Buttigieg: ‘We never take for granted’ U.S. aviation safety record amid Boeing issues
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday that the United States' aviation safety record “can never be taken for granted” following recent problems with Boeing planes. “[W]”We will never take U.S. aviation's safety record for granted,” Buttigieg said. said in an interview on MSNBC. “The amazing fact is that you, sitting on a plane right now, […]
MLK weekend air travel surge expected on Thursday, Buttigieg says
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said air travel is expected to surge Thursday ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Buttigieg said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that an estimated 46,288 flights are expected on Thursday. That number is expected to decrease slightly on Friday to 45,324 flights, decrease further on Saturday and Sunday, […]
Activists who chased Buttigieg, Powell off stage given private WH meeting
The far-left climate activist group was granted a private meeting with senior adviser to the president John Podesta last month after it repeatedly disrupted public events by federal officials with destructive protests. Climate Defiance, a Washington, D.C.-based group founded in early 2023 by activists Michael Greenberg and Riley Haught, announced on social media last week […]