Nearly 23 years after 9/11, the feds are finally expected to make all commercial planes have secondary cockpit barriers to prevent planes from being hijacked. Congress on Wednesday passed a bill that would require secondary cockpit barriers on all commercial aircraft. The installation of secondary cockpit barriers on all commercial passenger flights is the only 9/11 … Read more
President Biden was sternly critical Thursday while addressing some of the pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted on college campuses across the country in response to the ongoing war in Gaza. “In moments like this, there are always those who rush in to score political points,” Biden said. “But this isn’t a moment for politics. It’s … Read more
By Seung Min Kim and Collin Binkley | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief next week for new categories of borrowers, according to three people familiar with the plans, nearly a year after the Supreme Court foiled his administration’s first attempt to cancel debt … Read more
The administration said it would bar drilling and mining in 221,898 acres of the divide’s lands for 20 years as part of an effort to preserve it for the future. “The Thompson Divide area is a treasured landscape, valued for its wildlife habitat, clean air and water, and abundant recreation, ecological and scenic values,” … Read more
The nation is fiercely divided over the $118 billion U.S. Senate border deal, including in the Bay State where Gov. Maura Healey is pushing for the bill amid the migrant crisis while a local immigrant group called the legislation “inhumane and un-American.” The bipartisan Senate bill, which would address southern border enforcement policy and also … Read more
