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Sununu: Air travelers should 'pack your patience'

Airlines for America CEO Chris Sununu, a Republican and former governor of New Hampshire, said Sunday that air travelers should “pack your patience” as the government shutdown drags on. “People should still plan on having their flights. But we always say, pack your patience, give yourself a little more time,” Sununu told Chris Stirewalt on...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Ukrainian drones strike Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to give up land for peace

In an interview that aired on Sunday, President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange for an end to Moscow's more than 3 1/2-year invasion,in the latest of apparent reversalson how to pursue peace.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Americans are more worried about their chances on the job market under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

Some 47% of U.S. adults are “not very" or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Israel confirms strikes in Gaza after 'blatant violation' of ceasefire by Hamas

The Gaza ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel faced its first major test on Sunday, after the two sides exchanged fire and accused each other of violating the deal. Israel said it struck “dozens of Hamas terror targets” in response to the militant group’s “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement this morning,” according to a...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Ceasefire violations in Gaza strain fragile truce between Israel and Hamas

On Sunday, there were major strains on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which has only been in place for a little more than a week. Israel said it carried out strikes across Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on its troops, and announced it’s cutting off aid shipments into Gaza “until further notice.” Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Tel Aviv.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Thieves steal priceless jewels from Louvre Museum

In our news wrap Sunday, a brazen daytime robbery took place at the Louvre Museum, Trump called Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” and said he is cutting U.S. aid to the country, and London police said they are investigating allegations that Prince Andrew asked a former bodyguard to dig up damaging information about the woman who accused him of sexual assault.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America

In March, Trump signed an executive order to begin shutting down the Department of Education, though it would take an act of Congress to actually close it. In the meantime, the department is taking dramatic steps toward fulfilling a conservative vision of a reshaped primary and secondary education system. John Yang speaks with ProPublica investigative reporter Jennifer Smith Richards for more.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

What to know about lymphedema, a painful side effect of breast cancer treatment

The end of breast cancer treatment is cause for celebration, but for many patients, it can bring new challenges. Some studies show that up to 65% of women who undergo breast cancer surgery develop lymphedema, a painful swelling of tissue due to excess fluid retention. Ali Rogin spoke with two members of the nonprofit Lymphedema Education & Research Network to learn more.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Scientists study rare bloom in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally gets just 2 millimeters of rain every year. But this July and August, a rare alignment of conditions led to a beautiful, fleeting burst of color that has drawn tourists and scientists alike. William Brangham reports.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Johnson: 'No Kings' a 'stunt' for Democrats amid shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said the “No Kings” protests against President Trump this weekend were a “stunt” created by Democrats because they needed “cover” amid the ongoing government shutdown. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Johnson suggested there was no need for Trump’s critics to join No Kings demonstrations this weekend,...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump races to catch up to China’s rare earth dominance  

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. Trump administration officials announced plans this week to take a more active role in ensuring access to “rare earths” — minerals that are key components in several important technologies...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

United Airlines flight diverted after windshield cracks

Federal officials are investigating after a plane's windshield cracked in-flight over Utah last week.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Jeffries: Trump, Republicans 'radio silent' on shutdown negotiations

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of going “radio silent” during the government shutdown. Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC’s "This Week" that“we haven't heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent since” a Sept. 29...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Democrats rip DHS jet purchase during shutdown

Democrats criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for purchasing, during the government shutdown, two high-end private jets for the secretary and other top officials to use for their official travel. The U.S. Coast Guard entered into a contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation on Friday to procure two G700 jets for more than $170 million,...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Washington rep on shutdown: 'Everything is on' Republicans

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that “everything is on” Republicans as the government shutdown drags on. “On the one hand, Democrats want credit for shutting the government down in order to get health insurance subsidies that you talk about that are obviously important and consequential, but on the other hand, they say it's...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

FBI probes hunting stand with sight line on Air Force One in Palm Beach

The FBI is investigating a hunting stand that was found in the sight line of Air Force One on Friday. FBI Director Kash Patel told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company, that the Secret Service “discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone” prior to...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that each boat strike off Venezuela’s coast saves 25,000 lives

President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug smuggling. Several aspects of Trump’s statement make it wrong.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump on protests: 'I'm not a king'

President Trump rejected the idea that he's acting like a monarch in an interview that took place the same day as the nation's massive "No Kings" protests. “They’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said in a "Sunday Morning Futures" interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo recorded on Saturday, prior...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Kaine says Jay Jones scandal won't cause trouble for Spanberger in Virginia election

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that the scandal involving Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones and his unearthed violent text messages will not cause trouble for former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in her race for governor as the two are both on the ballot next month. “Senator, very quickly, do you worry that...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Bolivia holds tight presidential runoff as voters seek a leader to lift them from crisis

Bolivians voted on Sunday in an unprecedented presidential runoff between two conservative, capitalist candidates, ushering in a new political era after almost 20 years of one-party rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Hegseth announces another US strike on alleged drug trafficking boat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday announced there had been another U.S. strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat days prior. “On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

New York GOP rep: Trump's commutation of Santos 'the wrong decision'

Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump's commuting the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was “the wrong decision." “I do not agree with the commutation. I think it was a wrong decision, primarily because this is somebody who stole [hundreds of thousands] of dollars from his donors,” Malliotakis said on...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Moderate Democrats should reject socialism, embrace a GI Bill for all

Moderate Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey are promoting a message of tackling affordability, fixing health care, and expanding opportunity, and if they win, they could launch state-level Service Corps to provide citizens with the same benefits as soldiers, such as affordable housing, debt-free education and access to quality health care.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and cuts off U.S. aid to the country

The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Crown jewels stolen from Louvre in ‘4-minute operation’ by thieves in broad daylight

In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire, saying Hamas attacked troops

Israel on Sunday struck targets in southern Gaza after saying its troops came under fire from Hamas militants, in the first major test of aU.S.-brokered ceasefiremeant to halt more thantwo years of war. Health officials said at least nine Palestinians were killed.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

State Department: Hamas planning 'imminent ceasefire violation'

The State Department said on Saturday that the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas is planning an "imminent" attack on Palestinians in Gaza, potentially violating the terms of its peace deal with Israel about a week after the pact's agreement. "This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement...

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Anti-Trump protesters rally across the country at 'No Kings' events

Thousands of “No Kings” rallies were carried out nationwide on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his policies. Some defiant Democrats have embraced this weekend's protests, while GOP lawmakers have bashed the protests as "hate America" demonstrations. “Showing up to express dissent against an out-of-control administration, that's as American as motherhood, baseball and apple...

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

NRSC uses AI video of Schumer to slam Dems over shutdown

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) shared an AI-generated video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) seemingly praising the government shutdown — which is based on a real quote, but not in the manner the video depicts. "Every day gets better for us," the video, posted on the social platform X, shows an AI-generated...

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

U.S. warns of ‘credible reports’ Hamas is planning attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza

The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it has “credible reports” that Hamas could violate theceasefirewith an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

‘We intend to defend our democracy,’ says ‘No Kings’ protest organizer

Millions turned out across the country Saturday for a coordinated day of protest against Trump and his administration’s policies. A similar event in June brought out more than 5 million demonstrators, but organizers say the mobilization was even bigger this time. Ali Rogin speaks with Robert Weissman, co-president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, for more on the protests.

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned

In our news wrap Saturday, Hamas blamed its slow progress in returning hostage remains on lack of machinery to dig through rubble in Gaza, Trump says two survivors detained after a U.S. strike on a vessel in the Caribbean will be returned to their home countries, former Rep. Santos is out of prison after Trump commuted his sentence, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the World Series.

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Massive leak exposes how China’s ‘Great Firewall’ is being exported to other countries

For years, China’s government has used what’s known as the “Great Firewall” to censor the internet inside its country and block access to select foreign websites. Now, a document leak shows that a little-known Chinese company is exporting these tools to other countries, including Myanmar, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia. Ali Rogin speaks with WIRED senior writer Zeyi Yang to learn more.

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Former CDC director offers an insider’s ‘Formula for Better Health’ in new book

Dr. Tom Frieden has spent his career as a disease detective, New York City’s health commissioner during a tuberculosis outbreak and CDC director during the Ebola crisis. In his new book, “The Formula for Better Health,” he shares lessons about how to close the gap between awareness of health challenges and the actions needed to solve them. Ali Rogin speaks with Frieden for more.

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Sunday shows preview: Shutdown stretches into third week; Trump turns focus to Russia-Ukraine war

Congressional Democrats and Republicans have not come to an agreement to reopen the federal government, stretching the shutdown into its third week. As it carried on into another week, it became one of the three longest shutdowns in U.S. history on Friday. Should it continue through the end of October, more federal employees, including military...

Published on: October 18, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill