A sign at the El Paso International Airport (ELP) on December 25, 2025, in El Paso, Texas. | Kirby Lee/Getty Images
The El Paso International Airport will apparently not be closed for 10 days, despite an earlier announcement that set off an overnight panic. But the reasons why the closure was announced in the first place are still not quite clear, nor is whether this was a fluke or the prelude to a national security crisis.
What happened in El Paso?
On Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Authority announced the closure of the airspace over El Paso, Texas, and a pause to all operatio...
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