🗞️Frontier Airlines adds 20 new routes

...plus Microsoft seeks the FBI's help and consumer confidence dips in August

August 26, 2025

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August 26th, 2025

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Frontier Airlines challenges rival Spirit with new routes

The budget airline on Tuesday announced 20 new routes beginning late fall, many of which overlap with Spirit Airlines’ major markets

qz.com/frontier-airlines-spirit-rivals-new-routes

  • Frontier Airlines is launching 20 new routes starting later in 2025 aiming to capitalize on financial difficulties faced by Spirit Airlines…these new routes include key cities such as Baltimore, Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, and others, with fares starting as low as $29

  • The Trump administration will seek the death penalty for murder cases in Washington, D.C.

  • President Trump announced that Meta plans to spend $50 billion on its massive Hyperion AI data center in rural Louisiana…read more here

  • Milwaukee County Circuit Judge, Hannah Dugan, has lost her bid to have federal charges against her dropped in a case accusing her of helping a man evade U.S. immigration agents…U.S. District Judge, Lynn Adelman, rejected her motion to dismiss, ruling that judicial immunity does not protect her from criminal prosecution and the case will proceed to trial

  • Dan Scavino, who is the White House deputy chief of staff, will lead the Presidential Personnel Office, making him responsible for overseeing federal government hiring and vetting potential presidential appointments

  • President Trump has ordered the removal of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook, citing allegations of mortgage fraud as the reason for her removal…Cook has stated that Trump has no legal authority to remove her and plans to challenge the firing in court, arguing that the president must have "cause" under the Federal Reserve Act to dismiss a Fed governor…read more here 

  • Microsoft has requested help from the FBI and local law enforcement to track and manage Palestinian-related protests organized by its own employees, who have been urging the company to sever ties with the Israeli military…read more here

  • Spotify has launched a new in-app messaging feature called Messages, allowing users aged 16 and older to share music, podcasts, and audiobooks directly within the app through one-on-one chats

  • Apple has officially announced its launch event for September 9th at 1pm ET/10am PT at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, CA…it is believed that the company is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup

  • Hyundai Motor Group is increasing its U.S. investment to $26 billion through 2028, which includes establishing a state-of-the-art robotics facility with an annual production capacity of 30,000 units

  • U.S. consumer confidence, which is Americans attitudes and confidence in the economy, business conditions, and labor market, dipped slightly in August, with the Conference Board’s index falling to 97.4, down from 98.7 in July…read more here

  • DOW up .30% / S&P up .41%

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