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Appeals Court Temporarily Allows Pentagon To Require Escorts For Reporters

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A U.S. appeals court on April 27 temporarily allowed the Department of War to require reporters entering Pentagon grounds to be escorted while the government appeals a lower court ruling.

The Pentagon is seen from a flight taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 29, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS

In a 2–1 decision, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed an April 9 order issued by U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, which found the department’s revised press access policy violated his previous order by mandating escorts for reporters entering the Pentagon.

The panel said the department has shown that it is likely to succeed on the merits of its case. According to the ruling, the department argued that allowing journalists to enter the Pentagon unescorted could increase the risk of sensitive information being disseminated.

“The Department has thus supported its claim that this aspect of its policy furthers important national security interests,” the ruling stated.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell welcomed the appeals court’s decision and emphasized that journalists continue to hold valid press credentials and access to Pentagon briefings, press conferences, and interviews.

“Despite what many in the media have told you, the Department’s policy has never been about limiting journalism—it is about safeguarding classified information that protects American lives,” Parnell said on X.

The New York Times challenged the Pentagon’s rules in December 2025, arguing that its press access policy violated the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment by restricting journalists’ ability to “ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Friedman subsequently blocked the rules and ordered the Pentagon to reinstate the credentials of New York Times reporters.

This story is developing and will be updated.

Tyler Durden Tue, 04/28/2026 - 13:00

An “office on the sand” event at Law Street Beach in March drew dozens of remote workers with folding desks, laptops, surfboards, and beach chairs for a morning of coworking by the ocean.

It takes guts to partake in SoCal's vast array of kid-curated cuisine.

It certainly looks like A.J. Brown is headed to New England, and he won't be coming cheap.

Vegas Casino Stocks Hit A Cold Streak As Visitor Growth Muted

Las Vegas casino stocks have been largely mixed year to date on New York exchanges, as soaring costs for alcohol, parking, food, hotel rooms, bottled water, and other basic items have deterred cash-strapped visitors from the Strip.

Visitor volumes have been under pressure for more than a year, with Canadian travel down sharply in 2025. Major operators such as MGM and Caesars have reported revenue declines in Sin City, according to Bloomberg.

The latest data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority show that visitor volumes increased marginally by 2.1% in February, but this was from a depressed level, as foot traffic remains below late-2024 levels.

Foot-traffic data from Placer.ai indicate that quarterly visits across the top casino operators remain soft, with Las Vegas-exclusive Red Rock Resorts being the only one showing growth.

Vegas foot traffic is expected to remain muted this year: "I wouldn't expect a major upswing," Bloomberg Intelligence gaming and lodging senior analyst Brian Egger said.

Citizens analyst Jordan Bender noted that Vegas is more like a "vacation," with visitors going there "not necessarily to gamble more."

If "you just want a fun weekend for two days, it's not a bad place to go," Suter told clients.

We have detailed for years how unaffordable Vegas has become. Even MGM CEO William Hornbuckle acknowledged this reality on an October earnings call: "Whether it's the infamous bottle of water or Starbucks coffee at Excalibur that costs $12, shame on us."

Vegas must become affordable again - or risk yet another year of muted traffic, which would impact the local economy because the leisure and hospitality industry made up about a quarter of all jobs in the metro area.

 

Tyler Durden Tue, 04/28/2026 - 12:40

SoCal is for gamers — of the non-Twitch type.

Dimon previously warned the war in Iran risks oil and commodity price shocks that could keep inflation sticky and push interest rates higher.

Moz will bring his trademark mope to Shea’s Performing Arts Center on Sept. 22.

Items sold across major retailers such as Amazon and Walmart have been recalled due to child safety concerns.

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Australian hikers can rest easy knowing this survival thriller is a work of fiction.  

Donald Trump gave Melania Trump a love-tap on the butt as the President met with British King Charles and Queen Camilla on Tuesday as part of their four-day royal visit.

Instead of taking over Carter's role, Dern will reportedly play a completely new character in Season 4. 

More Than 1,000 TSA Officers Have Quit Amid Shutdown

Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday that more than 1,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have left the agency since the partial shutdown began on Feb. 14.

An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at Reagan National Airport in Washington, Jan. 6, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Amid the record-breaking lapse in funding, DHS said that with summer months approaching and the FIFA World Cup kicking off in June, impacts to travelers could be significant.

The department announced the drastic drop in staffing in a post on X, blaming Democrats in Congress for the prolonged shutdown.

“This loss has SIGNIFICANTLY decreased TSA’s ability to meet passenger demand and left critical gaps in staffing, as each new recruit requires 4-6 MONTHS of training,” DHS wrote.

Fliers at airports across the United States experienced hours-long security lines earlier in the spending lapse.

To ease travel pains, President Donald Trump on March 23 deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to 14 U.S. airports.

“[The American public is] going through a big struggle right now, and we just put ICE in charge, and they’re helping TSA—the agents—and they’re working together so far very well,” Trump said at the time.

If longer wait times persisted, Trump pitched the idea of also deploying the National Guard.

Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, told The Epoch Times that from the start of the shutdown through March 24, 450 TSA agents had quit. Thousands more were calling out sick and could not afford gas, childcare, food, or rent, she added.

“As Democrats continue to put the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our air travel system at risk, [President] Donald Trump is taking decisive action—deploying hundreds of ICE officers, already funded by Congress, to the airports under the greatest strain,” Bis said.

TSA acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill told Congress on March 25 that airports might be forced to close if the partial shutdown continued.

“At this point, we have to look at all options on the table. We don’t have the luxury of picking and choosing how we maintain our operations,” McNeill told lawmakers.

“And that does require us to, at some point, make very difficult choices as to which airports we might try to keep open and which ones we might have to shut down as our callout rates increase.”

Only days after McNeil testified on Capitol Hill, Trump signed a presidential memorandum to pay TSA agents with DHS emergency funds.

More than 50,000 TSA employees had been working without pay for weeks.

Wait times at airports eased as TSA agents began receiving paychecks and backpay. Security lines that were taking multiple hours to pass through were down to 10 minutes or less.

But there’s still no long-term plan from Congress to fully fund DHS.

Republicans and Democrats are blaming each other for the spending standstill. An array of funding proposals have come from both sides, but none have successfully advanced.

GOP lawmakers are criticizing their counterparts for not passing their proposals, as Democrats demand a guaranteed overhaul of immigration operations in exchange for a funding agreement.

On March 27, the House passed a stopgap plan to fund DHS for 60 days. The bill was sent to the Senate, which had already left for a two-week recess.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned on April 21 that DHS will soon run out of its emergency funds to pay TSA if Congress cannot reach a deal. The money would run dry by the first week in May, he said in a “Fox and Friends” interview.

“My payroll at DHS is just over $1.6 billion every two weeks,” Mullin said. “There is no more emergency fund, so the president can’t do another executive order for us to use money, because there’s no more money there.”

The Senate, using the budget reconciliation process, advanced on April 23 a $70 billion funding plan for ICE and Customs and Border Protection through 2029. The process allows passage by a simple majority, bypassing the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.

If brought up by the House, the resolution would allow congressional committees to write detailed legislation on allocation of the funds, which would then require Trump’s signature to take effect.

Trump praised the Senate’s effort and urged Republicans to unify to achieve full funding for DHS.

Tyler Durden Tue, 04/28/2026 - 12:20

An over-the-counter one-two punch has gone viral amid claims that it reduces anxiety symptoms, but some doctors are uneasy about the unusual combo.

On this episode of The Dodgers Post, Jack Harris and Dylan Hernández are at Dodger Stadium following one of the Dodgers’ most signature early-season wins this year, a Kyle Tucker walk-off against the Marlins. The two discuss Tucker’s game, his slow start to the season, and why he still seems to be fitting in well...

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Kudrow and her "Friends" co-stars famously went from earning $22,500 per episode during Season 1 to $1 million per episode during Seasons 9 and 10.

Kudrow and her "Friends" co-stars famously went from earning $22,500 per episode during Season 1 to $1 million per episode during Seasons 9 and 10.