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Duffy announces Trump admin.’s relief plans after Spirit Airlines ends operations

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(Background) Spirit Airlines jets sat on the tarmac as the company ceased operations at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 2, 2026. (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA / AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks at the Semafor World Economy 2026 summit on April 17, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the Trump administration’s relief plans for Spirit Airlines customers and employees after it ceased operations overnight. Duffy reported at a Saturday morning press conference that Spirit did not have planes in the air, and warned customers against coming to the airport. Over the next several days, the company will “go through an orderly liquidation process.” In an X post on Saturday, Duffy said that four major U.S. airlines, “United, Delta, JetBlue and Southwest, are all capping ticket prices specifically for Spirit customers who now nee...
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Iranian official says conflict with US 'likely' to restart after Trump rejects proposal

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THE ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz, last month. (photo credit: Handout Photo by the US Navy via Getty Images) A senior Iranian official said that fighting with the US was “likely” to resume after US President   Donald Trump   said he was dissatisfied with Tehran’s new proposal, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Iran’s Fars cited Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military’s central command, as saying that “a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely.” This comes after  Reuters  reported that an Iranian proposal rejected by Trump would open shipping in the  Strait of Hormuz  and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Tehran’s nuclear program for later, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Four weeks since the United States and Israel suspended their bombing campaign against Iran, no deal has been reached to end a war that has caused the bigg...
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Netanyahu meets Christians serving in IDF amid controversy over treatment of Lebanese Christians

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alon Christian soldiers serving in the IDF. (photo credit: GPO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  shared a video on Sunday with Christian soldiers serving in the IDF, amid controversy regarding the IDF's operations in Christian villages in southern Lebanon. "I'm here in the Prime Minister's Office with an extraordinary group of young men and women. These are Christian soldiers, men and women, in the Israeli Defense Forces. They fill all the important positions in our incredible military, and they do incredible work,"  Netanyahu  said during the video. "This is completely contrary to what is presented outside. It's not only that Israel fights for the rights of Christians around the Middle East, but that Israel has Christian soldiers who fight for the defense of Israel and for our Christian brethren throughout the area, throughout the region, and beyond," he added. He also explained how he was "impressed by the p...
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Motive of suspect still under investigation, Todd Blanche tells 'Meet the Press'

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the motive of the person suspected of carrying out the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner is still under investigation, telling NBC News' "Meet the Press" that "preliminary" findings suggest he was targeting administration officials. "We're still investigating a motive, and that's something that will necessarily take a couple of days at least," he told moderator Kristen Welker. "We believe he was targeting administration officials in this attack, attempted attack, but that's again, quite preliminary." Those officials "likely" include the president, Blanche added, "but I want to wait and not get ahead of us on that." The incident has raised security concerns and questions over how the suspect managed to breach the perimeter with a weapon.
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2,500 Killed in Labanon Since March 2nd

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Lebanon’s Health Ministry claimed on Sunday that over 2,500 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, when Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched an assault on Israel in solidarity with Iran. The health ministry did not disclose whether or not their death count included Hezbollah terrorists who have been killed as a result of IDF operations in Lebanon.
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A 19 yr old IDF Soldier, Idan Fooks, Killed in Today Battle

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  S gt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in southern Lebanon, April 26, 2026. (photo credit: Canva, IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The  IDF  announced that Sgt. Idan Fooks fell in southern  Lebanon  on Sunday. Fooks, 19, from Petah Tikva, served in the 7th Armored Brigade's 77th Battalion. He was killed when an explosive drone fired by  Hezbollah  terrorists hit his position during an operation in southern Lebanon. Six other soldiers were injured in the incident. Out of these, one officer and three soldiers were seriously wounded, one was moderately wounded, and the other was lightly wounded, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen.  Effie Defrin  wrote on X/Twitter. Fallen soldier receives posthumous promotion Fooks was posthumously promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, the IDF said. Fooks's funeral will be held on Monday afternoon, Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg announced. One of the other wounded soldiers was also from the city, Greenberg noted. Go to the full ar...
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Hezbollah and Israel escalate attacks, accusing each other of violating ceasefire

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Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 10, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) Hezbollah  and Israel on Sunday both escalated their attacks and accusations over the other side violating the ceasefire. Leading into Sunday, the first dispute between the sides following the April 17 ceasefire was that Israel said that the ceasefire only applied North of the  Litani River , but not within southern Lebanon. The IDF already controlled southern Lebanon and wanted to continue to destroy Hezbollah's weapons stored in nearby villages as well as kill the terror group's fighters if they remained in that area and refused to surrender. Go to the full article > >
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