FAA Mandates Airlines To Affirm Merit Hiring For Pilots

WSJ: UAE preparing to formally enter the war, the first Gulf state to become a combatant lobbying for a UN Security Council resolution authorising force to open the Strait of Hormuz. Emirati diplomats racing across Washington, Brussels and Tokyo. Abu Dhabi wants US troops to seize Abu Musa island. Dubai wants to mine-sweep for America. […]

"This Is Unacceptable": Duffy Sounds Off After United Jet Clips Light Pole, Truck In New Jersey Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined Fox Business on Monday morning, where he described Sunday's midair incident, in which a commercial jumbo jet's landing gear clipped a light pole and truck on a New Jersey highway, as "unacceptable," despite the aircraft being flown by "really well-trained pilots." "So I don't want to get ahead of the investigation. Again, it seems pretty clear a light pole at least was hit. Was the truck hit? That will be...

Trump Administration Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee From TikTok U.S. Deal The Trump administration is poised to receive roughly $10 billion in payments from investors involved in the recently completed transaction to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, delivering an unusual financial windfall tied to the government’s role in keeping the popular social-media platform active in the United States. ByteDance is the Chinese parent of TikTok. John G Mabanglo/EPA/Shutterstock The payments are part of the arrangement under which a consortium of admin-aligned investors took control of TikTok’s American business from its...