White House ‘influencer briefings’ bring conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried something new on Monday.   Instead of just addressing credentialed journalists in the storied White House briefing room, she held a separate “influencer briefing” for 10 people.   “Tens of millions of Americans are now turning to social media and independent media outlets to consume their news, and we are…

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2 planes were ordered to ‘go around’ because of Army copter near Reagan Airport

Two commercial flights approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport were ordered to do “go-arounds” Thursday because of an Army helicopter, three months after a mid-air collision that killed 67 people, officials said. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said he would demand answers from the Pentagon about the Black Hawk helicopter flight that forced the…

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