FCC moving forward on speedier in-flight Internet service U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started deliberations on a proposal that would offer a new type of in-flight broadband service promising U.S. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector Budget airline easyJet PLC says it has acquired a ton of ash from Icelandic volcanoes for use in an experiment to test ash detection technology. More
Looking for a better airline seat? There's a site for that If you fly, chances are you have a story to tell about an uncomfortable airline seat. Vicki Morwitz does. Hers involves a long-haul plane trip, a minuscule economy-class enclosure and a circuitous routing that deposited her at her destination feeling exhausted and irritated. More
Donald Trump is trying to redefine who is allowed to be a U. S. citizen. On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an order challenging a long-standing constitutional right that people born inside the U. S. are guaranteed citizenship. The right has been considered settled law since it was ratified as part of the Constitution more than 150 years ago.
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Trump told federal departments to deny the right known as birthright citizenship from children born to mothers and fathers in the country unlawfully.
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order beginning the formal withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark pact between nations that aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C.
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It marked the second time Trump had taken this step, having previously announced the U.
White House trade counselor Peter Navarro said President Trump “laid out an ambitious trade agenda Monday night that paves the way for tariffs on a number of fronts,” Politico reports.
Said Navarro: “I think you could call it the blueprint and the foundation for the tariffs and trade policies that may or may not emerge over the next 100 days.
“President Trump is using the threat of imposing stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as soon as next week to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a continental trade deal,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump is particularly focused on using the threat of tariffs to change automotive rules under the continental trade pact, forcing car plants to move from Canada and Mexico back to the U.
New York Times: “More than 150 police officers from the two agencies were injured during the assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob four years ago. Some were hit in the head with baseball bats, flagpoles and pipes. One lost consciousness after rioters used a metal barrier to push her down as they marched to the building.”
“Now many of those officers described themselves as struggling and depressed in response to Mr.