London’s Heathrow Airport said it will restart some flights later on Friday, after a massive fire caused a pre-dawn power outage at the global transport hub, disrupting travelers around the world and sending hundreds of thousands of people scrambling to make alternate plans. Heathrow said it hoped to return to full service by Saturday. For now, the airport urged stranded passengers not to travel there unless they have been specifically instructed to by their airlines. #breakingnews #news #travel #airplane #flight #london #heathrow

Tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for a briefing that two defense officials had said would include a discussion on China. The briefing was unclassified, the officials said before the meeting. Musk arrived at the Pentagon shortly before 9 a.m. ET and left at around 10:20 a.m. When asked afterward how the meeting went, Musk told reporters as he was walking with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “It’s always a great meeting.” The New York Times was first to report the news. The Times also reported, citing two U.S. officials, that Musk would be briefed on the U.S. military’s plans for any potential war with China. The defense officials whom NBC News contacted could not confirm that Musk would be briefed on plans for any potential war with China, known as the operational plan, or O plan. President Donald Trump denied the report. #breakingnews #trump #elonmusk #musk #pentagon #washington

BREAKING: London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest transportation centers in the world, will be shut down at least through Friday, after a massive fire caused a power outage, sending hundreds of thousands of people in the U.K. and around the world scrambling to make alternate travel plans. NBC's Daniele Hamamdjan has the latest from Heathrow. #breakingnews #news #london #heathrow #travel #airport

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismantling the Department of Education. Congressional approval would be needed to fully abolish the department. #departmentofeducation #donaldtrump #executiveorder #politics #news

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.” While Trump cannot shut down the agency without congressional approval, he can make it difficult for employees to carry out their work. On #MorningJoe, Joe Scarborough criticized the move, calling it reckless: “There is no method to the madness.” #education #trump #news #politics #teacher