The Seventh Circuit ruled Saturday that Illinois National Guard troops may remain under federal control but cannot be deployed while an appeal proceeds, pausing part of a lower court order. The court said Guard members need not return to their home states unless further ordered. U.S. Northern Command said forces...
As congressional talks to reopen the government stall, President Trump said on Truth Social he has “identified funds” to ensure active-duty troops are paid on Wednesday, October 15. He said he is using his authority to direct Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to deploy the money, and Hegseth amplified the...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff praised President Trump and urged deploying the National Guard to address crime in San Francisco as he arrived for Dreamforce, where he said he hired hundreds of off-duty police. His remarks came amid legal limits on federalized Guard policing and a recent ruling that Trump’s Los...
Ukraine and the U.S. are weighing new measures to boost Kyiv’s air defenses after a massive Russian strike on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following a "very positive" call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Talks touched on Tomahawk missiles and follow Trump’s first military aid package under NATO’s Prioritized...
President Donald Trump directed the Defense Department to use 'all available funds' to pay U.S. troops on Wednesday, saying he acted so service members wouldn’t miss Oct. 15 paychecks as the shutdown enters day 11. The move, he said, was ordered to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and may prolong the...
On day 11 of the shutdown, the Senate remains stuck after seven failed votes on two plans to reopen government, with no negotiations and a 60-vote hurdle. Democrats are holding out to renew expiring health insurance subsidies, but the threshold keeps plans stalled. Frustration simmered in quotes from both sides,...
From Johannesburg, a survey of Africa’s aging leadership contrasts a youthful continent with leaders in their eighties and nineties clinging to power. Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya seeks an eighth term as conflict and corruption persist, while Malawi returned 85-year-old Peter Mutharika amid economic frustration. Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara pursues a...
Outside Portland’s ICE building, protesters in inflatable costumes — from unicorns to frogs — turned ongoing demonstrations into a surreal show of defiance and de-escalation, even as federal agents watched from rooftops. Organizers say the playful gear counters the Trump administration’s “war zone” narrative and offers some protection from gas....
Maria Corina Machado said her Nobel Peace Prize tells Venezuelans “we are not alone,” calling it recognition of a years-long struggle against an authoritarian government. In an interview with CBS News after the announcement—the only U.S. outlet to speak with her—the 58-year-old opposition leader, currently in hiding after threats of...
France’s reappointed prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, conceded there were “not a lot of candidates” for the post and hinted his tenure could be short amid deep divisions. Renamed by President Emmanuel Macron after a week of political chaos, he urged parties to help craft a budget before looming deadlines. Lecornu...
