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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanUN Security Council approves larger international force to combat gangs in Haiti
The new force was approved Tuesday as gangs lay siege to Port-au-Prince and communities beyond Haiti's capital.
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Gold prices hit record highs amid U.S. government shutdown
Gold sales can rise sharply when anxious investors seek "safe havens" for parking their money.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:U.S. citizen wrongfully detained twice in Alabama workplace raids sues immigration authorities
A U.S. citizen who is a construction worker in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after he says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Conservationist Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91
While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to humans.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:AOL ends dial-up internet service, marking the end of an era
AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees given color-coded uniforms, 5:30 a.m. breakfast and strict rules
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Someone against abortion but in favor of death penalty ‘is not really pro-life,’ Pope Leo says
Pope Leo XIV intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be βpro-life.β
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:U.S. government taking stake in company operating massive lithium mine in Nevada
The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the worldβs largest lithium mines in northern Nevada.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Walmart says it will remove artificial colors and other additives from store brands by 2027
Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:WATCH: NYC Mayor Adams holds briefing on partial collapse of apartment building in the Bronx
A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Senate Democrats have sacrificed American public with failed funding vote, Thune says
On the heels of a failed vote to fund the government, Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid the blame at the feet of Democrats and said he would continue to press them to vote for a temporary funding bill.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:OMB issues shutdown order, citing Dems' 'insane policy demands'
Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo on Tuesday evening directing government agencies to begin executing their plans "for an orderly shutdown." Vought wrote to agency leaders with just hours to go until government funding lapses at midnight. The OMB director blamed the impending shutdown on "Democrats'...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:White House withdraws nominee for CFTC chair
The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a White House official confirmed Tuesday evening. Brian Quintenz, global head of policy at a16z crypto and a former CFTC commissioner, was tapped by President Trump in February to lead the agency, as it prepares to take on a larger...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Live Updates: Government to shut down at 12:01am after funding bill fails to pass
The government is headed for a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. after the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill. The chamber voted down a proposal from Democrats, followed by a GOP House-passed stopgap bill that would have kept the lights on through Nov. 21. Both parties have blamed each other for a failure to...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Senate blocks rival bills to prevent midnight shutdown
The Senate on Tuesday, as expected, failed to approve a GOP stopgap to keep the government funded or a Democratic alternative, edging the government closer to a midnight shutdown. The votes came at the end of a day notable for the lack of public work being done by either party to prevent a shutdown. Normally,...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Smithsonian says it can stay open through at least Monday in event of shutdown
The Smithsonian Institution announced Tuesday that its museums, research centers and the National Zoo will remain open through βat leastβ Monday if the federal government shuts down. In a post on the social platform X, the Smithsonian said that it will use βprior-year fundsβ to stay open. It will provide updates on its website. The...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Democrats defeat Republican funding plan, taking government to brink of shutdown
The Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for days or even weeks. Democrats are jittery about how the likely shutdown will play out over the next several days after...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:What are 'highest male standards' on military fitness tests?
The U.S. military will impose the βhighest male standardβ for all combat roles in each service branch, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during his Tuesday morning speech to hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, Va. βAt my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS [military occupational specialty], for every designated combat arms position,...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Pfizer falls in line with Trumpβs 'Most Favored Nation' planΒ
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Pfizer falls in line with Trumpβs 'Most Favored Nation' plan Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla announced in the Oval Office that his company will offer all its prescription medications to Medicaid at discounted prices in line with the rates...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Federal employees told Democrats to blame for shutdown in βhighly inappropriateβ email
Federal employees at multiple agencies received emails Tuesday blaming congressional Democrats for a potential government shutdown βforcedβ by the party, an unusual use of government communications that typically steer clear of political comments. βPresident Trump opposes a government shutdown and strongly supports enactment of H.R 5371,β the continuing resolution that would fund the government through...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Hegseth's military meeting triggers fears, head scratching and praise
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech before a high-profile gathering of hundreds of the U.S. militaryβs top brass on Tuesday morning has spurred fear, head-scratching and praise. Hegseth, over the course of roughly 45 minutes, rolled out 10 directives that seek to dismantle so-called βwokeβ efforts, raise fitness standards to eliminate "fat" troops and leaders, implement...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Government barreling toward shutdown with Congress in partisan deadlock
The federal government is barreling toward a shutdown at the stroke of midnight as Congress remains in a deadlock. Democrats are demanding a bill that reverses cuts to Medicaid and prevents health insurance premiums from going up at the end of the year. President Trump has threatened to use a shutdown to reduce the size of the federal workforce permanently. Lisa Desjardins and Liz Landers report.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Democrats battling with GOP to avoid ‘devastating’ health care cuts, Rep. Ivey says
With a federal government shutdown looming, Geoff Bennett spoke with Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland about his party's demands in negotiations with the Trump White House.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Collins, Grassley call on White House budget office to unfreeze oversight funding
In a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought, Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa) expressed concern over the administrationβs move to end funding for an inspector general oversight group. The group β the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) β oversees 72 inspectors...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Trump threatens firings as shutdown looms
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump threatens mass layoffs ahead of shutdown President Trump said Tuesday there may be mass layoffs in the federal government if Congress doesnβt act to prevent a shutdown by the end of the day, blaming the...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Rep. Lawler calls Democrats ‘hypocritical’ to risk shutdown over health care subsidies
For a Republican perspective on the negotiations to keep the government funded, Amna Nawaz spoke with GOP Rep. Mike Lawler of New York.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Pfizer agrees to cut drug prices to avoid tariffs
In our news wrap Tuesday, Pfizer agreed to cut prescription drug prices as part of a deal that spares the company from certain tariffs on its imports, Hamas says it will review a peace plan for Gaza and consult with other Palestinian factions before responding and a second detainee has died following last week's shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:At gathering of military leaders, Trump hints at deployment in U.S. cities
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to nearly the entire senior officer corps of the military. It was an unprecedented gathering at a Marine base south of Washington. Hegseth announced new directives, and the president laid out a vision to use the military not against overseas enemies, but for threats he sees here at home. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Margaret Donovan.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Senate rejects Democrats' spending bill hours ahead of expected shutdown
The Senate on Tuesday spurned a Democratic stopgap spending bill, putting lawmakers a step closer to a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. Lawmakers voted along party lines, 47-53, on advancing the package, which includes an extension of government funding and about $1 trillion in health care provisions. It needed 60 votes to advance. ...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Why so many mothers with young children are leaving the workforce
A growing share of mothers with young children in America are leaving the workforce, erasing gains made after the COVID-19 pandemic when working remotely became more common. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the impact.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Shutdown could leave federal flood insurance out to dry
{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story NFIP can't issue policies if government shuts down If the government shuts down as expected on Wednesday, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will no longer be able to issue new policies or renewals, which could cause headaches for homeowners and those...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Senate Democrats slam Social Security chief over retirement age confusion
A group of Senate Democrats slammed President Trumpβs Social Security chief after he walked back comments made about possibly raising the countryβs retirement age, seeking insight into the administration's position in a Tuesday letter to the White House. βIf the Social Security retirement age is increased under your watch, you would be breaking your repeated...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:In ‘Terms of Respect,’ Princeton president argues colleges are encouraging free speech
In his second term, President Trump has waged an all-out war on higher education. But a new book by Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber argues that despite criticism, colleges and universities are meeting the moment when it comes to permitting free speech on campus. Geoff Bennett sat down with Eisgruber to discuss βTerms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right.β
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:A deal with Harvard University is close, Trump says
A truce with the country's oldest and wealthiest college would end a clash that has tested the independence of Americaβs colleges.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Strong earthquake in central Philippines kills at least 6 people and damages houses and buildings
An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 jolted the central Philippines and collapsed the walls of buildings late Tuesday, killing at least six people, injuring several more and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said.
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