With flight reductions beginning Friday at 40 major U.S. airports, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said safety is his top priority — but he declined to share information about the data that led to the decision to cut capacity. Airlines were ordered to reduce flights as air traffic control staffing grew increasingly strained during the government shutdown,
Cornell University will pay $60 million to end federal investigations and restore more than $250 million in research funding frozen over civil rights probes.
President Trump has approved a presidential pardon for former MLB and Mets legend Darryl Strawberry, a White House official said Friday. Strawberry pleaded guilty in 1995 to tax evasion for failing to report income on his federal tax returns. “President Trump has approved a pardon for Darryl Strawberry, three-time World Series champion and eight-time MLB
President Trump meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2025. Evan Vucci / AP President Trump reiterated his call for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster to end the shutdown Friday, telling reporters during a bilateral meeting with Hungarian
President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Casada, a Republican, was sentenced in September to three years in prison over a 2020 scheme to receive over $50,000 in taxpayer money from a mailer program for lawmakers.
Senate Democrats say they are prepared to reopen the government, only if Republicans attach a one-year extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies to their current plan.
The ADL’s new “Mamdani Monitor" targets Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani over antisemitism concerns, but some Jewish groups say the move is unfair.