FILE PHOTO: Republic CEO Bryan Bedford speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in Milwaukee.
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U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, he said on social media on Monday.
The position requires Senate confirmation.
“Brian brings over three decades of experience in Aviation and Executive Leadership to this critical position,” Trump said on social media.
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday “the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy.” “Bottom line, Trump wants to cook […]
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Travelers outside San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authorities at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a chair and living […]
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Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday demanded the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. In a Truth Social post that also directed even more fire at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump accused BLS […]
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