Southwest Airlines restored its flight schedule on Friday, ending a weeklong stretch of mass cancellations that disrupted millions of travelers' holiday plans. After canceling roughly two-thirds of its flights since the start of the long holiday weekend, Southwest canceled just 1 percent of its Friday trips, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. But questions remain about how quickly Southwest can make customers whole, whether it can prevent this kind of meltdown from happening again and how lawmakers and regulators in the nation's capital will respond to the fiasco. Here's what you need to know. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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📄 House panel releases Trump's personal and business tax returns
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The House Ways and Means Committee has released six years of former President Trump's business and individual tax returns, totaling 46 documents with hundreds of pages and more than a gigabyte's worth of data. |
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🗣️ Trump blasts Democrats, Supreme Court after release of tax returns
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Former President Trump ripped Democratic lawmakers over the release of several years of his tax returns, warning of dire consequences for the nation while touting his ability to avoid paying income taxes. |
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🔑 Much of Capitol to reopen to visitors on Tuesday
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Much of the Capitol will reopen next week for the first time after nearly three years of pandemic restrictions, according to a memo from the House sergeant at arms obtained by The Hill. |
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🚓 Suspect, 28, arrested in stabbing deaths of Idaho students
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A suspect has been arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in November. |
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🤭 Ginni Thomas: Couple has 'ironclad' rule not to talk about cases
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Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said in her interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that the Thomases have an "ironclad" rule not to talk about pending cases in the court. |
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⚖️ Biden pardons six people sentenced for drug, alcohol crimes
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Ahead of the new year, President Biden has pardoned six people who have served sentences for drug or alcohol related crimes, as well as a woman who was convicted of second-degree murder while she was in an abusive relationship. |
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🇨🇳 China appoints ambassador to US as new foreign minister
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China has appointed its U.S. ambassador as its next foreign minister, apparently signaling a softer tone toward the international community. |
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🍾 CNN boss asks anchors not to drink during New Year's Eve special
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CNN head Chris Licht has asked the network's anchors for its New Year's Eve special not to consume alcohol on the air while the program is on, according to The Washington Post . |
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'This isn't Southwest's first meltdown: And it might not be the last'
| "Southwest Airlines' catastrophic December meltdown came as no surprise to any of the airline's frontline workers," writes Capt. Casey Murray, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association. |
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