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Data broker owned by major airlines sold passenger data to ICE and CBP: Report

Passenger information, including names, itineraries, and financial details, was collected by a major airline-owned data broker called the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) and then sold to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reporting by 404 Media.

Internal documents obtained by 404 reveal that the contract between CBP and ARC — which is jointly owned by major airlines including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, JetBlue, and Southwest Airlines — included language telling the agency to not reveal where it got the data, which comprises where people fly and the credit cards they used to travel.

Details around these contracts come to light as the Trump administration has issued budget hikes for both ICE and CBP amid its immigration crackdown.

Internal documents obtained by 404 reveal that the contract between CBP and ARC — which is jointly owned by major airlines including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, JetBlue, and Southwest Airlines — included language telling the agency to not reveal where it got the data, which comprises where people fly and the credit cards they used to travel.

Details around these contracts come to light as the Trump administration has issued budget hikes for both ICE and CBP amid its immigration crackdown.

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Fox and News Corp slide as investors digest $3.3 billion Murdoch succession settlement

Fox and News Corp shares dropped on Tuesday after Rupert Murdoch’s heirs agreed to a $3.3 billion settlement to resolve a long-running succession drama.

Under the deal, Prudence, Elisabeth, and James Murdoch will each receive about $1.1 billion, paid for in part by Fox selling 16.9 million Class B voting shares and News Corp selling 14.2 million shares. The stock sales will raise roughly $1.37 billion on behalf of the three heirs.

The new trust for Lachlan Murdoch will now control about 36.2% of Fox’s Class B shares and roughly 33.1% of News Corp’s stock, granting him uncontested voting authority over both companies for the next 25 years. Originally, the Murdoch trust was designed to hand over voting control of Fox and News Corp to Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James after his death.

Investors are weighing the trade-off. Clear leadership under Lachlan may resolve conflict internally, but the share dilution, executed at a roughly 4.5% discount, means long-term investors now hold slightly less clout than before.

Both companies’ stocks were trading close to all-time highs prior to the announcement.

385 ✈️ 434

Boeing on Tuesday announced that it delivered 57 commercial jets in August, its best total for the month in seven years. That brings its year-to-date delivery total to 385 planes, eclipsing its full-year 2024 figure by about 11%.

The August figure marked Boeing’s second-highest delivery total of 2025 and represented a 43% jump from the same month last year. Through August, Boeing has boosted its deliveries by 50% from last year.

The plane maker is still trailing its European rival Airbus, which delivered 61 planes in August and 434 year to date.

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