JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines terminated their merger agreement‚ weeks after a judge ruled that the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition and harm cost-conscious fliers. The airlines had appealed the judge’s January ruling‚ but some analysts said overturning it would probably be a long shot. JetBlue and Spirit said Monday that they had come to the decision that they probably couldn’t overcome the legal and regulatory hurdles. JetBlue Chief...

The U.S. government is intensifying a manhunt for an Iranian intelligence operative whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes has been plotting to assassinate current and former American officials‚ including one-time Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The FBI’s Miami field office on Friday issued a public alert seeking information on Majid Dastjani Farahani‚ a suspected member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security‚ whom the Bureau alleged has been recruiting “individuals for...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized his rival and war cabinet member Benny Gantz for traveling to the US to meet with officials without authorization‚ according to reports. “The prime minister made it clear to Gantz [Friday] night that he does not approve of his trip to Washington. Any official trip abroad by a minister that is not private but rather in an official capacity requires approval from the prime minister‚” an unnamed senior figure close to Netanyahu told ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to meet Monday with Benny Gantz‚ a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet and centrist political rival of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu‚ in a sign of growing White House frustration with the Israeli government. The White House meeting‚ which was not authorized by Netanyahu‚ presents a major test for President Joe Biden's relationship with the Netanyahu. The U.S has become increasingly at odds with Netanyahu over Israel's refusal...

Oregon is ready to end its "experiment" with drug decriminalization‚ according to one state senator. This comes as skyrocketing overdose deaths and public drug usage compelled the state legislature to re-introduce criminal penalties for possession in the Beaver State. "About four Oregonians a day are dying because of overdoses‚" state Sen. Tim Knopp‚ a Republican and minority leader in the upper chamber‚ told "Fox &; Friends Weekend" on Sunday. "The voters of Oregon were sold a bill of...

Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and other top U.S. officials in Washington on Monday as the White House ramps up pressure on Israel to protect civilians in Gaza during its war with Hamas. Gantz‚ a political rival to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‚ will also meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk on Monday and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday‚ according to a statement...

Oregon legislatures have passed a bipartisan bill undoing a key part of the state’s decriminalization law‚ penalizing people for possession and selling small amounts of drugs.  The bipartisan bill passed both state chambers on Friday and is headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek (D)‚ who showed willingness last month to curb the decriminalization in Oregon.  The state Senate passed the legislation with a 21-8 vote on Friday following the lower chamber’s 51-7 vote on Thursday‚...

Oregon lawmakers have moved to reintroduce criminal penalties for the possession of hard drugs‚ in effect ending the state’s groundbreaking three-year decriminalization experiment. In 2020‚ nearly 60% of voters moved to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs with the passage of Measure 110‚ but the new law had grown increasingly controversial as the state grappled with the fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use. Lawmakers had recently reached a bipartisan deal...