POLITICS

Feds scrap proposal to offer cash to air passengers for flight disruptions

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The Department of Transportation is dropping a proposed rule that would have required airlines to offer cash to passengers whose flights were disrupted.  The rule, which never went into effect, would have required carriers to provide compensation “to mitigate passenger inconveniences” for cancellations or delays that were within a carrier’s control.  Reuters was the first

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Billions in Frozen Foreign Aid Funding

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President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON—A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in foreign assistance approved by Congress, including aid that the White House recently said it

Appeals Court Sides With Judge Ordering Trump to Release Billions in Frozen Foreign Aid

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media while signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 5, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON–The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Sept. 5 upheld a federal district judge’s ruling that found the Trump administration could not withhold billions

475 people detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at Hyundai site in Georgia

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In a large-scale immigration enforcement sweep at a Hyundai facility in Georgia on Thursday, 475 immigrants suspected of living and working in the U.S. illegally were detained, federal authorities announced. Steven Schrank, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia, told reporters Friday that the majority of those detained were Korean nationals