Government And Institutions

And even though the FAA continues to propose fines on unruly passengers, totaling over $1 million to date, the cases keep mounting.

A federal court judge overseeing the California fraud case against disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti has declared a mistrial

Union leaders representing 350,000 city workers plan to file a legal action to stop Mayor de Blasio from implementing a vaccine mandate for Department of Education employees without their input.

A recent audit found the Internal Revenue Service misreported information about more than $726 million and potentially overpaid almost $900,000 for government contracts.

The British military has stepped in to help evacuate Americans left behind in Afghanistan after its fall to the Taliban, according to former deputy national security advisor Matt Pottinger.

Help is on the way for dairy farmers who got a lower price for their products because of pandemic-related market abnormalities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday.

Facebook on Thursday said it is reviewing the Federal Trade Commission's amended lawsuit alleging the social media platform has engaged in anticompetitive behavior.

U.S. carriers and pilots are prohibited from flying over Afghanistan without approval.

The fines are part of the FAA's zero-tolerance policy, which was adopted in January after the agency saw a "disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior," the FAA said.

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is introducing legislation to protect farmers who supply animal products to California.

The Biden administration last week canceled bulk shipments of dollars headed for Afghanistan as Taliban fighters were poised to take control of the capital city of Kabul, part of a continuing scramble to keep hundreds of millions of dollars out of the hands of the terrorist group, according to people familiar with the matter.

Founder Trevor Milton stepped back from the company in September after a damning report from short-selling activist firm Hindenburg Research accusing Milton of deceiving investors with a video that made it look like one of Nikola’s trucks was driving when in fact the vehicle was simply rolling down a hill.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday honored first responders to the Surfside condo collapse by handing them $1,000 bonus checks and thanking them for their efforts.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, sent a letter to the Treasury Department on Friday inquiring as to why an important report detailing the financial health of two popular programs, Social Security and Medicare, has yet to be released.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that later this month the city will begin requiring anyone dining indoors at a restaurant, working out a gym or grabbing cocktails at a bar to show proof they’ve been inoculated.

The number of incidents involving unruly passengers has surged this year, according to regulators. Flight attendants said they have been harassed, threatened and, in some cases, physically attacked.

On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law effectively expanding background checks on all gun sales in the state while also providing mental health funding for communities impacted by gun violence.

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban to expire. It argued that its hands are tied after the U.S. Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month.

A federal agency upheld the decision to make Elon Musk’s SpaceX the sole winner of a contract to develop a lander for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s return to the moon, a setback to Jeff Bezos ’ space enterprise.

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified Amazon.com Inc over the sale of sexual enhancement and weight-loss products that had potentially harmful drug ingredients, in a letter addressed to the company's new boss Andy Jassy.