Delta will reduce its flight capacity this summer, cutting approximately 100 daily departures, the airline announced on Friday.
Driving the news: The move will mitigate employee absences due to COVID, the impact of extreme weather events, and other factors out of their control, per the announcement.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other House Republicans subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 select committee are signaling their refusal to testify before the panel.
Why it matters: The snubbing represents an escalation in already boiling tensions between the mostly Democratic committee and Republicans in Congress, and leaves the committee few clear avenues for recourse.
In the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas shooting that killed 19 children and two adults, elementary school-aged survivors are appearing on local and national television to tell their stories.
Why it matters: Although these children are younger, their media presence in the wake of this week's devastating tragedy is reminiscent of the Parkland shooting survivors, who went on to lead the nation through weeks of grief.
The commander on scene during the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school mass shooting made "the wrong decision" by not breaching the classrooms where the gunman was with students and teachers sooner, said Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, on Friday.
The latest: The on-scene commander considered the gunman barricaded and that the school was not in an active-shooter situation, despite 911 calls from students inside two connected classrooms, McCraw said.
A federal judge on Friday dismissed former President Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, which he filed in an attempt to stop her office's civil investigation into the Trump Organization's business practices.
Why it matters: The dismissal comes just a day after a four-judge panel ruled that Trump and his children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., are obligated to comply with subpoenas issued by James and testify under oath as part of the state's investigation.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has opened an investigation into five gun manufacturers in the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school earlier this week that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Driving the news: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who chairs the committee, sent letters to the companies Thursday. She requested information regarding the manufacturing, sale and marketing of semi-automatic rifles that have been used in many of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday announced plans to stump for Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump.
Why it matters: Members of the Republican Party's old guard are increasingly coming out in defense of GOP officials targeted by the former president for disloyalty.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told Axios on Thursday he's earnestly engaged in talks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over a climate, energy and deficit reduction package, reviving hopes for action this year.
Why it matters: Even a slimmed-down version of President Biden's Build Back Better package looked dead. But comments by Manchin, along with tempered optimism from some Democrats, suggests a Biden win on the Hill in this midterm year has gone from unlikely to possible.
Almost no Democrats who oppose abortion rights hold seats in Congress any more, and it's also become a litmus test for some state parties, even in red states.
The big picture: Anti-abortion Democrats are nearly extinct, and with the Supreme Court expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, national Democrats will be making abortion rights a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns.
The Southern Baptist Convention published a list on Thursday evening of hundreds of clergy and other church staff who've been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse.
What they're saying: The release of the 205-page list marks "an initial, but important, step towards addressing the scourge of sexual abuse and implementing reform in the Convention," per a statement from Rolland Slade, chair of the SBC Executive Committee, and Willie McLaurin, the EC's interim president and CEO.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has canceled his National Rifle Association convention appearance Friday in order to travel to Uvalde to further respond to this week's school shooting massacre, his office said.
The latest: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) also canceled his speech at a breakfast held by the NRA on Friday, saying in a statement that "this is a time to focus on the families, first and foremost," according to the Dallas Morning News.
