By Emma Tucker
The week began with chaos for U.S. travelers. ICE agents arrived at major airports in New York, Atlanta, Phoenix and other cities to help ease the security bottlenecks that have sprung up amid the partial government shutdown. Compounding the strain is Sunday's runway collision at New York's LaGuardia Airport, which killed two pilots and led to hundreds of flight cancellations. Our latest investigation reconstructs an audio and visual timeline of the crash, while our breaking news team has the latest on what travelers should expect for the remainder of the week.
Today's Headlines
Senators said they were closing in on a deal to fund all of the DHS except for the agency that carries out immigrant arrests and deportations.
U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf are inching toward joining the fight against Iran.
Residents on Israel's northern border are staying put despite renewed Hezbollah fire.
America's chief financial officers say that artificial intelligence will push some people out of their jobs: primarily workers in routine, clerical and administrative roles.
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Back-channel diplomacy drove President Trump's U-turn on Iran.
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan gathered before dawn on Thursday in Riyadh for talks aimed at finding a diplomatic off-ramp to the war in Iran. Egyptian intelligence officials managed to open a channel with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and put forward a proposal to halt hostilities for five days. Those discussions laid the groundwork for an abrupt reversal: On Monday, as word of the discussions in the Saudi capital made its way to the White House, Trump backtracked on his threat to strike Iran's power plants, embracing diplomacy with Tehran instead, report Summer Said, Alexander Ward, Benoit Faucon and Laurence Norman.
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Thanks to the astronomical demand for its chips, Nvidia generates more profit than almost any other public company on the planet. The chip giant has used its fast-growing war chest to become the industry's most powerful financier, investing tens of billions of dollars in promising startups and supporting key customers who would otherwise struggle to afford its chips. Nvidia says that the deals grow the broader AI ecosystem. But they also have another effect: keeping customers hooked on Nvidia's products and steering them away from rival chip providers, report Berber Jin, Robbie Whelan and Kate Clark.
Expert Take
Q: What's going on at U.S. airports?
It's spring break season -- and travelers have been facing long airport lines amid TSA staffing shortages and Sunday's accident at LaGuardia. Senior breaking news editor Lynn Cook details what travelers need to know:
A: Hundreds of flights from LaGuardia were canceled or delayed yesterday after a late-night Air Canada flight crashed into a fire truck on the runway, killing two pilots and injuring dozens of passengers.
The airport reopened at 2 p.m. ET, but travelers were advised to continue checking with their airlines because residual delays and cancellations were expected. Knock-on effects cascaded to other airports around the U.S., with the most delays and cancellations hitting Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Boston's Logan International Airport.
The crash compounded an already harried flying experience due to the partial government shutdown that started in February. TSA agents have been working without pay for more than a month, prompting many to call in sick and some to quit. Security screening lines have become so long that some airports temporarily suspended the estimated wait times normally published on their web sites.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest in the U.S., said travelers should allow at least four hours to get through domestic and international security screening.
ICE agents were deployed to some major U.S. airports yesterday including in Houston, Phoenix and Atlanta to support TSA operations and ease long security lines.
At this point, it's unclear when, and how, travel headaches will ease up. Senators were nearing a deal to fund all of the DHS except for the agency that carries out immigrant arrests and deportations.
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ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini entered the WSJ bracket pool. One might actually win.
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How much Chinese wine imports fell last year, defying hopes for a gradual recovery. They are now at half the peak levels of 2018, when China bought foreign wine valued at nearly $3 billion. A tough economy and leader Xi Jinping's crackdown on what Beijing deems unbecoming behavior by government officials have caused the bottom to fall out of what was once among the most lucrative wine markets in the world.
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Meet the man who can find your wedding ring anywhere, even in the ocean.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 24, 2026 06:40 ET (10:40 GMT)
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