NORAD Emphasizes Airspace Safety and Homeland Defense Ahead of Freedom 250 Commemorations

NORAD Emphasizes Airspace Safety and Homeland Defense Ahead of Freedom 250 Commemorations

  PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — As America prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of its founding, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is reminding the public—and particularly the general aviation community—that airspace safety is a shared responsibility of the right to fly and NORAD’s responsibility to defend. Throughout the Freedom 250 commemorative period, […]

Progressive Caucus Leader Backs Amendment to Cut Off Billions in US Military Aid to Israel

Progressive Caucus Leader Backs Amendment to Cut Off Billions in US Military Aid to Israel

  “The Israeli government committed war crimes in Gaza and helped drag America into war with Iran,” said Rep. Greg Casar. “Americans should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu.” The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday expressed support for an amendment that would cut off $3.3 billion in US military assistance to Israel, pointing […]

‘Not Even Trying to Hide Their Brazen Corruption’: Trump Sons Set to Profit From Tungsten Mining Deal

‘Not Even Trying to Hide Their Brazen Corruption’: Trump Sons Set to Profit From Tungsten Mining Deal

  “This is the most corrupt administration in American history,” said one House Democrat. “It is not close.” A bombshell New York Times report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father sparked outraged calls for accountability on Monday, with Democratic lawmakers characterizing the taxpayer-funded project as […]

Supreme Court Gives Trump ‘King-Like’ Power to Purge Independent Agencies

Supreme Court Gives Trump ‘King-Like’ Power to Purge Independent Agencies

  “Today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter takes a wrecking ball to a 90-year pillar of American law,” said House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin. The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, overturning 90 years of precedent and giving the chief executive what dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor called “a power […]