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These 4 airlines have raised checked bag fees as fuel costs soar

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines announced this week they are raising prices for checked bags, joining a growing number of U.S. carriers grappling with higher jet fuel costs linked to the war in Iran. The two airlines raised prices by $10 for the first and second checked bags on most flights — both now...

Iran complains US is breaking terms of ceasefire deal

The speaker of the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday issued a statement that said the U.S. had violated key parts of its 10-point proposal for peace, concluding that "in such situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiation is unreasonable." The statement came from the Iranian Parliament's speaker, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, amid signs that a ceasefire reached Tuesday...

Fewer in US, Canada say it’s a good time to find a job: Gallup

Fewer people in both the U.S. and Canada said it was a good time to find a job in 2025 in comparison with the year before, according to a new report from Gallup. In the Gallup State of the Global Workplace report, 47 percent of respondents in the U.S. and Canada called it “a good...

Law criminalizing online sexually explicit images sees first conviction

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Take It Down Act sees first conviction A Columbus, Ohio man pled guilty Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated sexually explicit images, marking the first conviction under the Take It Down Act, signed into law last May. © Greg Nash First lady Melania Trump, who pushed for...

Vance blames ‘legitimate misunderstanding’ for dispute over whether Lebanon included in ceasefire

Vice President Vance on Wednesday said there was a “legitimate misunderstanding” on the ceasefire agreement with Iran after its leaders slammed the U.S. for an Israeli attack on Lebanon.  "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding,” Vance told reporters Wednesday.  “I think that the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just...

RFK Jr. launching podcast in ‘transparency’ push

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a podcast that, in his words, will focus on "telling the truth, especially when it's uncomfortable" and "confronting the spiritual malaise." Kennedy is no stranger to podcasts, often appearing on shows like "The Joe Rogan Experience" and "Club Random with Bill Maher." In a...

WATCH: Leavitt slaps down critics who called Trump’s Iran threat a bluff

Karoline Leavitt says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was not a bluff, claiming it forced Iran to agree to a two-week ceasefire deal.

Schumer blasts Trump’s Iran war as failure, moves to rein in his war powers amid ceasefire

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to force another war powers vote to rein in President Donald Trump's use of the military in Iran amid a fragile ceasefire.

Mullin weighs using airport customs as leverage against sanctuary cities

DHS Secretary Mullin eyes ending customs processing at sanctuary-city airports in cities like New York and Los Angeles as immigration leverage grows.

Top GOP hawk Graham warns Iran deal has ‘troubling aspects’ as ceasefire begins

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says the Iran ceasefire deal has "troubling aspects" and calls for a diplomatic solution that stops Iran's nuclear enrichment program completely.

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