Nearly one month into the government shutdown, the vibes might finally be shifting. A looming cliff of crucial deadlines, plus fresh outside pressure, is adding new urgency into bipartisan conversations that have been sputtering for weeks. “I think they’ve picked up,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told POLITICO about the rank-and-file bipartisan talks. “Deadlines have…
A plane has crashed at Louisville’s international airport.MetroSafe said reports of an explosion were made near Grade Lane and Fern Valley Road. Watch our live report here:LMPD said injuries have been reported.There is a shelter in place issued within a 5-mile radius of the airport.WLKY has a crew headed to the scene to gather more…
Nov 6 (Reuters) — U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation’s busiest airports, the latest travel disruption from the prolonged government shutdown. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would order steep cuts citing air traffic…
New York — Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and one of the most powerful Jewish politicians in the United States, did not endorse Zohran Mamdani and would not say who he voted for in New York City’s mayoral election. But on Wednesday morning, he said he called the mayor-elect to offer his congratulations. “We…
Washington, D.C. – Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea, following a call where Xi signaled approval for a long-discussed deal allowing TikTok to keep operating in the United States. Trump called the phone conversation “productive” in a post on Truth Social, saying he…
The president delivered impassioned — if scientifically dubious — remarks about what he described as one of “the most alarming public health developments in history.” In choosing to unveil a report about autism in the Roosevelt Room of the White House — an august setting just off the Oval Office — President Trump sent Americans…
LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday praised “brave” British soldiers, calling them warriors, a day after remarks he made about NATO troops in Afghanistan were described as “insulting and appalling” by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Trump provoked widespread anger in Britain and across Europe after he said European troops had stayed…
A federal judge barred immigration agents from using tactics such as pepper spray and arrest against peaceful protesters in Minneapolis. In a preliminary injunction issued Jan. 16, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez of Minnesota gave local demonstrators some reprieve as they’ve protested against the Trump administration’s surge of thousands of federal immigration agents to the…
Republican Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, wrote to President Donald Trump on Thursday (September 18), urging him to coordinate with allies to use the aviation sector as leverage to counter Beijing’s restrictions on rare earth exports. In his letter,…
In today’s newsletter: Donald Trump and other Republican leaders rallied for religious conservatism during a memorial service for Charlie Kirk. The White House is on a winning streak at the Supreme Court. And as housing costs grow, so are the number of Americans living in RVs. Here’s what to know today. Charlie Kirk’s memorial served as…