Federal officials announced that the U.S. will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets starting on Friday, citing staffing shortages related to the ongoing government shutdown. “We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to continue to take the pressure off of our controllers,” Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford said at a press …
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JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event
Vice President JD Vance advocated a slowdown in legal immigration Wednesday, saying, “We have to get the overall numbers way, way down.” Vance took questions from students at the University of Mississippi at an event organized by Turning Point USA, stepping into the role of debater that was so often performed by the organization’s slain founder, Charlie Kirk. Vance said …
Read More »New to the Fed, Miran Defends Calls for Sharper Reduction in Interest Rates – The New York Times
New to the Fed, Miran Defends Calls for Sharper Reduction in Interest Rates The New York Times There’s no ‘material inflation from tariffs,’ says new central banker Stephen Miran CNN Fed Governor Miran says he did not tell Trump how he would vote on rates this week CNBC Federal Reserve’s Stephen Miran defends call for sharper interest rate cut Financial Times New Fed Governor …
Read More »New Pill for Obesity Delivers Major Weight Reduction Without Injections
Orforglipron, an oral GLP-1 agonist, helped patients with obesity lose up to 11% of their body weight in a major trial, offering a promising alternative to injectable therapies. (Artist’s concept). Credit: Stock The results of this landmark trial are particularly significant, as oral therapies for obesity could improve both access to and affordability of treatment; moreover, many patients prefer oral …
Read More »2K confirms a “staff reduction” at Civ and XCOM developer Firaxis
2K has confirmed a “reduction” in the headcount at Civilization and XCOM developer Firaxis. It’s unclear at this time how many developers have been affected by the cuts, but Game Developer suggests the “restructure” impacts “dozens of workers,” several of whom have confirmed the layoffs on LinkedIn. At the time of writing, neither Firaxis nor 2K acknowledges the layoffs on …
Read More »Call of Duty HQ Size Reduction Gives Modern Warfare 3 a Platinum Trophy Two Years Late
Update [Tue 29th Jul 2025, 6:45pm]: In a nice turn of events for Trophy enthusiasts, it appears the decision to decouple Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from the Call of Duty HQ launcher actually has resulted in it receiving a Platinum Trophy. The move to make the FPS a standalone download happened within the last few hours, and PSN …
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