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President Nick Daniels of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party that the ongoing government shutdown is posing serious safety risks in U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n
The NATCA, which represents more than 10,800 certified air traffic controllers nationwide, has repeatedly called on Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to end the shutdown \u2014 now on track to become the longest in American history.<\/p>\n
The House approved a clean CR a month ago, but Democrats have blocked it more than a dozen times, insisting on tying the measure to their partisan legislative demands.
Daniels emphasized that air traffic controllers are unfairly shouldering the weight of the shutdown, with thousands now working exhausting six-day, 10-hour shifts amid an existing shortage of 3,800 personnel.<\/p>\n
As essential workers, controllers are required to remain on the job, yet many are facing severe financial strain. They received partial paychecks for pre-shutdown work on October 14, followed by $0 paychecks on October 28 and in the pay periods since \u2014 leaving many with more than 120 hours of unpaid labor.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet here we are, the rope in the tug of war game that we didn\u2019t ask for at all. And we should not be used as political pawns in any way, shape or form for these shutdowns,\u201d Daniels noted further.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman once again broke with many in his party to defend President Donald Trump against allegations that he\u2019s an \u201cautocrat\u201d while ripping those who compare him to Adolph Hitler and other \u201coutlandish\u201d figures.<\/p>\n
Fetterman\u2019s defense of the president comes on the heels of the assassination last week of conservative influencer and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, whom the left has often referred to in similar terms.<\/p>\n
\u201cI \u2014 if you actually compare him to an actual autocrat, that is not \u2014 that is not just that,\u201d Fetterman said in a discussion with CNN\u2019s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju, who had suggested that Trump was autocratic.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, last night, for example, people were complaining, you know, they\u2019re protesting about, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s Hitler, Hitler.\u2019 I think you just don\u2019t ever, ever compare anyone to Hitler and those kinds of extreme things,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow look what happened to Charlie Kirk. I mean, the man was shot. Now, we have to turn the temperature down. It\u2019s like, we can\u2019t compare people to these kinds of figures in history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking of Trump, Fetterman \u2014 who was hosted by the president at his Mar-a-Lago estate before he was sworn in \u2013 added: \u201cAnd this is not an autocrat. This is a product of a democratic election. It\u2019s like, I participated in that. It was safe and it was secure. We lost, and the America\u2026people put us in the minority, and now that\u2019s \u2014 that\u2019s democracy. And I revere democracy. I may not like the outcome, but I have to respect that and I have to find and work through this. And I do believe that\u2019s what\u2019s appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unsatisfied, Raju pressed, \u201cSo you don\u2019t think that Trump is at all shattering any of the norms of democracy in any way?\u201d\u201cI\u2019m saying he\u2019s definitely different, but that\u2019s what America voted for. Again. I don\u2019t agree with many of these things, but that does not make him an autocrat,\u201d Fetterman continued. \u201cThat does not make someone or, you know, compare him to people like Hitler and these other outlandish things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, federal investigators have confirmed that Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating Kirk, was living with his transgender partner in St. George, Utah, at the time of the killing, according to senior-level FBI officials who spoke to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
Officials described Robinson\u2019s partner, identified in public records as 22-year-old Lance Twiggs, as being in a \u201cromantic relationship\u201d with the suspect and said the two shared an apartment near Robinson\u2019s parents\u2019 home in southern Utah.<\/p>\n
The FBI said Twiggs has been \u201cextremely cooperative\u201d with investigators and is not accused of any criminal activity in connection with the assassination. Computers and other evidence were collected from the residence and sent to Quantico for forensic review, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n
One FBI official told the outlet that Twiggs \u201chad no idea\u201d Robinson was allegedly planning to kill Kirk. The individual is not facing charges, but authorities emphasized that \u201cevery connection, every group, every link will be investigated and anyone involved in this matter, anywhere in the world they might be, will be brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a law enforcement source, Robinson\u2019s father recognized his son in surveillance footage that FBI Director Kash Patel had ordered released during the 33-hour manhunt.<\/p>\n
After conferring with a family minister, Robinson\u2019s father turned him in. The source said Robinson expressed suicidal thoughts when he arrived home, telling relatives he wanted to kill himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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