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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanA look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to bans on so-called conversion therapy for youth. The Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to such bans in the past, but as Stephanie Sy reports, this case is being heard against a backdrop of intensifying cultural and political debates around LGBTQ rights. A warning, this story discusses topics of suicide.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:
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Maine auditor launches progressive bid to unseat Jared Golden
Maine's auditor is launching a progressive challenge to Rep. Jared Golden (D), a moderate who is seeking reelection in a critical battleground district. Matthew Dunlap, the state auditor who formerly served as Maineโs secretary of state, announced on Monday that he plans to primary Golden, who was the only House Democrat to vote for the...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:What Paramount’s shake-up of CBS News leadership means for the media landscape
Paramount announced it is acquiring The Free Press, the independent news and commentary website founded in 2021 by Bari Weiss. As part of the deal, Weiss will also take a new role at CBS News as editor-in-chief. Weiss describes herself as a centrist and is known for pushing back against what she calls โwokeโ orthodoxy in mainstream media. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Oliver Darcy.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Jeffries: Trump is not talking to Democrats about health care, ending shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that Democrats are involved in no talks with the Trump administration about ending the shutdown, rebuffing President Trumpโs claims that bipartisan health care negotiations are underway. โI do not know of any Democrats who have spoken to President Trump or members of his administration on this issue...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political impact of the government shutdown
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 federal government shutdown reaching day six with no signs of the stalemate ending, President Trump's attempt to send troops into U.S. cities and California's redistricting election.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Bondi testifies in Senate oversight hearing
Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before Congress Tuesday for the first time since her confirmation hearing in January.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Shutdown costing US economy about $15B a week: Hassett
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett warned Monday that the government shutdown could cost the U.S. economy approximately $15 billion a week. In an interview on CNBCโs โSquawk Box,โ Hassett cited an internal White House report suggesting the shutdown could have serious economic consequences if it continues for too long. โMy friends over at the...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Hurricane Priscilla lashes western Mexico with heavy rain and strong winds
Western Mexico was being lashed Monday by a hurricane bringing heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf to coastal areas and the Baja California peninsula.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Watch: Senate votes on dueling bills to end government shutdown on Day 6
The Senate is voting on funding bills that could end the government shutdown. Watch live here.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Trump directs his administration to approve controversial mine road in Alaska
President Trump is directing his administration to approve a controversial road that could enable copper and cobalt mining in Alaska, the White House announced Monday. In a fact sheet, the White House said Trump would direct his administration to โpromptly issue authorizations necessaryโ for the Ambler Road Project. The road would provide mining access to an...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:For ACA subsidies, deadline is now, experts say
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story For ACA subsidies, deadline is now, experts say Top Republicans insist an extension of the Affordable Care Actโs premium tax credits shouldnโt be part of the current appropriations process. They say there isnโt an imminent deadline to negotiate, let alone...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Trump on pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I'd have to take a look at it'
President Trump said Monday he would have to talk to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and review the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, after the Supreme Court declined to review her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction. Trump was asked in the Oval Office whether he was considering a pardon for...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court rejects Googleโs request to block Play Store injunction
The Supreme Court on Monday denied Googleโs request to block court-mandated changes to Google Play Store, after the tech giant lost a case to Fortnite maker Epic Games over its app store practices. The justices declined to halt parts of a lower court injunction requiring Google to distribute third-party app stores through Play Store, share...
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:There are 2 Georgia Republicans aiming to unseat Democratic Sen. Ossoff. Each have raised nearly $2 million
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins announced Monday that he raised $1.9 million through Sept. 30, while former football coach Derek Dooley raised $1.85 million.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:The Supreme Court begins a new term that will examine Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power
Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Weather service upgrades deadly tornado in North Dakota to an EF5, the nation’s first in 12 years
The June 20 twister in Enderlin, North Dakota, killed three people and caused significant damage.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:U.S. Treasury sanctions Mexican companies accused of aiding Sinaloa cartel’s fentanyl production
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a network of companies and their affiliates that allegedly supplied precursor chemicals to make fentanyl to a faction of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7
Nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the countyโs ensuing invasion of the Gaza Strip, Americans are more divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than they were before the war โ and concerns are mounting about the safety of Jewish communities at home.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Greta Thunberg is among flotilla activists deported from Israel. Others remain in prison
Israeli authorities said Monday they deported to Greece and Slovakia another 171 people detained for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, including prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:What remains uncertain as key talks to end the war in Gaza begin
Israel and Hamas are set to begin indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trumpโs peace plan.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling
Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nationโs third-largest city.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban
Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes as government shutdown enters 6th day
President Donald Trump said Monday that he'd be open to striking a deal with Democrats on the health care subsidies they've made central to the shutdown fight, cracking the door slightly to negotiations that Republicans have said should only happen after the government reopens.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: The winner of the Nobel Prize in physics is…
The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Priscilla strengthens into hurricane in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s coast
Hurricane Priscilla has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico, with heavy rain and gusty winds affecting coastal areas.
Published on: October 06, 2025 | Source:Another court fight brews as Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he would go to courtto fight the move by President Donald Trumpto send National Guard members from his state to Oregon, where protesters have gathered near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court term begins with cases on voting rights, tariffs and conversion therapy
The most influential cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, which begins on Oct. 6, 2025, address the role of race in elections, conversion therapy and the Trump tariffs. Later cases include campaign finance and transgender sports.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: The winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine is…
The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:Trump reveals date for White House's UFC fight: His 80th birthday
President Trump on Sunday revealed a new detail about the hyped UFC fight set to take place on the South Lawn of the White House: It'll occur on June 14, which is also his 80th birthday. In remarks in Norfolk, Va., at a celebration of the Navy's 250th anniversary, the president reveled in the major...
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:Oregon AGย โpreparing to take legal actionโ against Trump sending California National Guard troops
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield on Sunday said he is โpreparing to take legal actionโ against President Trump for sending California National Guard troops to the Beaver State. โWe are quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action. Weโll continue to share updates as we have them,โ Rayfield said in a post on...
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:What to expect as negotiations between Israel and Hamas get underway in Egypt
Israel continued bombarding parts of Gaza Sunday even as its negotiators prepared for mediated talks with Hamas in Egypt. The talks, aimed at a deal to exchange the remaining hostages for Palestinian prisoners, could be the first step toward ending the war in Gaza. John Yang speaks with Daniel Estrin, NPR's correspondent covering the Israel-Hamas war, for more on what to expect.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump deploys 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon
In our news wrap Sunday, Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon after a federal judge blocked him from deploying Oregonโs National Guard to Portland, Russian strikes across Ukraine killed five people, Syria held its first election since the fall of Assad, and Speaker Johnson said the House wonโt be back in session until the Senate passes a bill to end the government shutdown.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:The fight against books bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary
According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, โThe Librarians,โ examines the experiences of school librarians whoโve found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. Film director Kim Snyder and librarian Audrey Wilson-Youngblood join John Yang to discuss.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:How Bad Bunny is making history while celebrating Puerto Rican culture on the world stage
Global superstar and Grammy-winning singer Bad Bunny has been getting hotter and hotter lately. His celebrity reaches beyond the music industry, spanning generations and encompassing politics, Caribbean culture and Puerto Rican and Latin pride. John Yang speaks with Yale professor Albert Sergio Laguna about what makes Bad Bunny such a phenomenon.
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source:5 issues to watch as Supreme Court kicks off new term
Presidential powers, LGBTQ rights and the role of race in elections are among a spate of high-profile issues before the Supreme Court as the justices take the bench Monday to begin a new term. The court is poised to review 39 argued cases so far, including President Trumpโs bid to keep his most significant economic...
Published on: October 05, 2025 | Source: