FEMA Tells Court It’s Offering Jobs Back to Employees Let Go in January May 4, 2026 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has...
US Says it Has Missile Destroyers in Gulf and 2 American Ships Have Crossed Hormuz May 4, 2026 By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Idrees Ali The U.S. military said two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade and that...
Trump Administration Targets Dismantling of Already-Weakened DEI May 4, 2026 By Jeff Green After a remarkably successful effort to extinguish diversity, equity and inclusion programs at US employers, federal officials are stepping up...
Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship Leaves 3 Dead, WHO Says May 4, 2026 By Jason Gale Three people have died and one is in intensive care in South Africa after a cluster of hantavirus infections linked...
China’s Unprecedented Defiance of US Sanctions Triggers Showdown May 4, 2026 By Bloomberg News China has ordered its companies to ignore US sanctions, an unprecedented act of defiance that threatens to trap a vast...
Baltic Exchange Denies Mercuria’s Allegations Over Hormuz Freight Losses May 4, 2026 The Baltic Exchange, the world’s top provider of benchmark shipping indices, has denied allegations from Mercuria that some of its...
Plane Crashes in Texas Hill Country, Killing 5 Pickleball Players May 4, 2026 By Hallie Golden and Terry Tang Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned...
SpaceX Sued for Alleged Home Damage in South Texas May 4, 2026 By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune A group of 80 South Texas plaintiffs are suing Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, alleging its rocket testing caused “massive”...
CISA Weighs Cutting Deadlines to Fix Digital Flaws Amid Worries Over AI May 4, 2026 By Raphael Satter U.S. cybersecurity officials are considering sharply shorter deadlines for fixing critical flaws in government IT systems, amid concerns hackers could...
Misclassification Costs Workers, Social Insurance May 4, 2026 As many as 10–30% of employers misclassify workers at an enormous cost to both workers and social insurance systems. New...