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White House Erupts Online at CNN’s AOC Town Hall

WASHINGTON — Midway through a prime-time CNN forum on the nation’s funding standoff Wednesday night, a second performance unfolded offstage. While Sen. Bernie Sanders...

Marco Rubio parents: the Miami household that shaped a public life

Marco Rubio’s parents, Mario and Oriales, built a modest life in South Florida after leaving Cuba, stitching together service jobs, church routines, and the...

CBS fires ‘Matlock’ actor David Del Rio after sexual assault allegation

Los Angeles — CBS Studios has dismissed actor David Del Rio from “Matlock” after a co-star reported a sexual assault and the studio opened...

Letitia James Indictment Tests DOJ and New York Politics

New York — The clash between legal process and political theatre narrowed to a few lines on a mortgage form, and then widened again...
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Shutdown Day 6: Burbank Airport tower goes dark for hours

California — The control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport went quiet, then stayed that way for hours. From about 4:15 p.m. until 10 p.m....

Pam Bondi’s first Senate grilling tests DOJ independence

Washington — The most consequential oversight hearing of the year opened Tuesday in Hart 216, with Attorney General Pam Bondi seated before the Senate Judiciary...

Judge smacks down Trump’s Portland troop stunt

Washington — A federal judge in Oregon just put a hard stop on President Donald Trump’s latest show-of-force script, a plan to muscle National Guard...

Marco Rubio net worth: salary, assets, and what the disclosures show

Marco Rubio’s wealth sits in a modest range for a Cabinet official, with income built on public salary, past book royalties, and home equity...

Shutdown day 6 shows a government that won’t govern

Washington — The sixth day of the federal shutdown opened with no breakthrough in sight and a new threat hanging over hundreds of thousands...

Syria elections 2025: Vote counting before vote casting

Damascus. Syria elections 2025 arrived without a public ballot. In governorate halls, roughly six thousand vetted electors filed past plastic seals and red wax,...

Chicago pushes back as Trump sends 300 Guard troops

CHICAGO: On Saturday, October 4, 2025, the White House authorized the federalization of 300 Illinois National Guard members for a limited mission to secure...

Shutdown Day 4, Washington’s stalemate makes America pay

Washington — The Capitol is lit and the microphones are on, yet the core machinery of government is idling. The United States has entered...

Marco Rubio’s education, from Miami classrooms to a law degree with...

Marco Rubio’s schooling is a pragmatic map: public high school, a one-year football try, a community-college bridge, a bachelor’s at Florida’s flagship, and a...

Shutdown day 3: Washington’s power play hits parks, WIC, data

Washington — On the third morning of the federal funding lapse, the rituals of American government felt improvised. At Muir Woods, rangers taped paper...
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Russia Ukraine war day 1327: Kyiv blackouts, Kupiansk evacuations, and small...

KYIV — The lights flickered first, then went out across blocks of central Kyiv, sending commuters hunting for phone flashlights and station attendants scrambling...

Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations

KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods...
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