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1 day ago | wdsu.com | Kalyn Norwood

The International Monetary Fund is projecting that President Donald Trump's tariff policies will likely cause a significant slowdown in both the U.S. and global economies. See the story in the video aboveThe IMF said the world is entering a new era and said the slowdown is due to the president's unpredictable policies. However, the White House assured the country today that President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda is working.

2 days ago | wdsu.com | Pete Muntean

Former longtime FAA employees tell me the aviation system is safe, but those let go supported important roles and that the layoffs will increase risk. This despite the Transportation Secretary saying no one in *** critical safety position was let go. Unions and experts sounding the alarm about layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration. This introduces risk into the national airspace system. You never want to introduce risk.

2 days ago | wdsu.com | Esha Mitra

At the top of the world amid pristine white glaciers and towering rock, silence reigns. Suddenly, it is broken by a ladder falling from the sky. Milan Pandey is sitting back down at Everest Base Camp, looking out over views that few have ever seen — and he got there without having to pull on a crampon or wield an ice ax. He is a drone pilot, and his work may change things on the world’s highest mountain forever.

2 days ago | wdsu.com | Wyatte Grantham-Philips |Damian J. Troise

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump's burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock indexes are testing nerves. U.S. markets had been on a two-year tear coming into 2025, though many believed that stock prices had become overinflated. Trump's trade war pushed that sentiment into hyperdrive.

2 days ago | wdsu.com | Annie Ma

The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers,officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. The Trump administration 's announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default.