Travel experts project summer 2022 will be a hectic time for the airline industry, which is still recovering from COVID-19. Here’s how it may impact travelers’ summer itineraries. Increased demand “People really, for the last 18 to 24 months, [have] been stir crazy not going anywhere,” Ted Bradpiece, president of a Los Angeles-based travel agency,…

A federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate has led to immediate changes, as some transportation providers, including Uber, Amtrak, and three major airlines, said they wouldn’t require employees or customers to wear masks anymore. The policy changes follow an announcement from the Transportation Security Administration that it wouldn’t enforce a January…

The Senate has voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in a 53-47 vote. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court. All 50 Senate Democrats, including the two independents who caucus with them, voted for Jackson’s confirmation. They were…

Nearly half of the country is suing the Biden administration over the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s “unlawful mask mandate on public transportation.” The lawsuit is led by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who say the mandate “exceeds the agency’s authority and interferes with state laws banning forced masking.”…

A ban on Russian oil is growing. The U.S. has already already taken that step, and the Europeans are seriously discussing cutting off not just oil, but also the country’s natural gas and refined product exports. What in the world is it going to take to make that happen? And would China benefit? It requires…

A U.S. judge threw out Sarah Palin’s lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor by incorrectly linking her in an editorial to a mass murder. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said he will order the dismissal of Palin’s lawsuit but in an unusual twist will enter his order after…

Twelve men and women are tasked with settling a spat between a former governor and one of the country’s most-read newspapers. The fallout could reshape how the story of this nation is told. Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for defamation. “What am I trying to…

Travel issues that forced thousands of flight cancellations over the Christmas weekend persisted Monday, a day after a report showed similar issues did not affect holiday sales. The travel issues have been attributed to COVID-19, particularly the Omicron variant, as well as bad weather. According to flight tracking website FlightAware, as of 4:00 p.m. EST…

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced in a campaign video Friday she will seek reelection for her fourth full term in the Senate. The video above shows her filing for reelection later in the day. Sen. Murkowski has been in the Senate since 2002 when her father selected her to finish his unexpired term after he…

Update (11/8/21): The number of states who have filed lawsuits against the new OSHA vaccine mandate has climbed to 27 as of Monday. Several businesses and associations filed legal challenges in at least six federal appeals courts. The Biden administration wants all these challenges to by consolidated into one single federal court. In court filings, the…