Wait times at security checkpoints in Houston and New Orleans as long as three hours due to shortage of TSA agents Travelers complained of long waits Sunday – lasting hours in some cases – at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the US Department … Read more
House minority leader says ‘we want ICE to conduct itself like other law enforcement agencies, not use tax dollars to kill American citizens’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump is in Miami, Florida today. We’re due to hear from the president at a roundtable … Read more
Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an ‘unacceptable’ choice. Plus, stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens Good morning. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as his successor, as the war enters its … Read more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a new policy that would ban foreign nationals and noncitizens from accessing its loan services — a continuation of efforts to refocus federal resources to ventures that align with American prioritization. “The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for American citizens,” SBA Administrator … Read more
Airfares could rise in the weeks ahead as the Iran conflict disrupts energy markets and squeezes jet-fuel supplies, increasing costs for airlines and passengers. Fuel traders are watching the Strait of Hormuz closely, because disruptions from U.S.-Israeli strikes and retaliatory Iranian drone and missile attacks could quickly ripple through global oil and gas flows. Just … Read more
Some people have an A.I. bestie. Some have an A.I. husband. Some have three.
As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the Trump Administration is gutting the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.
Mark Rosenblatt’s début play brings light, shadow, and humor to its portrait of a troubled writer.
A flurry of well-timed and anonymous bets on Polymarket right before the U.S. strike on Iran shows the need for reform.
For decades, research universities have relied on federal funding, with no guarantee that it will last. Now their survival may depend on compliance with the government.
