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Newark Liberty International Airport is facing a ninth day of delays and cancellations, as an air traffic controller shortage continues and rain adds to the issues.Some flights are seeing more than three-hour delays, and there was another ground stop. The airport reported dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays Tuesday, after hundreds of flights were impacted Monday and over the weekend.The union representing air traffic controllers says multiple members are on trauma leave after an equipment failure caused them to lose communication with pilots last week. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to announce the details of a plan to overhaul…

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada had one key goal in his high-stakes meeting with President Trump on Tuesday. He needed to say, in no uncertain terms, that Canada is not going to become the 51st U.S. state, while avoiding a public fight.And he succeeded.“As you know from real estate, there are some places that are not for sale,” Mr. Carney said solemnly. “It’s not for sale. It won’t be for sale, ever,” he added.“Never say never,” Mr. Trump replied. But the moment’s potency had been defused, and Mr. Trump clearly was not interested in having a fight with Mr.…

A United Airlines Boeing 777 jet clipped the wingtip of another United plane while it was pushing back from the gate early Tuesday morning at San Francisco International Airport, prompting the cancellation of two trans-Pacific flights that had been carrying more than 500 passengers between them, officials said.No one was injured during the mishap, the latest incident to bring scrutiny to commercial aviation safety procedures in the United States.The brush between the two planes occurred around 12:35 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said that the planes were maneuvering in an area where air traffic controllers do not…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will allow the Trump administration to implement its policy barring transgender people from serving in the military while legal proceedings move forward.The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide. The Justice Department sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court left in place that district court’s injunction. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would deny the administration’s request.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cheered the Supreme Court’s order as a…

Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 25. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In a 53-47 vote along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of tech CEO Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Bisignano, a donor to President Trump and the former CEO of payments technology company Fiserv, will lead the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental…

President Trump repeatedly talked up a future announcement, “one of the most important announcements that have been made in many years about a certain subject,” during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada.He never said what he could be talking about, or what “very important” subject he is referring to, only suggesting it would be made before he leaves for a trip to the Middle East next week. But even the timing of the big announcement wandered, with Mr. Trump saying it “will be made either Thursday or Friday or Monday.”“We will have a…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said emphatically Tuesday that Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale, ever” in an Oval Office meeting with President Trump, moments after Mr. Trump called the border between the U.S. and Canada “artificial” and romanticized the idea of Canada joining the U.S. Mr. Trump said he and Carney wouldn’t be discussing the U.S. acquiring Canada unless “somebody wants to discuss it,” but said there would be “tremendous” benefits to Canada in the event of a “wonderful marriage” between the two countries. The president has repeatedly floated the idea of acquiring Canada, despite Canada’s…

May 6, 2025 Activities that funnel revenue to weapons contractors have barely been touched—hardly surprising given that Musk himself presides over a significant Pentagon contractor. Ad Policy Elon Musk showcases his managerial philosophy at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month(Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone of America’s civilian government. The virtual elimination of…

An 89-year-old man and a dog were killed in Southwest Florida on Monday in what the authorities said appeared to be separate attacks by a black bear.Officials received a call just after 7 a.m. about an apparent “fatal wildlife attack” in a rural and wooded unincorporated part of Collier County just north of Everglades City, Fla., the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said the animal involved in the attacks may still be in the area. The commission, which is leading the investigation, said it was continuing to secure a perimeter.“Out of an abundance of caution,…

The National Institutes of Health has laid off hundreds more staff, multiple current and laid-off employees of the health agency told CBS News, including at its cancer research institute.Around 200 employees began receiving layoff notices Friday evening, said three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move surprised NIH officials, since the department previously claimed no further cuts were planned at the agency. “We thought the worst was behind us, and we were transitioning into this new phase, and the rug was just pulled out from underneath us,” one laid-off employee said.A spokesperson for the NIH did not comment…