The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Aug. 13, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times In an effort to solve the decades-long shortage of air traffic controllers across U.S. airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a new hiring campaign targeted at video gamers interested in new career opportunities.
Fresh talks with Iran could begin this week as the United States continues a blockade of Iranian ports in the Hormuz Strait. Find out what Vice President JD Vance had to say about the state of a potential diplomatic solution. The United States is expanding its role at another key maritime choke-point. It’s boosting military
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to the crowd during a “It’s Time to Vote” drive-in rally in Stonecrest, Ga., on Dec. 28, 2020. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The Cook Political Report shifted four U.S. Senate races toward Democrats on April 13, reflecting what the nonpartisan forecaster called an “increasingly sour national environment for Republicans.”
A cargo ship sits at anchor in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governorate, in the United Arab Emirates on March 11, 2026. Stringer/Reuters Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned of a surge in the price of oil and energy over
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 4, 2026. AP Photo/Nathan Howard Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed that an executive order mandating banks to collect citizenship information on customers is underway. “It’s in process. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable, because,
A home for sale in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The United States has a shortage of 10 million homes, a gap that the White House’s newly released 2026 Economic Report of the President attributes in part to government regulations that have increased construction costs. The estimated shortage was calculated by
District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on March 16, 2023. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP An appeals court has put a stop to criminal contempt proceedings initiated by a district judge against