2+ week, 2+ day ago   (280+ words) President Donald Trump said he is creating a U.S. Space Academy to join the nation’s other military service academies — but this one is focused on training officers who will be involved in the nation’s space missions. Trump made the announcement Friday…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Under President Donald Trump, the Transportation Security Administration is seeking to replace federal TSA screeners with private contractors in more airport security lines. Twenty US airports already use private screeners through the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, which launched…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (521+ words) WASHINGTON — President Trump announced the formation of a new military Space Academy during a Friday visit to Houston — before calling up astronauts aboard the International Space Station, with one crew member informing the president his mustache is “great in microgravity....

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (788+ words) House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (489+ words) As temperature soared and Angelenos wilted on Sunday, forecasters had an unwelcome message: Another week of heat is coming. In fact, this probably will be the hottest week so far in this unusually hot year. The National Weather Service is…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (730+ words) One of the hottest debates in the energy industry right now is how much oil is actually coming out of the Persian Gulf, and the answer could determine how long the Iran war lasts. Iran insists the Strait of Hormuz…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (876+ words) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday defended the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States in mid-June as the best way to move beyond a situation of “neither war nor peace.” “There is not a single provision in this…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (222+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy launched into a threatening rant Sunday amid the now-collapsed U.S.-Canada trade negotiations, but not before boasting about beer being sold at President Donald Trump’s IndyCar race at the U.S. Capital. “They can sell beer – this is…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (603+ words) A civil rights leader is calling for the resignation of Gustavo Gordillo, the co-leader of New York City’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America — saying his series of scandals proves the DSA now stands for the “Double Standards of…...