Amid an ongoing government shutdown, Democratic leaders blasted the Trump administration over a lapse in SNAP funding and health costs. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the White House of using vulnerable Americans as political pawns and said partial benefits violate the law. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged tapping...
Federal prosecutors in Washington are seeking to convict Sean Charles Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent in a viral video during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge. After a grand jury declined a felony, he faces a misdemeanor in a trial Judge Carl...
Chargers left tackle Joe Alt will miss the rest of the season after the team said he’ll undergo surgery on the ankle he re-injured Sunday against the Titans. It’s his second high ankle sprain this year to the same leg; he first hurt it in Week 4 at the Giants...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and more than a dozen counterparts filed a Boston federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new rule narrowing who qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which forgives debt after a decade for nonprofit and government workers. The Education Department says the rule bars organizations...
Diane Ladd, a three-time Oscar nominee celebrated for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, died Monday morning at her home in Ojai, Calif, a representative for Laura Dern confirmed. She was 89. “My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother,” Dern said, noting...
Belgium’s defense minister raised concern after unidentified drones flew in two waves near the Kleine Brogel air base over the weekend, calling the activity a likely spy operation. Theo Francken said small drones appeared to test security radio frequencies before larger ones tried to unsettle the area. He ruled out...
Elon Musk publicly endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, urging voters to back his independent bid over Democrat Zohran Mamdani and warning that a vote for Republican Curtis Sliwa effectively helps Mamdani. The move follows Musk’s criticism of Mamdani, who attacked Cuomo for approving $959 million...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan took the oath at an elaborate ceremony without the public present, after the electoral commission said she won 98 percent. The banned opposition party Chadema calls the vote a sham; its leader Tundu Lissu is on trial for treason and, his lawyer says, faces the death...
Paramount ended months of uncertainty by renewing Jon Stewart’s deal to host The Daily Show once a week through December 2026, with Stewart on Mondays and correspondents rotating Tuesday to Thursday. The decision follows a rocky period for late-night and a corporate merger, during which Stewart questioned executives’ rationales and...
Down by 31 on Sunday night, the Commanders kept quarterback Jayden Daniels in, and it cost them: he dislocated his left elbow on a tackle midway through the fourth quarter. After initially noting the play wasn’t a designed run, head coach Dan Quinn acknowledged Monday he failed to account for...
