Government agencies say joint investigation into drone sightings reveals no threat
Government agencies issued a joint statement Monday regarding their ongoing investigation into mysterious drone sightings reported across the United States over the past several weeks, primarily in New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic region. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense said the agencies “acknowledge the concerns” […]
SEAN HANNITY: The government needs to be honest with us
Fox News host Sean Hannity offered his thoughts on the White House's response to the mysterious drone sightings during his opening monologue on Monday's “Hannity.” Sean Hannity: Now, if your government didn't know, if the first sightings were almost a month ago, don't you think there would have been a greater sense of crisis? Look, […]
Lawmakers signal movement toward government funding deal
Republican leaders are hinting at progress in government funding negotiations as leaders try to finalize a deal ahead of Friday's looming deadline. House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., told reporters Monday that “the gap is narrowing” between the sides as they try to rush through the last major funding deal in a divided Congress. said. […]
NJ drone incidents spur government push for more counter-drone powers as current authorities set to expire
A mysterious drone phenomenon centered in New Jersey is prompting government officials to renew calls for more force as counter-drone authorizations expire this week. Current counter-drone authorities, authorized as part of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act, require both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to use advanced detection technology […]
Jeh Johnson on drone sightings: 'Federal government is still struggling to figure this out'
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the federal government is still struggling to track drone sightings, but is confident law enforcement will eventually solve the problem. “I think the federal government is still struggling to solve this problem at this point,” Johnson, who served during the Obama administration, told Fox News on Monday. He […]
Trump says government knows what the drones are, demands answers: ‘Something strange is going on’
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday commented on the controversy surrounding mysterious drones that have been spotted in New Jersey and elsewhere. President Trump said he believed the government knew the identity of the drones and claimed the public was not being told the truth. He made the comments while taking questions from reporters in Palm […]
Lawmakers struggle to reach deal to avert government shutdown
Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach an agreement to keep the government's lights on after Dec. 20. Continuing resolution (CR) language for the government's funding package was expected to be announced on Sunday ahead of the impending shutdown deadline. But economic support for farmers emerged as an apparent last-minute impasse, with lawmakers unable to release […]
Blumenthal pushes for government clarity on drone sightings
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wants answers about drones seen in the skies of New Jersey and other parts of the country. “I don't know what's going on, and neither do the agencies responsible. That's why I'm asking them to at least tell me what they're doing to determine what's going on. “Please give me answers,” […]
Trump demands government come clean about mysterious drones and calls for them to be shot down
President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the continuing controversy surrounding mysterious drones reported over New Jersey, California and the Northeast. The drone was estimated by some to be the size of an SUV, and one lawmaker warned that Iran may have launched it in collusion with China. Some claim it was just a normal airplane […]
Drone experts rule out US government experiment, unsure of other New Jersey drone phenomenon theories
Drone experts have little idea what the dozens of drone sightings in New Jersey's skies are about, but they have ruled out the possibility that they are the work of a secret government program. They say it's difficult to speculate because there are no clear images or hardware left. “Until we find something, we can't […]