One of the major airlines in the United States has cancelled more than 2,000 flights since Saturday. The mass cancellations have disrupted the travel planes of thousands of customers. Despite online speculation, Southwest Airlines (SWA) blamed bad weather, air traffic control issues and staff shortages for destabilizing daily operations. Still, the story took on a […]
Virginia Democrats Want to Change Voting Rules Amid Early Voting
The Fairfax Board of Supervisors has a last-minute request for a voting rule change for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D). With early voting for the Nov. 2 general election underway, the governing body for Fairfax County wants Northam to waive the witness signature requirement for absentee ballots. Democrats hold nine out of the board’s ten […]
Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Troops Remain Unvaccinated Ahead of Pentagon’s Compliance Deadline
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members remain unvaccinated or, at best, only partially vaccinated against COVID-19. The news comes six weeks before the Department of Defense’s Nov. 28 vaccination deadline. The inability to have vaccinated a large portion of the Armed Forces’ 2.14 million personnel reportedly comes from inconstant orders across the six service […]
Foreign Foes Absent From Climate Change Initiative That Punishes U.S. Manufacturing
A new climate change pledge has the U.S. manufacturing and agriculture sectors up in arms. The Global Methane Pledge hopes to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. The United States and European Union revealed the plan on Sept. 18, two months before the next UN Climate Change Conference. Thirty-one countries have signed the […]