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With the U.S. government shutdown in its 30th day, pressure is mounting to end it as food aid and health costs collide. Alaskans are stockpiling game, Mainers await heating subsidies, and flights slow while workers miss …
Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of a potential Thanksgiving travel disaster as the government shutdown drags on, after Vance hosted a White House roundtable with airline, union and …
The Justice Department suspended two prosecutors and replaced a sentencing memo that had referenced Donald Trump and January 6 in the case of Taylor Taranto, alarming current and former career attorneys who called the re…
Public Enemy released the video for The Hits Just Keep On Comin’, the first visual from June’s Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025, directed by Rhiannon Rae Ellis. It opens with 1960 footage of Ruby Bridges; actr…
Open enrollment for individual health plans begins Saturday in most states, amid a government shutdown and a congressional fight over extending enhanced tax credits. Premiums are expected to rise around 20% next year, an…
After President Biden’s faltering debate, Representative Mikie Sherrill broke ranks on July 9, urging him to quit the race — a risky move that typifies her centrist bid for New Jersey governor. The Navy veteran touts “ru…
Millions could lose November SNAP benefits as the USDA says it cannot cover $8 billion during the shutdown, even as Democrats argue contingency funds should be used. Separately, the administration will end automatic 540‑…
Utah officials plan a 16-acre campus on Salt Lake City’s outskirts that could hold up to 1,300 homeless people for addiction and mental health treatment, much of it involuntary. Gov. Spencer Cox supports the plan, aligne…
Donald Trump moved to shut down speculation about a 2028 run, telling reporters en route to South Korea that the 22nd Amendment makes another bid off-limits despite his “best polling numbers for any president in many yea…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has hired Michele Beckwith as a deputy legal affairs secretary after she was fired as acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento. After defending her on X with a post warning, 'DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BR…
Author Michael Wolff says President Donald Trump tried to hide plans to raze the White House East Wing to speed a $300 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom. Demolition began the morning of Oct. 20, with the public largel…
At PMQs, the economy dominated ahead of next month’s Budget. Kemi Badenoch pressed Keir Starmer on Labour’s pledge not to raise income tax, National Insurance or VAT and on opposing the Conservatives’ move to scrap stamp…
Opposition posters in Buenos Aires cast Javier Milei over a US flag as voters weighed Donald Trump’s alleged interference and a $40bn US bailout announced days before the midterms, with a warning it would be withdrawn if…
With Dutch voters heading to the polls Wednesday, a severe shortage of affordable homes — felt most acutely by younger people — dominates the race. Demand far outstrips supply, leaving renters and first-time buyers shut …
President Donald Trump is redirecting the USS Gerald R. Ford to South America for an expanded campaign against drug cartels, pulling the carrier from the Mediterranean as a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire strains amid new…
The Ninth Circuit agreed to rehear, en banc, a ruling that had cleared the way for deploying National Guard troops in Portland, vacating a decision by two Trump-appointed judges and restoring Judge Karin Immergut’s restr…
The Washington Post faces scrutiny after three recent editorials touched Bezos-linked interests without initial disclosure. The latest defended President Trump’s plan to raze the White House East Wing for a ballroom, eve…
Seeking to speed deportations, the Trump administration plans to reassign at least a dozen ICE field office directors—potentially replacing about half with Border Patrol officials—amid frustration over arrest totals, off…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named five contenders to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair next year—Christopher Waller, Michelle Bowman, Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett, and BlackRock's Rick Rieder. Speaking ab…
With paychecks halted for about 1.4 million federal employees, confusion deepened over retroactive pay as a draft White House budget memo cast doubt on guarantees. The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 says …
Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump again refused to rule out a 2028 bid that would seek a third term, despite the 22nd Amendment’s two-election limit. He said…
President Trump said he underwent an M.R.I. earlier this month, calling the results “perfect” but refusing to explain why it was ordered, and inaccurately claiming his doctor had released full results. Speaking to report…
Cameroon’s electoral body declared Paul Biya, 92, winner of the Oct. 12 presidential election with nearly 54 percent, securing an eighth term that could carry him to almost 100. An opposition candidate claimed victory an…
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — the first woman to hold the post — meets President Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday seeking reassurance on trade and security. She is expected to lean on her ties to Shinzo Abe while…
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to "solve" the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis "very quickly" as the neighbors’ peace talks entered a second day in Istanbul, seeking to turn a fragile Doha ceasefire into a lasting security…