The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), replacing embattled former Secretary Kristi Noem. Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, inherits an agency facing a financial gridlock and a year of controversy. The final vote tally was 54-45, with Democrats John Fetterman of Pennsylvania […]
An Air Canada Express jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The crash shut down the airport overnight and halted all flights. The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, was arriving from Montreal when it struck an aircraft […]
Before Brandi McWhorter’s father passed away from lung cancer last year, she worked with him to lay out the details of his estate, something she dreaded to discuss. Her father had a few life insurance policies, a 401(k), savings accounts, his house and vehicle to be finalized. Overall, McWhorter, who is 39, inherited roughly $150,000. […]
ICE agents are deploying to airports nationwide Monday to help manage security lines as a Department of Homeland Security funding standoff continues. The move comes as President Donald Trump says agents will be able to make arrests, even as local officials have been told enforcement is not the focus. Passengers at major airports are facing […]
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over whether states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day if they are postmarked by that deadline. The decision sould affect 29 states and Washington D.C., which allow at least some military and overseas ballots to be counted after Election Day, according to the […]
President Donald Trump announced he’s postponing missile strikes on Iranian power plants for five days following “good and productive conversations” with Iran. He shared the news in a Truth Social post Monday, saying, “I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for […]
A passenger jet collides with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. Two people are dead as investigators work to determine how both ended up on the same runway. Plus, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffing shortages stretch airport lines for hours. On Monday, the Trump administration will send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to […]
Police are investigating an antisemitic hate crime in London after four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer organization were set on fire early Monday morning outside a synagogue. Officers responded to the north London neighborhood of Golders Green and found four damaged ambulances belonging to Harzola Northwest, a volunteer group that provides emergency medical services. […]
After more than 35 years in Congress, 87-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters is not yet ready to ride off into the California sunset. First elected in 1990, the Democrat from Los Angeles has decided to run for a 19th term. If Democrats take control of the House in November’s midterm elections, Waters is in line to […]
We’re taking your comments and questions straight from YouTube and putting them to the test in this week’s Straight From You — where we sort fact from speculation and add context that viewers often miss. This week’s focus: Is the SAVE America Act just a voter ID bill, or does it go further? You said: […]
