Category: United States

Trump Order Aims to Keep Army-Navy in Exclusive TV Window 

March 21 By Jasper Ward President Donald Trump issued an executive order on ⁠Friday ⁠aimed at maintaining an exclusive ⁠time window in December for the annual Army-Navy football game. Played ​on the second weekend of December since 2009, it is typically a standalone game on…

Georgia Woman Faces Murder Charge After Taking Abortion Pill 

March 20 By Jasper Ward A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been ⁠charged ⁠with murder after she took abortion ⁠medication and gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours, according ​to court documents and arrest records. Alexia Moore was arrested, charged and jailed by…

US Says Airport Delays Will Worsen as Shutdown Continues 

March 19 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary ⁠Sean ⁠Duffy said on Friday he ⁠is worried disruptions at major airports will increase as a partial ​government shutdown continues with no end in sight. Airlines and travel groups fear absences among the 50,000 ‌Transportation Security Administration…

Trump Says US Is Not Putting Troops in Middle East Region 

March 19 By Trevor Hunnicutt U.S. ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump ⁠on Thursday suggested he was ​not looking at deploying soldiers to the ‌Middle East with ‌the Iran war heading ⁠toward ⁠a fourth week. “I’m not putting troops anywhere,” Trump ​said in response to a reporter who…

Analysis-TrumpRx Lists Many Medicines at Prices Higher Than Paid in UK 

March 17 By Bhanvi Satija U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to make prescription drugs cheaper for Americans ⁠than ⁠anywhere in the world, but his TrumpRx.gov website is not delivering ⁠across the board lower prices than those paid in the United Kingdom, according to a Reuters…

Trump Administration Defends Anthropic Blacklisting in US Court 

March 17 By Jack Queen The Trump administration said in ⁠a Tuesday court filing that the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was justified and lawful, ​opposing the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes lawsuit challenging the decision. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic, the maker of popular AI…

American Airlines Seeks Approval to Operate US Flights to Venezeula 

Feb. 13 By David Shepardson ⁠American Airlines ⁠said Friday it was ​seeking approval to ‌operate U.S. flights ‌to Caracas ⁠and ⁠Maracaibo in Venezuela from Miami through ​its wholly owned regional carrier Envoy, ​according to a filing ⁠with the ⁠U.S. Transportation ⁠Department. Last month, ​U.S. Transportation…

US Senators Criticize FAA for Failures Before Fatal Helicopter Collision 

Feb. 12 By David Shepardson U.S. Senators on Thursday ⁠criticized ⁠the Federal Aviation Administration over ⁠a litany of failures before the January 2025 collision of a American ​Airlines regional jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people near Reagan Washington National Airport. Senator Maria Cantwell,…

US and Azerbaijan Sign Strategic Partnership During Vance Visit 

Feb. 10 By Nailia Bagirova and Lucy Papachristou The ‌United ​States and Azerbaijan signed a strategic ‌partnership in Baku on Tuesday encompassing economic and security cooperation as Washington seeks to ​expand its influence in a region where Russia was once the main power broker. Azerbaijani…