Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines officially closed their merger on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Spirit Airlines unexpectedly collapsed. The $1.5 billion cash-and-stock deal, which includes debt, allows the two smaller regional airlines to fill the void left by the now-defunct budget carrier. Allegiant is based in Las Vegas, and Sun Country is […]
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday expressed concern over the increasing use of artificial intelligence in warfare, arguing that the technology sets up a moral dilemma for humanity. The pontiff’s warning came during a speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University, in which he called for expanded oversight over AI being developed and used in the military […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans will head to the White House on Thursday afternoon for another classified briefing with the Secret Service as the Trump administration intensifies its push to salvage a controversial $1 billion security funding request facing growing Republican skepticism on Capitol Hill. A source familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner that lawmakers […]
President Donald Trump, Miami Dade College, and Florida officials are facing a lawsuit alleging that the donation of public land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library violates the Constitution. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a Miami nonprofit group, residents, and a Miami Dade College student, argued that the Constitution bars states from providing financial […]
Singer Katharine McPhee sang for Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt during a fundraising event at McPhee’s and husband David Foster’s home in Brentwood, California, on Monday. Footage circulating online showed a karaoke-style setup in the backyard, complete with a microphone and lyrics on a screen, and Grammy-winning producer Foster on […]
The White House said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during a bilateral summit that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and that Iran can “never have a nuclear weapon.” Trump is halfway through a two-day bilateral summit with Xi in Beijing. The two leaders have spent hours […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday ordered a defamation lawsuit to be filed against the New York Times after a journalist published an opinion piece alleging Palestinian prisoners were raped and sexually abused by Israeli prison guards and soldiers. The opinion article, titled “The silence that meets the rape […]
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting handed in his resignation on Thursday, telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he has “lost confidence” in his “heavy-handed” leadership of the United Kingdom. Streeting opened the letter by listing his accomplishments in office, but he concluded that staying in his post would be “dishonourable and unprincipled” while Starmer remains […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford slammed Democrats for their Virginia redistricting referendum failure. “It’s pretty clear that the Democrats made a massive tactical error with the Virginia referendum,” Bedford said on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Wednesday. Virginia voters were asked in April whether the state should redraw its congressional map, framing it as […]
A New York City resident was convicted on Wednesday of running spy operations for China from a Manhattan office building. Lu “Harry” Jianwang, 64, was convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent and obstructing justice by deleting WeChat messages that prosecutors said included orders from Beijing to harass and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents. Prosecutors said […]
