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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanSantos's fines, restitution wiped out by Trump clemency order
Former Rep. George Santosโs (R-N.Y.) will not be required to pay any additional fines or restitution related to his criminal conviction, according to his clemency order, which was made public on Monday. Santos was released from prison Friday after President Trump announced that he signed a sentence commutation for the former lawmaker, who reported to...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:
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A shaky ceasefire in Gaza
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story A shaky ceasefire in Gaza President Trump on Monday warned Hamas against further attacks against Israelโs military after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza was disrupted over the weekend. The Associated Press โThis is a very violent group of...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Fannie, Freddie chief teases IPO
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story FHFA chief says Trump could release Fannie, Freddie soon Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could hit the market this year. AP In a series of posts on...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:The Memo: Trump betrays irritation after huge 'No Kings' protests
The organizers of Saturdayโs โNo Kingsโ protests succeeded in all their main aims: drawing huge crowds, keeping the events peaceful โ and, apparently, getting under President Trumpโs skin. The latter point appears to be borne out by Trumpโs reaction. Having noted in advance of the protests that he is not, in fact, a king, the...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:How European leaders are responding as Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia
President Trump expressed doubt that Ukraine could defeat Russia and win back all the land Moscow has seized since it first invaded in 2014. His renewed skepticism comes following his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in which Trump declined Ukraineโs requests for long range missiles. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Louvre closed as investigators hunt for jewel thieves
In our news wrap Monday, the Louvre remained closed as investigators hunt for those responsible for a heist of some of France's most precious jewels, Amazon's cloud computing service says a problem with its domain name system is responsible for a global outage and the Supreme Court will hear a Second Amendment challenge involving a law that bans regular drug users from having a gun.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Trump clashes with Colombian president over Caribbean boat strikes
Colombia recalled its ambassador to the U.S. amid rising tensions after strikes against boats the Trump administration claimed were drug traffickers. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused President Trump of murdering a Colombian fisherman in one of those strikes. Trump called Petro an โillegal drug dealer." Amna Nawaz discussed more with Ivan Duque, the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Trump's rare earth problem
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump races to shore up rare earth supply President Trump is racing to respond to a major escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, with the American supply of critical technology hanging in the balance. Alex Brandon, Associated Press Trump administration officials announced plans this week to take...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:How GOP-led redistricting efforts may disenfranchise Black voters
Republicans in North Carolina moved forward with a plan to redraw the stateโs congressional map and eliminate its only swing district. It's part of a GOP push to maintain control of Congress through maps that have the effect of diluting Black political power and diminishing the voting strength of communities of color. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Permafrost thawed by climate change threatens remote villages in Alaska
In the Arctic tundra of Alaska, climate change is forcing an Alaska Native village to relocate. Rising temperatures are melting the underground permafrost. The melted ice then mixes with the soil, creating unstable land the Yupสผik people call Alaskan quicksand. Amalia Huot-Marchand and a team from the Medill School of Journalism report.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on millions protesting against Trump’s agenda
NPRโs Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the millions taking to the streets to protest President Trumpโs agenda, the government shutdown entering its third full week with no resolution, whether GOP redistricting efforts could help them win and the start of work on Trumpโs White House ballroom.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Democrats block bill to end government shutdown for 11th time
The Senate on Monday voted against reopening the federal government for the 11th time, pushing the shutdown to the three-week mark with both sides at loggerheads and unable to break the impasse. The chamber voted 50-43 on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government through late November. It needed 60 votes to pass. Sens. Catherine Cortez...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Ai Weiwei’s ‘Camouflage’ art installation reflects on FDR’s Four Freedoms
A public art initiative marking the 80th anniversary of the U.N. is inviting artists to examine the state of democracy and social justice. The first featured artist is Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, whose blend of art and activism has long focused on human rights. Jeffrey Brown reports for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy as part of our CANVAS coverage.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Live update: Democrats block funding bill for 11th time, with no end to shutdown in sight
WATCH: White House Begins Demolishing Part Of East Wing For Trump Ballroom The Senate on Monday voted again to not reopen the federal government as the shutdown stretches into its fourth week. This was the 11th time the GOPโs House-backed funding bill failed. This week, military pay will take center stage once again as Senate...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Zelensky: Trump meeting was 'positive' despite lack of Tomahawk commitment
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that his meeting with President Trump was โpositiveโ even though he failed to secure a commitment from the U.S. to provide Tomahawk missiles for his war-torn country. Zelensky met with Trump at the White House on Friday after Trump initially signaled Washington could provide Ukraine with the long-range...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Marines live-fire mishap during Vance visit prompts finger-pointing: What to know
A live-fire mishap that caused metal shrapnel to damage a patrol vehicle while Vice President Vance was visiting a California military base is facing intense scrutiny from officials who question how the unusual incident was allowed to happen. The premature detonation of 155 millimeter artillery as Camp Pendleton celebrated 250 years of the U.S. Marine...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr. expected to recommend eating more saturated fatsย
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. expected to recommend eating more saturated fats Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to release new dietary guidelines encouraging more consumption of saturated fats, despite long-held medical recommendations advising against this. Photo...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Jeffries urges Trump to jump into spending talks: โGet off the golf courseโ
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trumpโs hands-off approach to the congressional budget impasse has prevented any deal to end the shutdown. Jeffries urged Trump to dive more aggressively into the spending debate, warning that otherwise the government will never reopen. "Donald Trump definitively needs to get involved,โ Jeffries told reporters...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Universities give cold shoulder to Trump compact offer
President Trump's college compact offer has fallen flat. As of Monday's deadline to get back to the administration, at least six prominent universities have publicly rejected the deal, which offers favorable federal funding status in exchange for institutional changes, while none have accepted it. The general theme of the rejections has centered on the schools' beliefs the...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:DOJ defends making Alina Habba New Jerseyโs top prosecutor to skeptical court
The Trump administration defended Alina Habbaโs installation as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor before a skeptical federal appeals panel Monday. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rdCircuit did not seem swayed that Habba, a former personal attorney to President Trump, is lawfully serving as New Jerseyโs acting U.S. attorney. โWould...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, US finalizing deal for 25 Patriot systems, Zelensky says
Ukraine and the U.S. are finalizing a deal for Kyiv to secure 25 Patriot air defense systems, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, a push that would boost the Ukrainian militaryโs ability to defend against Russian aerial attacks. โThe difficulty lies in the production queue โ a line of countries that have signed relevant...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Here's who has been impacted by the AWS outageย
Scores of popular online platforms experienced problems Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) grappled with an outage. Amazonโs cloud computing arm, which is a leading provider of cloud infrastructure services, first reported issues around 3 a.m. EDT in the โUS-East-1" region located in Northern Virginia. It identified a problem withits DynamoDB database and began applying fixes...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Comey’s lawyers say case against him is driven by Trump’s ‘personal animus’ and must be thrown out
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey urged a judge Monday to dismiss the case against him, calling it a vindictive prosecution motivated by โpersonal animusโ and orchestrated by a White House determined to seek retribution against a perceived foe of President Donald Trump.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Trump signs rare earths deal with Australian prime minister as a way to counter China
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a deal for $8.5 billion in rare earth minerals, as a counterpoint to Chinaโs new export restrictions.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:10 major moments from 50 years of PBS News
Relive half a cenutry of PBS News history through these big moments.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia
The winner of the election will likely influence abortion law in the only Southern state that's maintained broad access to abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 eliminated a national right to the procedure.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Official defends use of tear gas in Chicago and says agents on immigration sweeps have cameras
A official says U.S. border agents assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have been given body cameras. A judge is holding a hearing Monday to learn more about the Trump administrationโs immigration crackdown.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:As PBS News turns 50, longtime viewers share what the show has meant to them
To mark our anniversary, PBS News spoke with people who have been longtime viewers to hear how the show, and later its work online and across social media, has helped shape their lives.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged, raising hopes outbreak is over
The World Health Organization says the last Ebola patient in Congo's recent outbreak has been discharged. No new cases have been reported since September 25.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Seed bank in England marks 25 years of preserving plant diversity
The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew marks its 25th anniversary. It stores over 2.5 billion wild plant seeds from around 40,000 species to guard against extinction.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Nigerian police fire tear gas as protesters demand release of separatist leader
Demonstrations for the release of a separatist leader in Nigeriaโs capital city turned violent on Monday as police fired tear gas and arrested dozens of protesters.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:What to know about Rodrigo Paz, who shot from obscurity to Bolivia’s presidency
Rodrigo Paz beat out his far more prominent right-wing opponent, former President Jorge โTutoโ Quiroga, to clinch a victory in Boliviaโs presidential runoff.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Jon Cryer says he 'couldn't be happier' to be part of 'resistance cringe'
Actor Jon Cryer said on Sunday he was proud to be part of the โresistance cringeโ after he was featured in the background of a news photograph from the โNo Kingsโ protests this weekend. In a post on the social platform Bluesky, the โTwo and a Half Menโ actor highlighted the image, which was featured...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: