By Koko Nakajima, CNN

(CNN) — The current flu season has seen the highest rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like symptoms since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting data through a national surveillance network in 1997.

As the season progresses, CNN is tracking these case rates and hospitalizations across the country. This page will update each week as the CDC releases new data.

The latest

Doctor’s visits

The rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like illness is based on reported symptoms that include a fever plus a cough or sore throat. The CDC estimates that, on average, around 8% of the US population gets sick from the flu each season.

Children are more likely to get sick from the flu than adults. However, adults 65 years and older and children younger than two are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu.

The CDC monitors flu-like illness activity across states and jurisdictions. Weekly activity levels are based on the rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like illness.

Hospitalizations

Hundreds of thousands of people in the US are hospitalized with the flu every year. Throughout each flu season, the cumulative hospitalization rate tracks the number of laboratory-confirmed flu hospitalizations per 100,000 people.

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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration plans to double down on targeted immigration enforcement, taking Tom Homan’s playbook in Minneapolis and applying it to multiple cities nationwide, according to current and former Homeland Security officials.

It’s a marked departure from the highly visible and aggressive tactics employed by top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino. That approach, documented in Hollywood-style social media videos and touted by senior Trump officials at the time, is being tabled, for now, following the scenes that unfolded in Minneapolis, including the shooting deaths of two American citizens.

“No more Bovino bullsh*t. That show is shut down,” a Homeland Security official told CNN.

The return to ICE’s typical immigration enforcement tactics, which include identifying targets ahead of time, instead of broad sweeps in areas trafficked by immigrants, comes amid waning public support for how the administration has been conducting immigration arrests.

The protests and images coming out of Minneapolis late last month prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown. That included President Donald Trump, who privately expressed frustration that his immigration messaging was getting lost. The debate over federal immigration enforcement has also sparked a partial government shutdown affecting portions of DHS, as Democrats have pushed for ICE reforms in exchange for supporting funding for the department.

“Targeting public safety threats is nothing new. … Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.,” a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement, citing more than 700,000 deportations under the Trump administration.

While the administration has said it is prioritizing people with serious criminal records, many of those detained over the last year do not fall in that category. DHS also issued a recent memo stating that immigration authorities should detain refugees who have not yet obtained a green card and detain them for additional screening.

Sources told CNN that late last year, agents had been more focused on developing targets rather than only relying on street encounters. But that changed with an unprecedented surge of thousands of federal agents to Minneapolis over a welfare-fraud scandal that ensnared the Somali community.

Two Americans — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — were shot and killed by federal agents. And two other officers are under investigation over their accounts about what unfolded in an operation where one of the officers shot a Venezuelan man in the leg.

Homan announced a federal drawdown in Minneapolis last week, citing agreements with local officials allowing additional cooperation.

Current and former Homeland Security officials stressed that the latest move toward a more targeted enforcement approach doesn’t mean that the crackdown is softening, as some cities may still see larger footprints of ICE agents. The turboc

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For years, anybody managing a corporate flight department or a family office likely assumed aviation would get more expensive—fast. But in 2025, that trend hit a wall.

According to data cited by Forbes, private jet charter and jet card rates grew by just 1.7% year-over-year. Compare that to the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), which jumped 2.7% in the same window. It’s a rare decoupling. For the first time in the post-pandemic era, flying private is actually lagging behind the national inflation rate, rather than driving it.

This one-percentage-point gap isn’t just a rounding error; it’s a structural pivot. We’re seeing a market where the old “premium” pricing power is cooling off as supply finally stabilizes. Tight capacity and aging fleets aren’t pushing rates skyward the way they used to. For decision-makers, this is the signal they’ve been waiting for: Aviation inflation is no longer outstripping the rest of the economy. As this article from private jet charter broker Jettly reveals, it’s a moment of normalization that changes the math for the entire sector.

The Current Reality of Charter Price Growth

The current stabilization follows a period of extreme fiscal volatility. As Forbes mentions in its report, from 2019 to 2023, private jet charter rates climbed nearly 27%, creating a structural budgeting challenge for long-term operators. Even as flight activity began to plateau, a combination of constrained supply and maintenance bottlenecks kept hourly rates elevated well into 2024. This trend forced many organizations to rethink their approach to aviation asset management.

Organizations began modeling aviation spend as a volatile commodity rather than a standard procurement cost. This shift reflects a move toward prioritizing capital liquidity, treating flight hours as an operating expense (OpEx) that requires active risk hedging.

By late 2024, macroeconomic forces finally began to temper the industry’s pricing power, leading to the 1.7% growth rate observed in 2025. This normalization provides a rare window of predictability for travel departments that were previously struggling with double-digit annual increases.

Why 2025 Pricing Cooled

Demand normalization is the primary factor behind this trend. Private jet utilization in North America experienced a steady contraction through mid-2025, particularly within the light and mid-size aircraft categories. This reduction in flight volume reduced the immediate pressure on hourly rates during non-peak travel periods, forcing operators to adjust their pricing models to maintain fleet utilization.

Data from the Business Times Journal confirm the trend, with Q3 2025 hourly rates slipping 0.1%—marking the first quarterly decrease since 2019. While a 0.1% decline may sound modest, directionality matters.

After five years of continuous, aggressive increases, even a flatline in pricing si

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The dust has settled on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the tax landscape for homeowners looks quite a bit different than it did a year ago.

Some provisions expired while others expanded, and a few long-debated rules are now permanent. What’s less clear is who actually benefits from these changes — and who doesn’t.

To make sense of it all, NewHomeSource, a new home listings site with customer reviews, spoke with Keith Schroeder, a Wisconsin-based tax expert who runs The Wealthy Accountant blog, to break down the most important changes for homeowners in 2026.

Note: These changes affect returns filed in 2026 for the 2025 tax year, unless otherwise noted.

SALT deduction increases

“The biggest change benefiting homeowners for 2025 is the state and local tax deduction,” Schroeder said. “Since 2018, SALT was limited to $10,000. That increases to $40,000 in 2025.”

For homeowners in high-tax states, this is the most important headline.

In 2026, the cap rises to $40,400 and will climb 1% annually through 2029 before reverting to $10,000 in 2030.

However, how much you can actually deduct depends on your situation.

“This is not a straight $40,000 for every homeowner,” Schroeder said. “This is a deduction up to $40,000 for combined SALT, including things like income taxes, real estate property taxes, and personal property taxes.”

It’s also important to note that not all homeowners will benefit from the higher SALT cap. Many households take the standard deduction rather than itemizing, meaning the expanded SALT limit may not affect their tax bill at all. Renters and lower-income homeowners are also less likely to see direct benefits from this change.

For homeowners who don’t itemize — or whose deductions don’t exceed the standard deduction — the higher SALT cap may be largely irrelevant.

PMI is deductible again

Private mortgage insurance premiums (PMI) are tax-deductible again starting in 2026. This deduction had expired after 2021 and has now been revived under the new tax law; PMI will now be treated as deductible mortgage interest.

To qualify, adjusted gross income must be below $100,000 for single and joint returns, with the deduction phasing out completely at $110,000. When the deduction was last available, qualified homeowners received an average deduction of about $2,364.

This primarily affects conventional-loan buyers who put down less than 20% and are required to carry PMI. FHA mortgage insurance premiums are treated differently and do not qualify under the same rules.

If you are a first-time buyer stretching a bit and carrying a PMI, this could help. It won’t change the world, but it can take a bit of the sting out of your monthly payment.

The $750,000 mortgage interest limit is permanent

The mortgage interest deduction limit, which dropped from $1 million to $75

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For years, video surveillance has been treated as a background system: Install the cameras, switch on recording and assume it will be there if something goes wrong. If nothing obviously breaks, it’s easy to believe everything is working as intended.

Across many organizations, weaknesses in surveillance systems are only discovered after an incident has already happened. Footage is missing. Cameras were offline. Recordings were overwritten. Access is unclear. The system that was supposed to provide answers raises more questions instead.

The problem is not a lack of cameras. It’s the assumption that surveillance can still be managed as a static, “set and forget” system in a business environment that has become far more complex. Videoloft examines why the “set and forget” surveillance strategy may not be enough.

Surveillance is everywhere — and relied on more than ever

Surveillance systems are everywhere. In the United States, the video surveillance market is substantial and expanding rapidly. Estimates by Emergen Research show the U.S. video surveillance market was valued at around $12.5 billion in 2024, and is projected to reach more than $25 billion by 2034, growing at roughly 7.5% annually as organizations invest in visual monitoring technologies.

This scale matters because it changes expectations. Video is no longer viewed as a specialist security tool. People assume video will be available, reliable, and usable whenever an incident needs to be reviewed, but that assumption is exactly where many systems fall short.

Why ‘set and forget’ once worked — and why it doesn’t now

Traditional surveillance systems were built for a simpler operating model. Many organizations worked from a single site. Cameras recorded to local storage. Access to footage was limited to one or two people on location. Surveillance existed mainly as a deterrent, with footage reviewed only if something serious occurred.

In that environment, installing a system and leaving it alone made sense. The demands placed on video were limited, and the consequences of failure were relatively small.

Modern businesses operate very differently.

Video is no longer just security — it’s evidence

Today, incidents are rarely reviewed by a single person in a single location. Footage may need to be accessed by security teams, HR, legal departments or insurers, often days or weeks after an event.

The U.S. Department of Justice research reflects this shift. A major Office of Justice Programs review of 40 years of CCTV research published in 2019 found that surveillance effectiveness depends heavily on how systems are implemented and actively managed, not simply on whether cameras are installed.

In other words, video only has value when footage is available, usable, and accessible when it is needed. A camera that was installed but never checked, or footage that was overwritten