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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford announced Thursday that hundreds of air traffic controllers and technicians who worked during the government shutdown will receive bonus checks. TheDepartment of Transportation (DOT) said in a statement that 776 air traffic controllers and technicians will be awarded $10,000 for their ‘patriotic work to ensure the safety of the skies during the Democrats’ 44-day government shutdown.’ ‘These patriotic men and women never missed a...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent a formal letter to Congress Thursday afternoon claiming that Americans’ benefits, processing times and service levels have improved under President Donald Trump this year. In the letter, Commissioner Frank Bisignano wrote that the agency has ‘made historic progress’ for retirees and low-income Americans through reforms aimed at transparency, call center response times and streamlined benefits delivery.’ ‘With the passage of President Trump’s historic ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ earlier this...

Senate Republicans and Democrats squared off on the Senate floor Thursday, blocking attempt after attempt to repeal or change a controversial law that would allow senators to sue for hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money. The partisan back-and-forth came as lawmakers in the upper chamber were jetting from Washington, D.C., for the upcoming Thanksgiving recess.  Two different attempts to fast-track a repeal or tweak of the law that would allow senators targeted in...

Congressional Republicans are sorting out what their plan to tackle expiring Obamacare subsidies will be, but they acknowledge that, ultimately, President Donald Trump will be the deciding factor.  Senate Democrats turned the latest record-breaking shutdown into a push to extend the subsidies, which were enhanced during the pandemic under former President Joe Biden and are set to sunset by the end of this year.  Many Republicans recognize that the subsidies must be dealt with as...

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday teased a ‘great’ healthcare plan that the Trump administration has in the works to help bring costs down for American families, saying President Donald Trump cares about fixing a broken system, not playing political games with Democrats. Vance made the remarks during a fireside chat with Breitbart’s Matt Boyle in Washington, D.C., when asked about Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expiring at the end of the year and the...

The White House reiterated Thursday that the U.S. will not send a delegation to the upcoming G20 conference in South Africa, calling reports claiming the opposite ‘fake news.’  President Donald Trump said earlier in November that U.S. officials would skip the annual conference, which brings together 19 nations to discuss global economic stability and development, over South Africa’s reported human rights abuses.  Media reports and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, however, have claimed that the...

The United States and Russia have drawn up a plan to end the bitter fighting in Ukraine, which would require major concessions from Kyiv. Exactly what all the concessions that would be made of Ukraine were not clear, but some include demands Moscow has repeatedly made since the start of the 2022 invasion of its neighbor, according to The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the matter. Included in the framework would be the...

Congressional Democratic leaders warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’s posts accusing several Democrat senators of sedition, ‘Punishable by DEATH,’ would encourage political violence against lawmakers. Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that six congressional Democrats featured in a viral video calling on members of the military and intelligence community to refuse to carry out ‘illegal’ orders from higher-ups was ‘really bad, and Dangerous to our Country.’ ‘Their words cannot be allowed to...