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☆ Nancy Mace's recently departed chief of staff is officially running to throw her out of office
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewDan Hanlon, the former chief of staff for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, has taken the most official step yet in his bid to run his former boss out of Congress. Related storiesHanlon had worked for Mace since she arrived in Congress in January 2021, before being reportedly fired in December 2023. It's extremely rare for a lawmaker's former chief of staff to launch a campaign against their one-time boss. Hanlon (far left) during a staff meeting in Mace's DC office on April 25, 2023. Despite once being a critic of former President Donald Trump, Mace endorsed him over Nikki Haley — who backed her against a Trump-backed primary challenger in 2022 — earlier this week.

Persons: —, Dan Hanlon, Nancy Mace, Hanlon, Hanlon's, Mace, Trump, Mick Mulvaney, Ricky Carioti, Kevin McCarthy —, McCarthy, he'd, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley —, Michael B, Moore Organizations: Service, Republican Rep, Business, Federal, Commission, GOP, POLITICO, Management, South Carolina Rep, Capitol, Washington, Getty, Washington Post, Trump, Democratic Locations: South Carolina's, Charleston

☆ New York Democrat Faces Primary Threat Over Support for Gaza. He Doesn’t Care.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) voted against a House resolution that condemned the Hamas attack on Israel. Photo: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesRep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) hoped a breakfast with Jewish constituents would help alleviate the criticism over his response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. It didn’t go well. Bowman—who was forced to change venues to avoid protests—denounced Hamas but defended his opposition to a House resolution that condemned the attacks. Bowman said he voted against the resolution because it didn’t recognize Palestinian victims, according to people who attended the Monday meeting at his White Plains office.

Persons: Jamaal Bowman, Ricky Carioti, Bowman —, —, Bowman Organizations: Washington Post, Getty Locations: N.Y, Israel, White

☆ John Fetterman predicts Joe Manchin is 'not going to be around much longer' in the Senate: 'I'm going to get his parking space'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. John Fetterman predicted that fellow Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin won't be "around much longer." "At first I was really kind of angry [at Manchin]," Fetterman told the Post. "And then I realized, well, he's not going to be around much longer and I'm going to get his parking space." Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesIn September, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unilaterally changed the chamber's dress code to accommodate Fetterman. AdvertisementAdvertisementFetterman eventually caved, telling Insider at the time would comply with the "silly dress code."

Persons: Sen, John Fetterman, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Manchin hasn't, Fetterman, —, he's, Manchin, it's, Bob Menendez's, Ricky Carioti, Chuck Schumer Organizations: Democratic, Service, Senate, Pennsylvania Democrat, Washington Post, West, Washington, Getty, West Virginia Democrat Locations: Pennsylvania, West Virginia

☆ New Orleans residents brace for salt water intrusion as Biden declares national emergency
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

An aerial view of New Orleans can be seen from a drone above the Mississippi River on April 1, 2023 in New Orleans, La. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday declared a federal emergency for a saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River, which is threatening New Orleans' water infrastructure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects that two New Orleans water treatment plants will be affected by the end of October: the Algiers Water Treatment Plant on Oct. 22 and the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant on Oct. 28. Solutions under considerationAt a New Orleans City Council meeting on Wednesday, councilmembers, officials from the SWBNO and from the Department of Homeland Security discussed possible response strategies. Some New Orleanians are wondering why the city is always playing defense, despite the warning signs of saltwater intrusion in years past.

Persons: Ricky Carioti, Joe Biden, John Bel Edwards, Biden, Jesse Keenan, Mia Miller, Miller, Joseph Giarrusso, SWBNO, Councilmember Lesli Harris, Councilmember, there's, We're, Bywater, Stephen Murphy, bode, Murphy Organizations: Washington Post, Getty, Wednesday, Louisiana Gov, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Biden's, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Board, New, New Orleans City Council, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers New, Water Board, Tulane University, New Orleans City, Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Tulane University's Disaster Management Locations: New Orleans, Mississippi, La, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans, Algiers, Carrollton, Bywater, councilmembers

☆ After 55 years in flight, the US Air Force is planning to keep its biggest plane in action for a few more decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Air Force said the material used to make the parts showed "promising results" and appeared "to be impervious to natural elements." The use of 3D parts could result in faster turnaround times and reduced costs for maintenance on the C-5, the largest aircraft in Air Force's inventory and the workhorse of US Air Force Air Mobility Command. The GalaxyThe C-5A Galaxy lifts off from the Dobbins Air Force Base for its maiden flight on June 30, 1968. The Air Force needed a single plane capable of carrying loads of over 150,000 pounds to distances over 3,000 miles. Development, upgrades, and futureA C-5 and other US Air Force aircraft during an air show at at Andrews Air Force Base in May 2007.

WASHINGTON — Patrick Leahy was swept into the Senate nearly a half-century ago in the wake of the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon’s resignation and pardon. Ron Frehm / APSen. Leahy take photos on the inaugural stand during Barack Obama's presidential inauguration at the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013. Let’s stay here and vote where we can be seen.”Sen. Leahy, D-Vt., walks to the Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. Ira Schwarz / APSupreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in by committee chairman Sen. Leahy, D-Vt., during her confirmation hearing in 2009 in Washington. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in the Senate subway.

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