A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated Education Department employees' First Amendment rights by overwriting their furlough out-of-office emails with a partisan message blaming Senate Democrats for the shutdown. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the agency to restore union members' personalized notices immediately or strip the partisan...
New Zealand survived three yellow cards and a ferocious second-half surge to keep their unbeaten run against Scotland intact, edging a breathless contest at Murrayfield. Tries from Cameron Roigard and Will Jordan and a Beauden Barrett penalty built a 17-0 halftime lead. Scotland roared back as Ewan Ashman and Kyle...
With the shutdown now the longest in U.S. history, the Trump administration ordered airlines to begin cutting flights at 40 busy airports, citing strain on pilots and air traffic controllers. Senate Republicans rejected a Democrat proposal to reopen the government, as unpaid controllers and screeners face a second missed paycheck....
President Donald Trump proposed redirecting Affordable Care Act insurer payments straight to Americans to buy their own coverage, pitching it as a way to end the record-long shutdown. In a Saturday Truth Social post offering no specifics, he also renewed his push to scrap the Senate filibuster. The proposal followed...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp used interviews with Axios and CNBC to cast his company as central to US economic growth, saying Palantir is growing the GDP and that most GDP gains now come from AI. He touted Palantir as a baller enterprise and argued America must lead in AI, invoking...
Former Cowboys player and 2024 assistant defensive line coach Greg Ellis spoke candidly about his regret over not staying in touch with defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died this week in an apparent suicide. Ellis, who advocated drafting Kneeland and saw himself in the player, recalled noticing him withdraw but...
FAA union members are picketing at O’Hare, day 39 of the government shutdown, to spotlight unpaid work, furloughs and concerns over aviation safety and family strain. PASS, representing 11,000 FAA and Department of Defense employees, will rally between Terminals 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. Flight disruptions are mounting after...
Georgia’s No. 5 Bulldogs visit Mississippi State on Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium, a week 11 SEC trip David Pollack called a trap game. Kirby Smart’s 7-1 team rides a four-game streak, but this is only its third road game, while 5-4 Mississippi State comes off a 38-35 win over...
Speaking at a Nebraska Democratic Party gala in Omaha, former President Joe Biden delivered a blistering critique of President Donald Trump, calling his tenure a wrecking ball to democracy and citing the demolition of the White House East Wing to build a 90,000 square foot ballroom. He mocked claims of...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after White House talks that Hungary secured an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy, covering oil and gas via the Druzhba and TurkStream pipelines. A White House official, speaking anonymously, said the waiver lasts one year. Trump, who hosted Orban, said he was...
