• In Trump-dominated media world, editing video takes on new significance — as BBC uproar shows
    In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network’s change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC. The other common denominator: […]
  • The Media Line: Has President Trump Put the Kurds at Risk by Backing al-Sharaa and HTS Against Islamic State?
    Has President Trump Put the Kurds at Risk by Backing al-Sharaa and HTS Against Islamic State? Washington’s nod to Damascus, limited sanctions relief, and new anti-Islamic State coordination narrow Kurdish leverage and keep the SDF guarding thousands of detainees By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line Washington just put weight behind Damascus’ plan to fold […]
  • Lawsuit challenges TSA’s ban on transgender officers conducting pat-downs
    A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-downs, according to a federal lawsuit. The Transportation Security Administration, which operates under DHS, enacted the policy in February to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring […]
  • Analysis-US airlines grapple with shutdown fallout as Thanksgiving nears
    By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -The longest federal government shutdown disrupted tens of thousands of flights in recent days, and with it, U.S. carriers’ optimistic expectations for the holiday quarter. Now, they are wrangling with how to minimize the ripple effects on travelers and their bottom line as the government looks set to reopen […]
  • White House eyes return to growth of 3%, 4% by early 2026 after shutdown knock
    By Andrea Shalal and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy should return to growth of 3% to 4% by the first quarter of 2026, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday. Hassett cited economists’ estimates that the government shutdown would knock about 1 percentage point to 1.5 percentage points off growth rates […]