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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights across the country. A dozen Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facilities saw staffing shortages on Monday, according to an evening advisory from the agency. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy held a press conference at one of them, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, where he blamed…

The next frontier of online video further blurs the line between human- and AI-generated content. In late September, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced “Vibes,” a feature that allows users to create and watch AI-generated videos. ChatGPT maker OpenAI quickly followed with the launch of Sora 2, which people can use to create videos with “cameos” of themselves, friends and others who grant permission. Despite only being available by invitation, the new tool promptly jumped to the top of Apple’s app store.The apps are part of a burgeoning family of AI tools that make it far easier for non-experts to create sophisticated videos,…

Politics / October 7, 2025 Lobbyists for foreign countries have long helped other governments influence US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump. Ad Policy Given that anyone anywhere can quietly bankroll President Donald Trump via his “memecoin,” it’s fair to say that we’ve never seen a White House so saturated in foreign money.(Paul Yeung / Bloomberg via Getty Images) It’s difficult to overstate how significantly the world of foreign lobbying has transformed in the past few months. An industry that was once relegated to backrooms and back channels is now blasted out…

Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, asked Bondi about the deployment of the National Guard in cities, posing questions about the politics of the moves for the GOP.”I’m having a real struggle right now with the National Guard being deployed and masking the abject failure of leaders at the state and local level,” Tillis said, asking whether it’s a best practice that “I just don’t get yet.””Seeing what’s happening in Chicago, they need the National Guard,” Bondi replied. “Our ICE members need the National Guard to protect the national buildings — that’s why they’re being deployed.”Tillis clarified that he…

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are planning to head to Egypt on Tuesday and arrive there Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue.White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Witkoff and Kushner were on hand to take part in the talks, which are focused on a plan proposed by Mr. Trump last week that aims to end the war in Gaza.The indirect talks, with Egypt and Qatar acting as intermediaries between Israel and Hamas, resumed on Tuesday for a second day in the…

President Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Trump is floating the possibility that some of the roughly 600,000 furloughed federal workers could be denied back pay once the government reopens, despite a 2019 law intended to ensure federal employees are compensated after a shutdown. Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump appeared to publicly back a draft White House memo that includes an argument for denying workers pay. “I would say it depends on who…

  4m ago Trump compares Democrats voting against government reopening to “a kamikaze attack” Speaking to reporters and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mr. Trump said Democrats voting against reopening the government is like “a kamikaze attack.” “You want to know the truth? This is like a kamikaze attack. They almost, you know, they have nothing to lose. They’ve lost the elections, they’ve lost the presidential election in a landslide.” Kamikazes were part of Japanese military aviators who flew suicide missions against the Allied Forces in World War II. By Kathryn Watson https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-senate-vote-trump-air-traffic-controllers/#post-update-93f30c4d   8m ago Trump says “I follow the law”…

Economy / October 7, 2025 Does the defense secretary have unclaimed earnings from a firm he formerly advised? Ad Policy Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addresses a gathering of military generals at Quantico, Virginia, last month.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) This week, a relatively unknown cryptocurrency company with some very high-level political connections will finalize a multimillion-dollar merger with another firm that could lead to a cash payout for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. On October 8, INX Digital Company, a crypto exchange that’s publicly traded in Canada, will finish being acquired by Republic, another fintech company. The deal is…

Washington — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in a Colorado counselor’s challenge to the state’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors.The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, who argues the state’s restriction unconstitutionally censors conversations about gender dysphoria and sexual orientation that she seeks to have with young patients. Chiles, who is Christian, says she wants to engage in talk therapy with minor clients who want to “reduce or eliminate unwanted sexual attractions, change sexual behaviors, or grow in the experience of harmony with [their] physical body.”But she says she fears that having those conversations with young patients…

VoteVets, a liberal group that typically backs veterans running for office, is pouring $1 million into aggressive ad campaigns backing the Democratic candidates in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial contests with less than 30 days until Election Day.Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, is a former Navy helicopter pilot. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for the same job in Virginia, was a CIA operations officer before entering politics. The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears. VoteVets…