Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy Draws a Line on Pilot Hiring: Merit-Based Only

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered U.S. airlines to implement merit-based hiring processes for pilots, requiring each carrier to certify that selected candidates are chosen solely on the basis of experience and aptitude. Failure to comply could invite federal investigation. It is, on its face, a bureaucratic adjustment — an “Operations Specification.” But it is also a cultural marker. “When families board their aircraft, they should fly with confidence knowing the pilot behind the controls is the best of the best. The American people don’t care what their pilot looks like or their gender — they just care that they

The Great Climate Reset: Trump, Zeldin Rollback Obama-Era Climate Doctrine [Watch]

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On Thursday, the Trump administration moved against what has long been the central pillar of modern federal climate regulation: the 2009 Obama EPA “Endangerment Finding.” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he will eliminate the declaration that greenhouse gases “endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations,” a judgment that set in motion most federal vehicle emissions standards. The finding followed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA, which held that greenhouse gases qualify as air pollutants and may be regulated if deemed a threat to public health or welfare. From that determination flowed a thicket of

The View From Cupertino: Apple News Promotes Liberal Outlets, Buries Conservative Ones

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The quiet power of curation… A study by the Media Research Center reports that Apple’s News app has been aggressively promoting left-leaning outlets while effectively excluding right-leaning publications from its most prominent placements. The group examined 620 stories featured in high-traffic morning time slots between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31. The Apple News feed, it noted, is a mix of editor-curated selections and algorithmic recommendations — human judgment and machine logic, blended into a single stream. Of those 620 stories, 440 came from outlets rated as left-leaning. The remaining 180 were from centrist outlets. According to the study, none —

A Rulebook Unwritten, and a Court Fight Ahead: EPA to Repeal Obama-era Policy

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A certain Washington drama is back onstage, with a familiar prop in the spotlight: a scientific determination from 2009 that became, in time, a legal foundation. The Trump Administration is preparing to repeal that Obama-era determination — the EPA’s “endangerment finding” — and U.S. officials say it could become the most far-reaching rollback of U.S. climate policy to date. The endangerment finding concluded that six greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare. It was, in effect, the prerequisite that enabled the agency to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from new motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. And now

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