How the Iran war could crush the U.S. housing recovery, and it’s not just about mortgage rates
The immediate impact of the war with Iran on the U.S. housing market has been a sharp rise in mortgage rates. One day before the...
Long lines, unpaid TSA workers: Experts say US air travel system in crisis
For more than a month, employees of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), tasked with screening the millions of people who pass through airports across...
About 300 protesters chant, rally outside energy conference
About 300 protesters chanted “we need clean air, not another billionaire!” on Monday outside the Houston hotel where many of the world's top energy industry...
Trump sends US immigration agents to airports as shutdown chaos deepens
Immigration enforcement agents will be deployed across major United States airports from Monday, President Donald Trump has announced, in an extraordinary move to ease a security crisis triggered by...
Over a third of TSA officers call out at 3 major U.S. airports in single day as funding standoff continues
More than 40% of TSA officers called out of work on Tuesday at the airport in Houston — one of three major airports in the...
US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figure highlights...
Thousands of workers strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
Thousands of workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike Monday in Colorado, threatening to make already costly beef even more expensive for U.S....
200 US troops wounded since Iran war started: Centcom
The Pentagon said Monday approximately 200 U.S. service members have been wounded since the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran broke out. The “vast majority”...
U.S. oil prices top $100 as Trump administration threatens strikes on Iran’s crude export facilities
U.S. crude prices topped $100 per barrel Sunday evening, as the Trump administration weighs military strikes on OPEC member Iran’s key oil export facilities on...