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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...

Israel Palestine Conflict Day 670: Cairo talks, maps, and a ticking...

Cairo — On Day 670 of the israel palestines conflict, the war’s political clock turned to Egypt, where delegations opened indirect talks in Sharm...

Russia Ukraine war Day 1320: Lviv blast kills family of four

Warsaw — Russia Ukraine war Day 1,320 of the war opened with air-raid sirens still echoing in the west and the blue flash of...
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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...

Sunday Showdown: Trump’s Gaza clock, Israel preps first step

Washington. Cairo. Tel Aviv: With a Sunday deadline looming in Washington time, the fragile outline of a ceasefire in Gaza is taking on more...

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...

Trump’s bullying ultimatum to Palestinians, not Israel, and Hamas’ defiant response...

Under a brooding October sky, the world watched in stunned disbelief as President Donald Trump unveiled his 20-point Gaza peace plan — a blueprint...

Traders punish casino darlings after lukewarm Golden Week signals

Washington — US investors ended the week with a familiar jolt from Asia. Shares of the big casino operators with deep roots in the...

Diddy gets 50 months, a judge cuts the myth down to...

New York. The federal courtroom at 500 Pearl Street filled before sunrise on Friday, reporters and spectators sliding into benches while deputy marshals moved...

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...

Trump’s ticking clock on Gaza: Hamas hedges as Israel braces

TEL AVIV — A deadline now governs a war that has defied clocks for nearly two years. With hours left until Sunday at 6 p.m....

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...

Russia Ukraine war, day 1317: winter test, grids hit, Europe on...

Russia — The Russia Ukraine war, now on Day 1317, continues to redraw the map of risk in Europe. The front is not only...
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Pam Bondi’s first Senate grilling tests DOJ independence

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Sydney — Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after nearly two decades of marriage, a quiet end to a nineteen year cross-Pacific...
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