Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms

Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: oysters.

United Airlines Apologizes After Passenger Says it Gave Her Seat to a Congresswoman

United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat. An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.

Echoes of Watergate in Trump White House

In the days before Christmas a dangerous new tone crept into the ongoing political combat surrounding the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and suspected Russian efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Just over a week ago the high profile Fox News host Jeanine Pirroa , an old friend of Donald Trump, said on her program there was a "criminal cabal" against Mr Trump inside senior federal law enforcement circles and called for "a cleansing a in our FBI and Department of Justice ... it needs to be cleansed of individuals who should not just be fired, but who need to be taken out in cuffs".

United Apologizes to Passenger who Says US Rep Got Her Seat

United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat. An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.

United apologizes to passenger who says US Rep took her seat

United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat. An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.

Don’t Be Fooled: Democrats Are Eyeing Trump’s Impeachment With This Guy On House Judiciary

If there is a blue wave next year, expect impeachment proceedings, or endless investigations into the Trump White House, from Democrats. They're already laying the groundwork for that course of action with their latest pick to fill the top minority spot on the House Judiciary Committee.

United apologizes to passenger who says U.S. representative took her seat

United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat. An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.

Tax-plan fallout in Democrats’ strategy

In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, standing with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterms plan to argue that the legislation favors the wealthy and breaks President Donald Trump and Republicans' promises to the middle class.

Feds’ bureaucratic hellscape gnaws at New Yorkers’ health, hope

Thousands of injured or sick workers in the New York City area are spending the holiday season in bureaucratic limbo as they wait to see if they qualify for federal disability payments. They are among more than a million injured or sick workers nationwide whose initial claims for Social Security disability benefits were denied and are now stuck in a monstrous backlog of cases waiting for an administrative law judge to decide their appeal.

Trump’s opponents plan mass demonstrations if Mueller is fired

Progressive groups are organizing tens of thousands of protesters to storm the streets within hours should President Donald Trump fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller, determined to intensify the crisis while testing the resiliency of the year-old "resistance" movement. The White House has repeatedly stated that Trump has no intention of ousting Mueller, a move that probably would require him to get buy-in from Justice Department leaders, including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Remembering Ex-Rep. John B. Anderson: Why Did He Move From Hard Right to Strong Left?

Since his death December 3, former Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois has been lionized in the national press as one of the last politically influential liberal Republicans. The white-haired Anderson's quixotic bid for his party's nomination in 1980 has been the topic of numerous articles and televised panels - as has his subsequent run as an Independent that fall against Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter .

Rep. Peter King: FBI’s McCabe Should Step Aside Over Conflicts

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on Sunday called on FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe to "step aside" amid apparent conflicts of interest and "contradictions" over his alleged political bias. In remarks on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," King, a member of the House Intelligence and Homeland Security committees, said he's worked with McCabe over the years, but now, "there's been so many questions raised."

Dems aim to turn tax plan into cudgel in 2018 midterms

In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, standing with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterms plan to argue that the legislation favors the wealthy and breaks President Donald Trump and Republicans' promises to the middle class.

Are UFOs real? A look at the recently revealed Pentagon program that tried to find out

In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find. For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records obtained by The New York Times.

One senator has an idea for confirming presidential nominees more quickly

President Trump will never have a full complement of political appointees if the Senate doesn't start voting more quickly, according to a Republican who thinks he can convince Democrats to speed up the process. "We may disagree on the exact solution or the exact timing of the solution but, we understand there is a real problem," Sen. James Lankford told the Washington Examiner .

The GOP fights for its own voters to stop the next Roy Moore

Republicans who hope their Senate disaster in Alabama will scare voters away from other outsider, longshot conservatives should spend some time with Michele Evans. Three thousand miles from the scene of Republican Roy Moore's stunning defeat, the Nevada Republican doesn't see a connection between Moore and her preferred Senate candidate, Danny Tarkanian, who is trying to unseat incumbent Dean Heller after several failed election attempts.