December 3, 2025

Senator demands $10,000 bonuses for all air traffic controllers, not just select few

A top Senate Democrat is demanding that the Trump administration award $10,000 bonuses to all air traffic controllers, not just those who didn’t miss a single day of work during the recent federal government shutdown. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., the ranking minority member of a Senate aviation subcommittee, sent a formal request to the Department […]

December 3, 2025

Pentagon inspector general completes ‘Signalgate’ investigation

The Defense Department’s inspector general has finished a review of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app during planning for U.S. strikes in Yemen and delivered the final report to him on Tuesday. A redacted, unclassified version has been sent to Congress and could be released publicly as early as this week, CBS […]

December 3, 2025

Trump pardons Democratic lawmaker charged in federal bribery case

President Donald Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case, saying the Biden administration “weaponized the Justice System.” In a post on social media, the president said the charges against Cuellar and his wife are “One of the clearest examples of this.” Federal prosecutors last year charged […]

December 3, 2025

AT&T drops DEI efforts to win FCC approval for telecom deals

AT&T has notified the Federal Communications Commission that it is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a move aimed at winning approval for major telecommunications deals under the Trump administration. The FCC has made clear that it expects large telecom companies to dismantle DEI efforts when seeking approval for significant transactions. Why now? […]

December 3, 2025

House Democrats release photos of Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious island

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more than a dozen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious private island on Wednesday. The photos show bedrooms, empty courtyards and other spaces from the convicted sex offender’s villa in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he allegedly trafficked underage girls to powerful and famous men. The release […]

December 3, 2025

The attempted murder of a veteran journalist stirs fear, defiance in Colombia 

Wanted Colombian rebel leader Aníbal Hernández Garavito was irate when he called into the local Es el Colmo (“It’s the last straw”) radio program at 5:48 a.m. on March 14, 2025. His voice raised, Hernández slammed the station’s critical coverage of his guerrilla group, but show host Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez refused to be bullied. Hernández, who had a  $13,000 bounty on […]

December 3, 2025

‘Not journalism – theater’: Inside Israel’s press tours to Gaza

Nazareth, December 3, 2025 — Foreign correspondents entering Gaza under Israeli military escort describe conditions that prevent independent reporting and reinforce longstanding Committee to Protect Journalist concerns: escorted visits are not meaningful access and cannot satisfy Israel’s obligations under international law to enable independent newsgathering. Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, Israel has […]

December 3, 2025

DC ambush suspect charged; Trump pauses immigration for 19 nations

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members near the White House last week, has been formally charged in D.C. Superior Court. Those charges include murder, assault with intent to kill while armed, and multiple firearms offenses. Lakanwal appeared remotely from a D.C. hospital, where he is recovering […]