In this week’s air travel news, major airline trade organizations have started lobbying the new leadership at the Department of Transportation to get rid of consumer protection rules that were put in ...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently blocked the airline junk fee rule that the DOT says would ...

It’s almost like mosaic work,” Straughan tells Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, about adapting ...

It’s no surprise that all the Senate’s Democrats voted against confirming new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (“Pete Hegseth overcomes attacks to narrowly win Senate confirmation as defense secretary,” ...

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USAID isn’t representing the United States around the world. It is representing a narrow and now very dated view around the ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Michelle Goldberg ...

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on the tragic plane crash that occurred over the Potomac River. Rather than console, Trump blamed all his “enemies”, including Joe Biden, DEI and former ...

Since election season never truly ends anymore, the political jockeying for 2026 is well underway in Michigan. Thanks to term limits, the Mitten State will have every executive office open, as well as ...

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is said to be considering a bid for the Senate following Sen. Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.) decision not to seek reelection. Buttigieg confirmed ...