“The Biden administration intends to propose a new rule that would require airlines to compensate passengers when flight plans change drastically due to causes within the carriers’ control,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Russian state TV propagandists are ecstatic about Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections, especially Kash Patel who the incoming president has appointed to be FBI director, the Daily Beast reports.Save to Favorites
John Dean Urges Biden to Go Further with Pardons
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The Extraordinary Breadth of Hunter Biden’s Pardon
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Bonus Quote of the Day
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‘The Fight of Our Lives’
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Quote of the Day
“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon…