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Airline industry executives are bracing for a worst-case "Armageddon" scenario under President Donald Trump as the Iran war is threatening critical shortages of jet fuel — and they expect that if things get worse, the industry could see more liquidations similar to what happened to Spirit Airlines earlier this year.

According to the Daily Beast, European budget carrier Ryanair's CFO Neil Sorahan told CNBC, “Do we have plans for some kind of Armageddon situation? Of course, we do, but I don’t see that coming to pass. As things stand, we’re operating a full schedule this summer, and plan to operate a full schedule into the winter period.”

A federal judge has blocked the body that oversees state judicial elections in Georgia from issuing ethics criticism against a pair of liberal state Supreme Court candidates, in a sudden new twist in the emerging drama in the race set to take place this week.

According to Atlanta News First, "In a temporary restraining order, U.S. Chief Judge Leslie A. Gardner said the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) cannot issue a non-confidential 'public statement' about the allegations outlined in April notice letters to Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, finding that kind of late-campaign disclosure could chill protected political speech without meaningful constitutional review."

The Department of Justice, or DOJ, announced the creation of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded compensation fund for President Donald Trump's allies, including Jan. 6 rioters, who claim political targeting by previous administrations.

Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization agreed to drop their $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for the fund's establishment, which will operate with minimal oversight or transparency. The settlement came after a judge questioned whether a valid case existed, given Trump's control of the Justice Department.

A conservative kingmaker appears to be sitting idly by as Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) continues to battle MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, in the state's heated primary runoff, a sign that President Donald Trump's signature movement is on the fritz, according to a new report.

Leonard Leo has a deep history within Republican politics and the Trump administration. Leo built the Federalist Society into the conservative legal movement's premier organization, which has sent Trump all three of his Supreme Court nominees. Leo also has a roughly $1 billion fund available to support Republican candidates across the country, but has chosen to sit on the sidelines as Paxton and Cornyn compete for a Senate seat, the Washington Examiner reported.

A Florida congressman went on Real America's Voice on Monday and unleashed a kitchen-sink attack on fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — the latest GOP lawmaker to fall in line behind President Donald Trump's all-out campaign to oust the libertarian-leaning Kentuckian in Tuesday's primary.

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), appearing with host Eric Bolling, hurled allegations ranging from ties to Iran to sexual misconduct involving an ex-girlfriend — and didn't stop there.

The former Republican governor of Maryland warned on Monday that the antidote to his party's loss of sanity is getting further away as President Donald Trump's grip on the party tightens.

Larry Hogan told the Washington Post that he has left Trump's Republican Party behind as he enters what he calls his "Zen era." That comes after Hogan was unable to parlay his record-high bipartisan approval ratings into a national job, which he chalked up to Trump's efforts to remake the Republican Party in his image.

Multiple people are reportedly dead in a shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center, according to MS NOW's Ayman Mohyeldin, citing a report directly from the leader of the mosque.

Based on a preliminary investigation, police believe that two men found near the mosque — dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds — were the suspects, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told CNN. Authorities are still trying to determine the details surrounding the shooting, the officials said. Police said that the threat was "neutralized" after the shooting.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused Iran war responsibilities Monday to campaign in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District primary on behalf of President Donald Trump's favored nominee Ed Gallrein, who is running against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).

Hegseth flew to Hebron for an America First Works event with the former Navy SEAL, marking an unusually overt political move by a sitting Pentagon chief during active warfare, as reported by The Swamp, a Substack from The Daily Beast.

President Donald Trump's pick to be the top federal prosecutor in Wyoming committed grand jury misconduct that voids charges against several criminal defendants, a federal judge ruled on Monday — just hours before that prosecutor is set to face a confirmation vote in the Senate to serve in that role permanently.

According to Bloomberg Law, "Darin Smith, whose nomination is scheduled for a final vote in the Senate Monday, engaged in activity that gives the US District Court for the District of Wyoming 'grave doubt that the decision to indict was free from the substantial influence of such violations,' three US district judges wrote in a joint order May 15 dismissing indictments against nine criminal defendants."

Jeanine Pirro was in the middle of a tough-on-crime press conference Monday when a reporter blindsided her with a question about a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could send taxpayer money to the same kind of rioters she'd spent the morning condemning.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia had just finished threatening to prosecute the parents of DC teens involved in violent "takeovers" — including a chair-throwing brawl that tore through a Navy Yard Chipotle Saturday night — when a reporter pivoted to the Justice Department's newly announced "Anti-Weaponization Fund."