The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

Planes line up on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on November 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. has been scrambling to hire more air traffic controllers for years. The longest-ever federal government shutdown might have made that even harder. “We need more of them … Read more

Woman pleads guilty to lying about astronaut wife accessing bank account from Space Station

Woman pleads guilty to lying about astronaut wife accessing bank account from Space Station

NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after she, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean on August 9, 2025 off the coast of San Diego, California. Nasa … Read more

U.S. and Switzerland reach trade deal to lower tariffs to 15%

U.S. and Switzerland reach trade deal to lower tariffs to 15%

Swiss flag is pictured at the Harbor in Geneva, Switzerland, March 13, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters The U.S. and Switzerland have reached a trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Friday. Duties will be reduced to 15%, the Swiss government said in a post on X, adding that further details will … Read more

Stock futures drop as tech shares get hit hard again: Live updates

Stock futures drop as tech shares get hit hard again: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures fell on Friday after Wall Street witnessed its worst day in more than a month. Futures tied to the … Read more

What now for peak oil? Unpacking a surprise twist in the fossil fuel feud

What now for peak oil? Unpacking a surprise twist in the fossil fuel feud

A worker inspects the outdoor gas pipes at the underground gas storage facility operated by Gas Storage CZ AS, in Haje, Czech Republic, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Energy Agency’s latest outlook signals that oil demand could keep growing through to the middle of the century, reflecting … Read more

Trump has threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit. Here’s what’s going on

Trump has threatened the BBC with a  billion lawsuit. Here’s what’s going on

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on Oct. 31, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is once again on the warpath against a major global media company, having threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit this … Read more

Government shutdown: House to vote on funding bill

Government shutdown: House to vote on funding bill

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 12, 2025. Nathan … Read more

Flight cancellations ease, hitting lowest rate in almost a week, with end to the shutdown in sight

Flight cancellations ease, hitting lowest rate in almost a week, with end to the shutdown in sight

The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Flight cancellations eased across the U.S. on Wednesday ahead of a House vote on a funding bill that could end the longest federal government shutdown … Read more

SNAP: Trump admin gets longer Supreme Court pause on order it pay full food stamp benefits

SNAP: Trump admin gets longer Supreme Court pause on order it pay full food stamp benefits

Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) signage at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended until late Thursday night a pause in a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. The two-day … Read more

Trump is pardoning dozens of allies and backers. Here’s who might be seeking clemency

Trump is pardoning dozens of allies and backers. Here’s who might be seeking clemency

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump has doled out dozens of executive clemency grants in the past few weeks alone, issuing pardons and commutations to major business … Read more