Texas is currently seeing four times as many cases of whooping cough compared to the same period last year, the state health department said in a health alert. The state has reported more than 3,500 cases this year. This is the second year that Texas has seen large increases in whooping cough cases. Nationally, pertussis…
Airlines have canceled more than 7,500 flights since Friday due to weather and air traffic control shortages, but relief now appears to be in sight as more controllers report to work with news of a possible end to the government shutdown. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said staffing shortages at air traffic control facilities eased significantly…
Jimmy Kimmel’s band leader and childhood friend Cleto Escobedo III died Tuesday morning. Kimmel announced on social media. Escobedo, who led the band Cleto and the Cletones at Kimmel’s show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He was 59 years old. No cause of death was provided. “Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s administrative stay of a lower court order for the Trump administration to immediately complete payment of full SNAP benefits for November. The decision, despite Judge Jackson’s own only objection, preserves the status quo as Congress appears poised to end the unprecedented government shutdown and fully…
The longest government shutdown in American history is nearing an end, as the House is scheduled to meet Wednesday to vote on the federal spending bill. The Senate approved the measure Monday night, with eight members of the Democratic caucus joining Republicans. The United States Capitol dome is visible on November 10, 2025 at the…
President Donald Trump said the U.S. economy is strong and insisted that polls showing Americans are feeling economic pain are “false” during an interview on Fox News that aired Monday night. Trump said bad news about the economy amounted to a “Democrat scam,” adding that Democrats “feed” anchors on major news networks the message that…
Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been charged with one count of felony false imprisonment for an incident that occurred in Lompoc, California, authorities announced. Buzzard was arrested on Nov. 7, the day after the alleged incident, on a felony charge. The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office said the charge was not…
Disruptions to air travel continued across the United States on Tuesday, with more than 1,100 flights canceled before dawn, according to a combat data tracker. Some 541 flights within, to or from the United States were also delayed around 5 a.m. ET, according to conscious flightalong with the 1,156 that had been cancelled. A passenger…
Representative Jamie Raskin sent a message six page letter to President Donald Trump on Sunday following new information his committee received from a whistleblower who alleges Ghislaine Maxwell is preparing a “commutation request” for the Trump administration and receiving preferential treatment while incarcerated. Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, accused the Trump…
Stocks closed sharply higher on Monday after the Senate voted hours earlier to advance a possible deal on the government shutdown, which has weighed on economic output and sowed uncertainty in markets for more than a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 380 points, or 0.8%, while the S&The P 500 rose 1.5%….
