Good morning from Washington, where Biden administration policies threaten to return us to the stagflation of over 40 years ago, Joel Griffith writes. Don’t miss our firsthand account from a pilot grounded by United Airlines because she declined to get a COVID-19 shot. On the podcast, a South Carolina congressman explains why he is among lawmakers fighting a proof-of-vaccination mandate in the nation’s capital. Plus: pro-lifers oppose Biden’s choice to lead the Food and Drug Administration, and why Americans would be hurt if a Labor Department official returns. Forty years ago today, an Air Florida flight departing Washington in icy weather crashes into a bridge and then the Potomac River, killing 78, including four motorists.
If David Weill runs the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, it could put on the line the entire livelihoods of freelance workers, gig employees, and contractors.
