The agents are not trained to work airport security and are working exits and entrances, but critics say the armed officers are instilling fear in American travelers.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and end long lines at airports, funding DHS but not ICE. Trump rejected it.

The clock that was ticking toward a dramatic new escalation in the Iran war may now be counting down to a deal that would end it

From surprise rental car fees, to bigger-than-expected airfare, hotel, utilities or home improvement bills, NBC’s Christine Romans joins TODAY to share how you can challenge those charges and, in some cases, take steps to avoid them altogether. Tips include recording video of rentals, calling airlines to reprice flights, requesting a home meter test from your utility company and more.

U.S. stocks surged and oil fell after Trump and Iran gave conflicting reports about talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Some days for Rachel Jordan start at 5 a.m. and don’t end until midnight — sometimes for multiple days in a row.“I’m just exhausted, honestly,” she said in an interview

The U.S.-Iran war has begun cutting into discretionary spending, raising mortgage rates, battering stock markets and souring consumer sentiment.

In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran.

A jury in California has found billionaire Elon Musk liable for misleading investors ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, which he later renamed X. Jurors were asked to decide if two tweets and comments Musk made on a podcast in May 2022 amounted to him intentionally defrauding Twitter shareholders, who sold their shares based on Musk’s statements. 

California and seven other states filed an emergency motion on Friday to stop the merger of broadcasting companies Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the country’s largest operator of local television stations