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Government Shutdown Shocker: TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Roll On as Flights Face Delays

Government Shutdown Shocker: TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Roll On as Flights Face Delays

Government Shutdown 2025: What It Means for Travelers After a congressional budget impasse, parts of the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1, 2025. Many federal agencies closed or reduced operations. Crucially for travelers, aviation security and safety personnel are deemed “essential” – so airports have not closed and flights are still operating thriftytraveler.com. TSA screening checkpoints remain open at airports nationwide, and air traffic controllers are on the job guiding planes. This prevents an immediate aviation standstill. “Travelers don’t have to worry about canceling trips” due to the shutdown in the short run, one expert explains nerdwallet.com. That said,
9 October 2025
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Government Shutdown Panic: Stocks Tumble, Jobs Data Vanish & Millions Brace for Impact

Government Shutdown Panic: Stocks Tumble, Jobs Data Vanish & Millions Brace for Impact

How the Shutdown Happened As the Sept. 30 spending deadline loomed, Congress remained deadlocked. The Republican-led House had passed a “clean” Continuing Resolution to extend funding (through Nov. 21 at existing levels), but Senate Democrats refused to back it without adding policy changes, chiefly extensions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance subsidies and undoing GOP Medicaid cuts reuters.com theguardian.com. Senate Majority Leader John Thune tried (and failed) to invoke cloture on both the House GOP plan and a Democratic proposal that would fund through October with health-care add-ons. Neither measure secured the 60 votes needed, and the Senate adjourned without
1 October 2025
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No, You Won’t Get a Surprise $2,000 Stimulus Check in Late 2025 – Experts Debunk Viral Rumors

No, You Won’t Get a Surprise $2,000 Stimulus Check in Late 2025 – Experts Debunk Viral Rumors

Viral Rumors vs. Reality In September 2025, a flurry of social-media posts claimed that American taxpayers were about to receive another round of cash payments – sometimes called a “fourth stimulus check”. Many versions of these rumors named specific amounts (commonly $1,390, $1,702 or $2,000 per person) and linked them to President Trump’s talk of tariffs or a proposed “DOGE dividend.” But none of these claims are true. News fact-checkers emphasize that “all such claims are false” hindustantimes.com. The IRS has not announced any new payments, and Congress has approved no new stimulus legislation for 2025. Multiple outlets quote IRS
27 September 2025
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Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Trump DEMANDS Microsoft FIRE Ex-Biden DOJ Star as “National Security Menace” – All the Facts

In sum, Trump’s public demand to oust Lisa Monaco is part of a broader pattern of his second term: insisting that Fortune 500 companies demonstrate loyalty to his administration. It adds tension to Microsoft’s efforts to balance relationships with the White House while also pushing its global security and AI agenda. As Axios commented, under Trump “everything has a cost” for businesses axios.com. Microsoft’s likely response – quietly ignoring the demand while maintaining bipartisan outreach – will be watched closely. Sources: Detailed reporting by Reuters reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com, Axios axios.com axios.com, The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com, Business Insider businessinsider.com, Economic Times
27 September 2025
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Markets Shaken, AI Valuations Soar, Oil Slumps: What You Missed in Business This Weekend

Virginia Tax Rebate Alert: Gov. Youngkin Announces Up to $400 Checks This Fall – Are You Eligible?

With these key facts in mind, here’s an in-depth look at Virginia’s tax rebate and what it means: How the Rebate Works In late September 2025, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a one-time income tax rebate for eligible Virginians governor.virginia.gov. Under the plan, anyone who had a tax liability on their 2024 Virginia return and files by Nov. 3, 2025 will get a rebate check. Individual filers receive $200 and married/joint filers $400 governor.virginia.gov. (However, the rebate is capped by your actual tax liability – e.g. if you only owed $150 in tax, that’s all you’d get back kiplinger.com.) To get
27 September 2025
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Global Internet Shockwaves: Governments Clamp Down, Tech Giants Invest Billions & Massive Outages Hit Millions (Sept 1–2, 2025)

Global Internet Shockwaves: Governments Clamp Down, Tech Giants Invest Billions & Massive Outages Hit Millions (Sept 1–2, 2025)

Key Facts: Infrastructure and Connectivity Projects Satellite broadband saw major gains. SpaceX’s August 29 launch of 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit—its fourth California launch that month—aims to blanket high-latitude regions (Alaska, Scandinavia, Antarctica) with low-latency internet. As Spaceflight Now reported, “SpaceX launched 24 Starlink broadband satellites… as it rolls out the service to more countries and territories around the world” spaceflightnow.com. Meanwhile Amazon’s Project Kuiper is gearing up: head Rajeev Badyal confirmed a U.S. launch by late 2025 offering up to 1 Gbps speeds pymnts.com. (“If it were cost-effective, it would have been done by now. But it isn’t,”
2 September 2025
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Sky Wars: The Satellite Arms Race—Government and Military Satcom Procurement Trends 2025–2035

Sky Wars: The Satellite Arms Race—Government and Military Satcom Procurement Trends 2025–2035

Global government and military Satcom spending is projected to grow about 7–10% annually, rising from roughly $50 billion in 2024 to $64 billion by 2030. The Ukraine conflict underscored Satcom’s importance, with Starlink keeping forces online for combat and coalition operations. Militaries are shifting to enterprise Satcom architectures that blend military and commercial satellites across LEO, MEO, and GEO into a single resilient network. Australia canceled its $5 billion Lockheed Martin GEO program (JP9102) in 2024 to pursue a distributed multi-orbit solution for greater survivability. The U.S. Space Force’s Proliferated LEO (PLEO) contract expanded from a $900 million ceiling to
18 June 2025
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