Southwest Airlines reported an unexpected third‑quarter profit, topping Wall Street on adjusted EPS and revenue, even as net income fell 19% to $54 million. Revenue inched up 1% to $6.95 billion. The carrier forecast record fourth‑quarter sales, guiding unit revenue up 1%–3% and capacity up 6%, assuming demand holds. It...
President Donald Trump says he deserves compensation for investigations he calls politically driven, and the Justice Department under his control could sign off on any payout. He has filed two administrative claims totaling $230 million over the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search and the earlier Trump-Russia probe; neither has advanced to a...
The U.S. gross national debt has topped $38 trillion for the first time, Treasury data show, as a government shutdown leaves hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and stalls the economy. Experts warned the impasse adds costs—past closures drained billions, including $11 billion during the 35-day 2018 shutdown. Michael...
Arizona Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva sued in federal court to compel Speaker Mike Johnson, or another official, to swear her into Congress after her Sept. 23 special-election win to succeed her late father. With the House in recess during the shutdown, Johnson has not seated her despite brief sessions, a delay...
Astronomers say asteroid 2025 PN7 has become a quasi-moon of Earth, sharing our orbit until 2083, according to a paper in IOP Science. Though it can seem to loop around us, experts stress it actually orbits the sun on a path similar to Earth’s and will later shift into a...
Jude Bellingham’s first goal of the season gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Juventus at the Bernabéu, his arms wide to a chorus of Hey Jude for the first time since April Fool’s Day. Madrid dominated possession and fired 27 shots, but had to sweat for it, as Thibaut...
A new report from the nonprofit Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 says U.S. cyber defenses are eroding as adversaries intensify attacks on communications and infrastructure. Senator Angus King cites Trump administration cuts that shrank CISA by a third, the firing of U.S. Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, and the...
New York’s final mayoral debate opened with sharp clashes as Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa sparred over ICE raids, Trump and housing. All three condemned Tuesday’s Canal Street raid; Sliwa faulted bystander pushback, Cuomo said he’d press Washington to pull officers, and Mamdani called ICE...
The Times obtained videos of a Tuesday immigration operation in South Los Angeles that left a deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer Carlitos Ricardo Parias wounded. Footage shows a sedan boxed in by officers, engine revving as smoke billows, an order to 'Shoot him with a pepper ball,' then 11...
On Day 22 of the shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded at his Capitol news conference that the GOP’s message feels "old" and said a strategy shift may be needed, even as he insisted Republicans are "99.8%" united in refusing to negotiate with Democrats until the government is funded. With...
