Tom Howell Jr.

FAA says a damaged database file caused morning problems with pilot notice system

The Federal Aviation Administration says the outage that kept planes from flying early Wednesday was due to a corrupted file in its system.

January 12, 2023

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit Poland, Germany for Holocaust remembrance events

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will visit Poland and Germany later this month for Holocaust remembrance events and to advance efforts to combat antisemitism, his office said Thursday.

January 12, 2023

WH says FAA will probe ‘root causes’ of system outage, says cyberattack unlikely

The Federal Aviation Administration is probing what caused a key pilot notification system to fail overnight, prompting a 90-minute group stop early Wednesday and more headaches for air travelers and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

January 11, 2023

C-SPAN asks House Speaker McCarthy to make its broader floor coverage permanent

C-SPAN got permission to shoot the House floor during raucous votes to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, drawing rave reviews as it captured huddles among rival lawmakers and factions plotting their next moves.

January 11, 2023

FAA lifts ground stop of departures as flights resume at some airports after unprecedented outage

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it was safe for planes to land and that it made "progress" in restoring a major pilot notification system after an unprecedented outage grounded flights across America in the early morning.

January 11, 2023

Federal Reserve’s Powell warns the bank not to ‘wander’ into climate, social programs

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says institutions such as the central bank should resist taking on big issues like climate change unless Congress authorizes it.

January 11, 2023

Korean solar panel company announces massive expansion in Georgia

President Biden took a victory lap Wednesday over a South Korean company's decision to spend more than $2 billion on an expansion of its solar-energy footprint in Georgia, making it the largest investment of its kind in U.S. history.

January 11, 2023

FAA stops all flight departures after massive, unprecedented software outage

The Federal Aviation Administration halted all domestic flight departures Wednesday morning while it scrambled to fix a critical pilot notification system that suffered a massive, unprecedented outage.

January 11, 2023

Rep. George Santos under scope again as nonpartisan watchdog group files campaign complaint

A nonpartisan watchdog group has filed an ethics complaint against freshman Rep. George Santos alleging the New York Republican violated campaign-finance laws.

January 10, 2023

House GOP launches new panel to probe virus origins, fraud in relief programs

House Republicans are launching a panel to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and other issues involving the pandemic, including the economic consequences of lockdown policies, and how vaccines were manufactured and mandated for federal employees and the military.

January 10, 2023

Very low share of Americans think members of Congress have high ethical standards: Poll

Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as high or very high, according to a Gallup survey released Tuesday.

January 10, 2023

Biden kicks off North America summit with a call to protect democracies in Western Hemisphere

President Biden kicked off a North American summit Monday by calling on leaders to bolster democracies in the Americas after a weekend attack on Brazil's seat of government that some are comparing to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 9, 2023

Biden, Trudeau and Lopez Obrador condemn violence in Brazil

President Biden and the leaders of Canada and Mexico teed up a crucial North American summit on Monday by jointly condemning the violent attacks on Brazil's "democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power."

January 9, 2023

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to stop busing migrants to NYC, Chicago

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will halt plans to bus migrants to New York City and Chicago, citing productive conversations with mayors in both cities.

January 9, 2023

Many Republicans still value candidates’ loyalty to Trump, poll shows

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans say it is important for the GOP to show at least some loyalty to former President Donald Trump despite the widespread belief his political influence has dimmed heading into the 2024 cycle.

January 9, 2023

On Background: How much longer will it take?

We've spent days in the trenches on Capitol Hill as a veritable civil war broke out in the House Republican Conference, where a band of conservative rebels repeatedly derailed GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to lead the party's new majority as speaker of the House.

January 6, 2023

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel bristles at poll showing most Republicans want her out: ‘Junk’

A conservative group hit back Friday after Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel accused the group of releasing a "junk poll" that showed only a sliver of GOP voters want to see her reelected.

January 6, 2023

New omicron variant considered ‘most transmissible’ yet blankets Northeast

A new coronavirus variant, considered the most transmissible to date, is ripping through the Northeast and could become dominant in the U.S. within days.

January 6, 2023

Podcaster Joe Rogan apologizes for spotlighting fake tweet about COVID-19 vaccine

Influential podcaster Joe Rogan is apologizing for his role in elevating a fake tweet about the COVID-19 vaccine.

January 6, 2023

Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton considering 2024 presidential bid

John Bolton, a longtime GOP fixture and former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, is considering a 2024 presidential bid that would serve as a check on his former boss.

January 6, 2023