Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure

The Federal Aviation Administration has told officials that the agency did not have enough time or information to assess the technology’s risk to commercial aircraft.The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision Tuesday night to close El Paso’s airspace up to 18,000 feet blindsided officials in El

K Karoun Demirjian, Kate Kelly and Eric Schmitt

What We Know About the El Paso Airspace Shutdown

The Trump administration blamed the disruptive halt on a cartel drone incursion, but others have disputed that explanation.The shutdown at the airport in El Paso was lifted in less than eight hours, but not before disrupting travelers and businesses.

D Daniel Victor, Karoun Demirjian, Luke Broadwater and Edgar Sandoval

Lower Unemployment Rate Supports Longer Pause for Fed

January’s jobs data, released on Wednesday, bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady for longer than previously expected.The unemployment rate has become a focal point for the Federal Reserve, led by Jerome H. Powell, as it assesses the health of the labor mark

C Colby Smith

Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns

President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire.The federal debt is expected to grow under President Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said in its latest forecast.

A Andrew Duehren

Iran Commemorates Revolution, With U.S. Warships Lurking Off the Coast

The authoritarian clerical regime in Tehran came to power in 1979. Today, it presides over a country that is deeply polarized and under threat of an American attack.A gathering near Azadi Tower in Tehran on Wednesday, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the shah.

E Erika Solomon

How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids

Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.Extremists are now using video games like Roblox to recruit new followers.

P Pranav Baskar

Donald Trump, Pagan King

The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.

L Leighton Woodhouse

New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los Alamos

State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.The Los Alamos National Laboratory is the linchpin of a current federal effort to upgrade the nation’s nuclear arsenal.

A Alicia Inez Guzmán