Trump urged Republican senators to redirect federal money toward direct payments to individuals. Key US politics stories from 8 November at a glanceDonald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct payments to individuals, in an effort to overcome an […]

Amid a historic government shutdown, some senators on Capitol Hill are working this weekend on an unpopular bill US senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, but hopes for a bipartisan agreement on how to end the standoff, and keep healthcare affordable […]

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects US airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many […]

Police say vehicle was involved in street racing before driver fled from authorities and then crashed into Ybor City bar A speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar early on Saturday, killing four people and injuring 11 in a historic district of Tampa, Florida, known for its nightlife and tourists. An air patrol […]

As tens of thousands of military personnel work without pay and others are furloughed, a local pantry sees its numbers increasing as restaurants are losing customers When Jane Doorley and her husband Bill arrived at the Fairborn Fish Food Pantry they help run on 28 October, they couldn’t get into the parking lot, such was […]

Though Latino voters gave sweeping support to Democrats in Tuesday’s elections, they’re not a permanent coalition Latino voters delivered sweeping support to Democratic candidates across multiple states in Tuesday’s off-year elections, reversing what many Republicans had come to believe was a lasting political realignment after Donald Trump’s historic gains with the community in the 2024 […]

Democrat Sam Rasoul, a Muslim, won re-election to the state legislature despite accusations of antisemitism Sam Rasoul, the Virginia Democrat who is currently the longest-serving Muslim state lawmaker in the US and who faced accusations of antisemitism over language condemning Israel’s assault on Gaza as genocide, scored a resounding victory in Tuesday’s election that he […]

TikTok video shows woman speaking into camera and reacting to a loud thud before she says ‘I just hit somebody’ Authorities are investigating a newly surfaced video that suggests a woman who hit and killed a man while driving in the Chicago suburb of Zion, Illinois, on Monday night was livestreaming on TikTok at the […]

Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel The secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, reportedly authorized the purchase of Spirit Airlines jets before discovering the airline didn’t actually own the planes – and that the aircraft lacked engines. The bizarre anecdote […]

Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities One of the main media takeaways from the 2024 election was the much-discussed “vibe shift”. That is, a resurgence of cultural conservatism and a backlash to the shifting cultural attitudes on race, LGBTQ+ rights, […]

Eleanor Gittens, 107, and Lyle Gittens, 108, of Miami met at a basketball game in 1941 and have been married for 83 years A Miami husband and wife who recently attained the title of world’s longest-married couple say they managed that feat just by loving one another. “We love each other,” Eleanor Gittens, 107, said […]

Freight company cites ‘abundance of caution’ and manufacturer’s recommendation after 13 died when wing caught fire and engine fell off The freight company UPS has grounded its fleet of MD-11 aircraft days after a cargo plane crash that killed at least 13 people in Kentucky. The grounded MD-11s are the same type of plane involved […]