Parata Air: The Latest Long-Haul Low-Cost Airline To The US

Parata Air, a new South Korean Low-Cost Carrier (LCC), has filed an application with the US Department Of Transportation (DOT) seeking permission to begin service to the United States. According to the application, the carrier intends to start...

US Trade Promotion Program for Haiti expiration impacts Caribbean US territories

After the US Congress reached its September 30 budget deadline, two important trade preference programs for Haiti remain uncertain. The Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) provide...

Ready to gain an hour of sleep? Here's when daylight saving time ends in SC 

The practice was first implemented in the U.S. during World War I to conserve fuel and power. Arizona and Hawaii are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time. South Carolina is one of 20 states with legislation to make daylight...

What to know about daylight saving time ahead of Nov. 2 time change

Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November, when clocks are set back one hour. Most of the U.S. observes Daylight Saving Time, with the exceptions of Hawaii and most of Arizona. The time change occurs at 2 a.m. to minimize...

Did we move clocks back Sunday? What to know about time change

Daylight saving time ends Nov. 2. Despite repeated bills being filed, Congress has not approved making daylight saving time permanent. Opinions are mixed over whether to make daylight saving time or standard time permanent since one must be...

No Kings Day protests October 18 to sweep the globe

WASHINGTON—From San Francisco to Sao Paulo, from Sequim, Wash.,, to Rome, Italy and from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Anchorage, Alaska, to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, a second and bigger round of “No Kings Day” marches, speeches and...

CNMI officials may face criminal charges for misuse of federal Covid funds, OPA says

Saipan - As the commonwealth races to complete years of overdue audits, officials have warned that unresolved financial discrepancies, totaling more than $257 million in Covid grants, could lead to criminal prosecution of officials in charge of...

Planned Trump staffing cuts loom over National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Land Management

Cuts to the federal agencies that manage national parks, science and public lands are expected to result in firings across the West, Southeast and Great Lakes, among other places, Trump administration plans reveal. In a court filing this week, the...

Ready to 'fall back?' Here's how much sunshine Tennessee has left 

Daylight saving time will soon come to an end, meaning Tennesseans, and the majority of people across the U.S. will need to set their clocks back one hour. While President Donald Trump supports year-round daylight saving time, Congress has the...

Divided appeals court allows Trump to deploy Guard to Portland, state seeks immediate review

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. President Donald Trump “lawfully exercised his statutory authority” to deploy Oregon National Guard Troops to Portland on Sept. 27, according to two of three federal appellate judges, who on...

November Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 10 days

November Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will be issued to recipients in 10 days. While most SSI payments are issued on the first of every month, November payments will be issued the day before November starts, on Oct. 31,...

Trump tried to lay off more than 2,000 Interior staff in shutdown plan now on hold

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department announced Monday it will pause efforts to lay off 2,050 employees throughout the country, after a federal judge expanded a temporary restraining order late last week. The new filing provides more information...

Coast Guard’s Pacific mission continues to expand

The ocean can be a lawless place. Far from shore, the vast seas have become plagued with everything from piracy, rampant illegal fishing and environmental crime, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and even spying and espionage. And in that mix,...

Territorial advocates confront limits of colonial status at Guam Museum forum

Advocates from U.S. territories gathered Thursday at the Guam Museum to address an uncomfortable reality: As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, millions living under its flag still lack the democratic rights promised in the...

Territorial Delegates Reintroduce SSI Equality Act

Congressional representatives from the five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have rallied behind the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Equality Act, HR 4814, to extend the Supplemental Security Income program to the four U.S....

Divided appeals court allows Trump to deploy Guard to Portland, state asks for immediate review

Divided appeals court allows Trump to deploy Guard to Portland, state asks for immediate review Published 1:48 pm Monday, October 20, 2025 By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle Two Trump-appointed judges overruled a lower court’s order that...

Washington D.C. Finalizes Plan for $100M in Federal Broadband Funding

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2025 – The District of Columbia has become the latest jurisdiction to finalize a plan to eliminate Internet access gaps utilizing $100.7 million the city was allocated under the federal government’s Broadband Equity, Access...

The world’s laziest revolution

ON Saturday, Oct. 18, massive public protests against the existence of Donald Trump and his neo-Nazi regime were held across the US in what was dubbed “No Kings” day. It was the second “No Kings” event, the first one having been held in June, and...

You're getting an hour of life back. How to prepare to fall back

Remember last spring when you lost an hour of your life? No, not the long staff meeting. It was the day when daylight saving time started and you sprung forward, losing an hour of sleep. Good news, you're about to get that hour back. Daylight...

Time change 2025: What to know about daylight saving time

Daylight saving time will end on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, when clocks "fall back" one hour at 2 a.m. Despite the Senate passing the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, there is no permanent end to the time change. President Donald Trump has expressed a...