Whistleblowers are speaking out after a door plug on a Boeing plane blew out shortly after takeoff earlier this year. Source

A whistleblower says he was not surprised when a panel on a Boeing airplane blew off in the Oregon sky. Source

Crypto companies contributed a third of all direct corporate contributions to super PACs this election, supporting dozens of candidates. Source

Decades of deforestation and overdevelopment in Thailand have led to human-elephant conflict, sometimes with deadly consequences. Now, scientists may have a solution after studying elephant behavior. Source

Volaris said the crew on flight 3041 from El Bajio to Tijuana managed to detain the passenger before the flight was diverted to Guadalajara in central Mexico. Source

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that developments out of Syria that saw President Bashar Assad resign and flee the country after insurgents took control of Damascus are a blow to his allies, Iran and Russia. He said the U.S. government — which has some 900 troops in Syria — will continue to monitor the developments. Source

The following is a transcript of an interview with Mouaz Moustafa, executive director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force, and Andrew Boyd, former director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 8, 2024. Source

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, Reps. Mike Turner, Mike Kelly and Jason Crow join Margaret Brennan. Source

The task force is wrapping up its work probing security failures surrounding the July 13 and Sept. 15 assassination attempts. Source

American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport. Source