause all…
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North Dakota House passes legislation to end daylight saving time
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North Dakota lawmakers in the state House have passed legislation by a vote of 55-37 to end daylight saving time. The legislation still needs to be passed by the Senate and signed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND). If signed into law, residents would no longer have to change their clocks twice a year. The legislation…
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WATCH LIVE: Trump signs Laken Riley Act
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President Donald Trump will sign the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday. The bill will be the first law Trump signs in his second administration and will deliver on a major campaign promise to crack down on punishments for illegal immigrants. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The…
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Ousted NLRB member promises legal challenge to removal by Trump
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President Donald Trump fired former President Joe Biden’s National Labor Relations Board chairwoman, Gwynne Wilcox, and the labor board’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. It is illegal for a president to remove a board member unless there is evidence of negligence of duty or malfeasance. Wilcox, whose term expires in 2028, said she would fight back…
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Three under-the-radar ways your data are being collected
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For years, people have known that technology companies such as Meta and Google have collected their data, but it’s not just Big Tech companies that are seeking to track consumers. In February of last year, the European Consumer Organisation, or BEUC, representing 45 consumer groups, accused Meta of taking users’ data to identify key psychological…
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WATCH LIVE: Russell Vought testifies at confirmation hearing for OMB director
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Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, will testify before Congress for the second time. Since the first, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met with Vought and released a statement disagreeing with the nomination. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); “I…
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Executive orders: How they work and how Trump is using them to shape his agenda
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President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders Monday in line with his campaign promises. Among the most notable were a temporary hiring freeze on federal employees, ending birthright citizenship, and granting TikTok more time to broker a deal with the federal government to stay operational in the United States. Trump also rescinded 78 of…
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Trump pushes back tariffs of Mexico and Canada to Feb. 1
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President Donald Trump decided to postpone his promise of implementing a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico, his latest effort to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl. “We’re thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada because they’re allowing vast numbers of people” across the border, Trump told…

