The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022. Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was
Washington — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday that any link between allegations of fraud by members of the Somali community and terrorism would be a “failure of the FBI” amid calls to investigate a series of multimillion-dollar alleged pandemic fraud schemes in Minnesota. During the Biden administration in 2022, federal prosecutors in Minnesota filed
The logo of social network X displayed on a smartphone in Brussels on Sept. 27, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and several other senior U.S. officials have criticized the European Union’s (EU) internet policies, likening them to censorship, after the governing bloc last week levied Elon Musk’s social
Guests walk the red carpet ahead of the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, one of the highest accolades in American performing arts, on Dec. 7. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to attend the 48th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements at 6:15 p.m. ET. Recipients include country music … Original
Guests walk the red carpet ahead of the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, one of the highest accolades in American performing arts, on Dec. 7. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to attend the 48th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements at 6:15 p.m. ET. Recipients include country music … Original
FBI Director Kash Patel at a news conference to announce arrests tied to illegal sports betting and poker game schemes, in New York City, on Oct. 23, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel over the weekend provided an update into the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying that he believes the suspect
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a state memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the two-year war in the Gaza Strip at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 16, 2025. Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Dec. 7 said the cease-fire brokered between Israel and