US delays flights at 8 airports due to short staffing of air traffic controllers
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was delaying flights at eight airports including in Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, Washington and Newark, citing widespread air traffic staffing issues as controllers
Cornell University announces deal with Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. Cornell President
2 more men charged in FBI investigation related to alleged Halloween plot in Michigan
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey have charged two more young men in a sprawling federal investigation of an alleged terrorism-style attack planned for suburban Detroit. The allegations against Tomas Jimenez-Guzel and Saed Mirreh, both
Several people ill at US military base in Maryland after suspicious package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several people fell ill after a suspicious package was opened at a U.S. military base in Maryland, though they were evaluated and released, the U.S. military said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday
Trump finalizes US Gulf oil lease sale, proposes Alaska sale in 2026
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will hold an auction for drilling oil and gas off the U.S. Gulf next month and has proposed another in a waterway in southern Alaska, it said on Friday. The lease sale
Cornell reaches deal with Trump administration to restore research funds, NYT reports
(Reuters) -Cornell University has reached a deal with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that would restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds, the New York Times reported on Friday. The paper, citing university
FAA scales back flights at 40 airports. See the impact in photos
Flights at 40 major U.S. airports, including in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, were cut Friday as airlines complied with the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to scale back flights nationwide because of the government shutdown. This
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states
Exclusive-US Army to buy 1 million drones, in major acquisition ramp-up
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army aims to buy at least a million drones in the next two to three years and could acquire anywhere from a half million drones to millions
US EPA to decide on 16 small refinery biofuel waivers on Friday
(Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will issue on Friday decisions on 16 petitions by small refineries for exemptions to the nation’s biofuel blending mandates. The decisions could effectively clear the remainder of the agency’s
