Some wait times at airport bottlenecks are easing with TSA paychecks promised
After weeks of chaos in U.S. airports, the Transportation Safety Administration said the first paychecks in weeks are being sent as early as Monday to its workers, giving the beleaguered aviation system a boost of optimism. Wait
US lawmakers express support for stalled Taiwan special defense budget
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The United States supports efforts by Taiwan’s government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament, a group of visiting U.S. lawmakers said Monday in
The Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Birthright Citizenship Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Wednesday over whether President Trump’s order, signed on Jan. 20, 2025, his first day back in office, comports with the post-Civil War 14th Amendment and an 86-year-old
US lawmaker presses SEC’s top official after enforcement director quits
By Chris Prentice and Marisa Taylor NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday pressed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins for answers about the sudden departure of the agency’s top
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas’ primary runoff elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday.
In their words: What judges have said about birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal courts have uniformly blocked President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily. The Supreme Court is hearing
US Department of Labor issues 401k guidelines on private assets
March 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday issued long-awaited proposed new rules intended to clarify how trustees can add alternative assets ranging from private equity to cryptocurrencies to 401(k) retirement plans. The measure,
Major U.S. airports returning to normal as TSA workers set to get paid
March 30 (Reuters) – Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after 50,000 Transportation Security Administration security officers went unpaid since mid-February say operations are returning to normal. Airports in Baltimore, Houston, New York, New
Apollo’s impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA’s return to the moon with Artemis II launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner
Could a Democrat really replace Marjorie Taylor Greene? This retired Army general is trying
ROME, Ga. (AP) — During almost three decades of living in Georgia’s conservative northwest corner, Kimberly Seals got used to keeping her liberal opinions to herself. She suspected there were others who felt the same way, but