FARRINGTON REPORT

A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing on Monday after its pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit when its flight attendants banged on the locked door because the plane’s communication system went down. SkyWest flight 6569 returned to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska at approximately 7:45 p.m. local time, “after…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned of a “Hate America” rally, but those who attended the “No Kings” protests reported a festive and positive atmosphere with 7 million people protesting in 2,500 cities across the country.

Multiple colleges are rejecting a compact the Trump administration sent to nine universities at the beginning of October that guaranteed funding advantages if the institutions agreed to certain policy changes. The 10-point memo, titled the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” gave a variety of sweeping demands from changes in hiring to admissions, altering…

Vice President Vance arrived in Israel on Monday, bolstering efforts by President Trump’s top Middle East envoys to reinforce a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that is holding despite outbursts of violence on both sides. Vance met for two hours with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s top officials and architects of the ceasefire and…

The Atlanta Police Department arrested a man who intended to open fire at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday, the city’s police chief said.  Forty-nine-year-old Billy Cagle arrived at the airport just prior to 9:30 a.m. local time, Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a Monday press conference. Less than 10 minutes after he entered the…