Behind-the-scenes of Transportation Secretary
Sean Duffy’s air traffic upgrades
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/21/2026 7:45:42 PM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted some of the first successes of a massive, multibillion-dollar air traffic system modernization effort during a summit at department headquarters in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Thousands of outdated telecommunications equipment like radios and phones are being swapped for brand-new models. Hundreds of radars are being upgraded. And the paper flight strips used by air traffic controllers to guide flights are getting ditched for new electronic ones — all accessible on one computer screen, Duffy and other officials said. As of this month, nearly 50% of the old copper wires powering critical communications between air traffic controllers and pilots have also been replaced with
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Thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire
rebuilding permits approved after Trump’s
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rebuilding permits approved after Trump’s
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President Trump’s executive order to fast-track the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the wildfires has resulted in almost 2,000 permits approved since it was signed in January, The Post can exclusively reveal.
Trump’s order let state and local rules be preempted when it came to obtaining permits and allowed builders to “self-certify” that they have complied with “substantive health, safety and building standards.”
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted some of the first successes of a massive, multibillion-dollar air traffic system modernization effort during a summit at department headquarters in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.
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Violent teen mob beats Temple University
student in dorm in vicious caught-on-video attack 25 replies
student in dorm in vicious caught-on-video attack 25 replies
A violent “group of juveniles” allegedly chased a Philadelphia college student across campus and into a residence hall before beating him in a vicious, caught-on-video attack.
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Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to 360 Days
in Prison for Groping Fairfax High School Students 15 replies
in Prison for Groping Fairfax High School Students 15 replies
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“I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and,
Alan Dershowitz ... Republican?
Yes. Not independent. Not disaffected. The famed appellate attorney and Harvard con-law professor has not just renounced his lifelong political affiliation, but Dersh has signed up for the other team.
What happened? It starts with Democrats' sharp turn toward anti-Semitism with Israel as its political golem, but as Dershowitz argues, that serves more as a harbinger for a broader radicalization within the party. The catalyst came last week when most of the Senate Democrat caucus voted to withhold funds for Israel's defensive systems, where the scales fell from his eyes on the power of anti-Semites within the Democrat Party:
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