Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the U.S. on Saturday for ahead of his landmark meeting with President Trump, his country’s state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet Mr. Trump at the
27m ago Several major airports with ground delay programs in place Several major airports had ground delay programs in effect Saturday evening due to low staffing triggers, which means that the airport’s airspace is facing a shortage of air traffic controllers to work the facility. The airports with ground delay programs, which are issued
2:31 PM Airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights on second day of cuts U.S. airlines on Saturday canceled more than 1,000 flights following the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic amid traffic controller shortages caused by the government shutdown, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions. So far, the second
8m ago Thune says “minibus” package of appropriations bills is “almost ready” Thune told reporters that the GOP conference is working to finalize the text of the “minibus,” or the package of three appropriations bills that Republicans hope will entice moderate Democrats to vote to advance the continuing resolution that would reopen the government.
No U.S. government officials will attend the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, President Trump said on Friday, repeating the claim that the country’s white farmers were being killed and abused. Mr. Trump had already announced he would not attend the annual summit for heads of state, with Vice President JD Vance
The Trump administration late Friday urged a federal judge in Maryland to allow immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the West African country of Liberia, saying the U.S. government has cleared the final legal hurdle in the deportation process. Abrego Garcia’s case has been at the center of the national debate over President Trump’s
Washington — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans. The order from Jackson is temporary. She said it will give a federal appeals court more time to consider whether to