The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace over El Paso, Texas, Wednesday after abruptly closing it earlier in the morning. Why it matters: The closure would have prevented any flights in and out of the local airport for 10 days, creating massive travel disruptions. Driving the news: Several hours after issuing the restrictions for "special security reasons," the FAA announced via an X post Wednesday that the temporary closure had been lifted. - "There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal," the post read. Catch up quick: The FAA established the temporary flight restriction , or TFR, at 6:30 UTC, or 11:30pm Tuesday in El Paso. - It was scheduled to last until Feb. 21 at the same time.…
House Democrats are already planning to force votes overturning at least two of President Trump's tariffs , with more likely to follow, senior lawmakers tell Axios. Why it matters: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has repeatedly blocked these votes over the past year, but his attempt to do so on Tuesday was thwarted by a trio of Republican defectors in a late-night vote. - Johnson's procedural maneuver to stop Democrats from forcing votes to end Trump's tariffs under the National Emergencies Act failed 214 to 217, with Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) breaking away. What they're saying: "We are going to do Canada today and follow with Mexico," House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Greg…
The sudden, unexplained closure of the airspace around El Paso , Texas, was ordered after the Federal Aviation Administration grew concerned that military activity near the border could threaten civilian flights, two sources familiar with the decision told Axios. Why it matters: The order, later reversed, alarmed residents of El Paso, the border city of around 680,000, and blindsided local political leaders. Even military officials at Fort Bliss said they didn't know what was going on. - The order was reversed around eight hours later without an explanation for what caused it. - The FAA said there was "no threat to commercial aviation." How it happened: The FAA's abrupt order to close El Paso's airspace for 10 days came after the…
J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
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Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the most best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.