
Trump administration’s FAA chief clears normal operations in the skies post-shutdown
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Tim Brown/Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration early Monday lifted

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Tim Brown/Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration early Monday lifted

A sign explaining delays in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown is displayed at a Sprouts grocery

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) The U.S. Supreme Court has extended through

A ‘We Accept (Food Stamps)’ sign hangs in the window of a grocery store on Oct. 31, 2025 in Miami,

The Saturday Morning Market, in St. Petersburg, Florida, on April 14, 2012. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) Following a late Friday

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night

Canceled flights are displayed on an arrivals board at San Francisco International Airport on Nov. 0, 2025 in San Francisco,

The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Agriculture

People sit in front of windows looking out on the tarmac at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake

A sign in a convenience store along Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Oct. 28, 2025, advertises that it accepts

A plane prepares to land at Newark Liberty International Airport. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean

President George W. Bush, right, and the late Vice President Dick Cheney in the Oval Office on Jan. 24, 2002.

A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program purchases for groceries

A sign in a convenience store along Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, advertises that it

President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Bananas and cereals at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 3, 2011. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.) A

Social Security benefits will see a 2.8% increase in payments next year, the Social Security Administration said Friday. (Photo illustration

A U.S. National Park Service lock keeps John Brown’s Fort shut and secured in the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of

President Donald Trump speaks as Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, left, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi look

Members of the Texas National Guard are seen at the Elwood Army Reserve Training Center on Oct. 7, 2025 in

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2025. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stands

The U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) State officials from both parties urged Congress to

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a Cabinet

The sun illuminates the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2025, the morning following

Author James Comey, former FBI director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in

Sarah Baus of Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign that reads “Keep TikTok” as she and other content creators Sallye

An aerial of the the Pentagon, May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase) President Donald

Members of the National Guard stationed outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jane Norman/States

California National Guard members stand guard at an entrance to the Wilshire Federal Building on June 13, 2025 in Los

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pictured July 31, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) The economy-wide
A member of the National Guard stands alongside a military vehicle parked in front of Union Station, near the U.S.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as, left to right, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Labor Lori
A sign in an Indianapolis store shown on Aug. 1, 2023, says SNAP benefits are accepted. A new analysis by
A worker installs solar panels on a roof. (Photo by Getty Images) Several congressional Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump
U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Alexander Vaden testifies before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on July 30, 2025. (Photo via
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, center, announces his agency’s plans for deregulation from an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29,
National Public Radio headquarters on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building in Washington, D.C., pictured on Dec. 18, 2017. (USDA photo
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of the Kennedy Center) Republicans on
A summer day on Golden Trout Lake in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, in east-central Idaho. (USDA Forest Service photo) Members
A farmer on a tractor sprays soybean crops. (Photo by Westend61/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban
President Donald Trump is displayed on a television screen as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on
A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, is seen at the Minnesota State
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of
Union members and supporters rally in Grand Park calling for the release of union leader David Huerta, who was arrested
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on June 10,
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of
Billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk said in an interview with CBS News that he was “disappointed” in the U.S.
At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for
Highway 170 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Trevor Srednick/Getty Images) The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California
South Dakota state Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, speaks to hundreds of rally attendees at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre