The American aviation sector is abuzz with talk of air taxis, hypersonic airplanes, and cheaper, cleaner, “sustainable” fuel sources. But a cloud hovers over that sunny, futuristic forecast. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) remains woefully behind the technology curve. The agency also remains entangled in its own bureaucratic web, according to statements made during a…

Even Phillip Washington’s worst critics praised his impressive 24-year record with the U.S. Army. They also acknowledged his work as CEO of the world’s third-busiest airport in Denver, Colorado, since mid-2021. But serious bipartisan questions have dogged Washington ever since President Joe Biden nominated him last year to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The…

A religious freedom group issued a response to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over his criticism of the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s choice to cover a painting of Jesus at its New York location. The academy placed a curtain of the 10-by-19-foot “Christ on the Water” painting in response to a complaint it received in January from the Military Religious…

Gigi Sohn’s third time before the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee on Feb. 14 may not have been the charm. At least as far as Senate Republicans are concerned. “She has shown herself to be a partisan associated with the most radical views of the far left,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking committee…

Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect the use of gas stoves. Cruz, who is the incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Manchin, who is the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom…

Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), in a bipartisan effort led with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), on Wednesday introduced legislation to prohibit the Biden administration selling crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China or any company controlled by China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party…

When the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, and members are sworn in, Vice President Kamala Harris is requiring senators, their spouses, and guests older than 2 to provide a negative coronavirus test before participating in a photo op. Grisella Martinez, who is Harris’ director of legislative affairs, wrote the vice president’s requirements to the…

When the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, and members are sworn in, Vice President Kamala Harris is requiring senators, their spouses, and guests older than 2 to provide a negative coronavirus test before participating in a photo op. Grisella Martinez, who is Harris’ director of legislative affairs, wrote the vice president’s requirements to the…

Three Republican senators are launching an oversight investigation to determine why measures to bar foreign influences on the hundreds of millions of tax dollars awarded annually by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have not been implemented. The senators—Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Richard Burr of North Carolina—also want answers on NSF…