Tag: TSA
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks...
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
TSA officer arrested for attempting to smuggle meth through LAX
If convicted, Williams would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
TSA officers placed on leave after photo reveals racist behavior
Shortly after a racist photo was posted to social media, two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have been placed on administrative leave...
The TSA’s role as journalist harasser and media ‘watchdog’
My experience on this latest journey is also a reminder of how far we in the U.S. have gone down the road towards becoming a police state.
Trump suggests federal workers borrow groceries to get by during longest...
As the shutdown continues with no end in sight, many workers are turning to food banks and food pantries for help.
Airline safety at risk as government shutdown continues
“As union leaders, we find it unconscionable that aviation professionals are being asked to work without pay and in an air safety environment that is deteriorating by the day."
Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich calls on TSA workers to walk off job...
As 800,000 workers continue to go without pay, federal employees around the country are rising up to demand an end to the shutdown.
TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ surveillance program receives backlash, DHS to further review...
The surveillance program has air marshals following passengers and recording their behaviors and any other observations providing minute-by-minute updates for reports, which are sent directly to TSA.
‘Quiet Skies?’ Boston Globe exposé reveals TSA is secretly surveilling thousands...
A Boston Globe investigation has revealed the existence of a domestic surveillance program run by the Transportation Security Administration since 2012.
Hundreds of TSA agents failed drug and alcohol tests
“TSA employees have been criminally charged for using cocaine on the job, facilitating large-scale drug and human smuggling, and engaging in child pornography activities.”
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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement
Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.
Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid
A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2025, WMO says
Carbon dioxide reached 426.8 parts per million, up from 377.5 when the UN weather agency began its bulletin in 2004