FAA chief Michael Whitaker to step down when Trump takes office
Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker, who has overseen the agency’s response to significant safety issues at Boeing since a midair emergency in January, will step down when President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a close adviser to Trump, in September called for Whitaker’s resignation and More...
NFL to extend halftime for Beyoncé’s performance on Christmas Day: report
The NFL is giving Beyoncé fans a gift on Christmas. The league is extending its halftime intermission for when the superstar singer-songwriter takes the stage during the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens matchup, More...
House Pentagon funding bill would ban transgender treatments for minor children of military personnel
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its annual defense spending bill Wednesday, including a key culture-war caveat: a ban on transgender medical treatments for minor children of U.S. service members. The More...
Raiders owner Mark Davis offers telling response to speculation about Antonio Pierce’s future
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis isn’t making any midseason decisions despite his frustrations with the team’s 2-11 record, and that includes whether first-year head coach Antonio Pierce will return next More...
Free speech org torches Iowa teacher’s banned words list featuring ‘Ohio,’ ‘rizz’ and Holocaust references
Free speech advocates are crying foul after they say an Iowa social studies teacher banned the use of a lengthy list of words and phrases in her classroom, including the name of an entire state. On Tuesday, the More...
Syria’s liberated political prisons reveal grim reality of Bashar Assad’s regime of torture
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s brutal regime of imprisonment and torture is on full display this week as victorious rebels dig through the dictator’s now-liberated political prisons. Syrian rebel More...
Drunk immigrant killed 7 year old months after he was released from ICE detainer
Seven-year-old Ivory Smith was killed by Venezuelan migrant Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin in a late-night drunk driving accident in north Houston just two and a half months after ICE released a hold against him, More...
‘Despicable’: Immigration activists fume at blue city mayor’s meeting with Trump border czar
Immigration activists in New York City on Thursday slammed Mayor Eric Adam’s meeting with incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan, accusing him of “collaborating” with the new administration. “It’s More...
Informant accused of feeding FBI bogus Biden information pleads guilty to 4 counts
Alexander Smirnov has reached a plea agreement with the office of special counsel David Weiss, agreeing to plead guilty on several counts. The plea agreement notes that Smirnov is consenting to “Count Two More...
Jim Carrey says he’s emerging from retirement because he ‘needs the money’
Jim Carrey once said he would only return to acting if “angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink.” Two years later, Carrey is back making movies because he “needs the money.” In More...
