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President Donald Trump says the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:
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Lawmakers set to grill Kash Patel in back-to-back hearings
FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take heat from the right and the left in back-to-back appearances before Congress amid heightened scrutiny of his performance leading one of the nation’s top investigative agencies. Patel is set to appear before the Senate and House Judiciary committees starting Tuesday, just days after the FBI response to...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Anthropic CEO criticizes administration’s chip policy, calls for stronger restrictions
Anthropic's CEO voiced concerns Monday about the Trump administration’s approach to export restrictions on advanced AI chips, advocating for stricter controls as the company makes its presence known in Washington. The AI firm’s outspoken chief executive, Dario Amodei, warned that some government officials are “doing the wrong things on chip export controls,” underscoring national security...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Live updates: US military strikes second Venezuelan vessel; Trump launches crime crackdown in Memphis
President Trump said Monday the U.S. had carried out another military strike targeting what he said were “confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela” in international waters. He asserted the boat was transporting illegal drugs “headed to the U.S.” The strike killed three individuals, Trump said, and no U.S. forces were harmed. Shortly afterward in the Oval Office,...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:JD Vance says national unity is impossible with those celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing
Vice President JD Vance said Monday while hosting Charlie Kirk’s radio show that he is “desperate” for national unity after the conservative political activist’s killing but that finding common ground with people who celebrated the assassination of his friend is impossible.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Immigrants deported from U.S. to Ghana are sent home, where lawyers say some could face torture
Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia. Ghanaian authorities say they accepted them on humanitarian grounds.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Joy Reid and Percival Everett among winners of the 46th annual American Book Awards
Former MSNBC host Reid, who left MSNBC in February soon after the network canceled her prime time show “The ReidOut, was awarded the foundation's anti-censorship prize.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:UK excludes Israelis from attending defense college over escalating war in Gaza
Israel has condemned as “disgraceful” a U.K. decision to exclude Israeli students from attending a prestigious defense college.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Eastern Orthodox leader visits U.S. to meet with Trump and receive environmental award
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Ex-British soldier on trial for Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland
A trial has begun for the only person ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland. The ex-paratrooper known as "Soldier F" has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in a Belfast court.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sues Trump administration over abrupt dismissal
Fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey has sued the U.S. government over her abrupt July dismissal, saying it came without cause or notice and was unlawful and unconstitutional.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Trump says White House ballroom will be ‘a little bigger’ than initially described
President Trump said in a weekend interview that the White House ballroom will be a “little bigger” than initially planned. In a telephone interview Saturday with NBC News, Trump said the ballroom will have a capacity of 900 people, nearly 40 percent larger than the estimates provided in late July by the White House. “We’re...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Trump administration reiterates need to fire Lisa Cook from Fed board
The White House is continuing its push to remove Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook, filing a response in federal appeals court ahead of a 3 p.m. deadline on Sunday. The brief, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, argues that it is within President Trump's discretion to...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Over 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters forced early end to Spanish Vuelta, authorities say
Spanish authorities say more than 100,000 people took part in the latest pro-Palestinian protests that interrupted the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta and forced organizers to cut short the Grand Tour event on Sunday, capping a campaign of disruptions.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Kelly on Kirk: We agreed on 'his right to be out there speaking'
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk had “every right” to be speaking on the Utah Valley University campus when he was assassinated on Wednesday. “Charlie Kirk and I didn't agree on much politically. I'm a Democrat. He's clearly a Republican. He was one of my constituents,” Kelly said in...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Cox criticizes 'conflict entrepreneurs' in wake of Kirk's death
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) criticized technology companies as “conflict entrepreneurs” that have turned Americans against each other, suggesting the public needs to reclaim its agency. “I can't emphasize enough the damage that social media and the internet is doing to all of us, those dopamine hits. These companies, trillion dollar market caps, the most...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Utah Gov. Cox shares more details about suspected Kirk shooter
In our news wrap Sunday, Utah’s governor shared new details about the suspected shooter in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the airspace around Poland is being closely monitored after last week’s Russian drone incursion, a few hundred Ebola vaccines reached southern Congo amid an outbreak, and Qatar hosts a summit to consider a response to Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in the country.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Charlie Kirk's memorial set for Sept. 21 in Arizona
A public memorial for Charlie Kirkwill take place Sept. 21 in Glendale, Ariz., Turning Point USA announced Saturday. It will occur inside State Farm Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, which can hold more than 63,000 people. Kirk, 31, was fatally shotduring an event on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday....
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Southern Lebanon residents describe hardships under Israeli military occupation
As it intensifies its war in Gaza, Israel also remains in a simmering conflict on its northern border with Lebanon. Under a ceasefire agreement, Israel was supposed to withdraw from the area in January. But its military recently expanded its presence, saying that Hezbollah was in violation of the terms and an active threat. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:The key issues that drove Gen Z protests that toppled Nepal’s government
Nepal finds new calm this weekend with the appointment of an interim prime minister, following an extraordinary week of violence. More than 70 people died after anti-corruption protests led to police clashes and government buildings being set aflame. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Alex Travelli, a South Asia business correspondent for The New York Times, about the situation in Kathmandu.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Comedians use laughter as a new tool for suicide prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, claiming more than 49,000 lives in 2023 alone, according to the latest CDC data. One organization has found an unconventional tool to combat those grim numbers: laughter. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Brad Bonar Jr., founder of the 1 Degree of Separation suicide prevention program, for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:New archive in London celebrates David Bowie’s dazzling career and legacy
The chameleon of rock, David Bowie, left behind a profound and colorful legacy. We zoom to London, virtually, to visit the new home for the British star’s archive that just opened this weekend.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:ObamaCare fight meets shutdown politics: What to know
An ObamaCare deadline has collided with a fight over government funding, as Democrats are signaling they want Republicans to extend the law's expiring premium subsidies before they support any bill to keep the government open. Without action, enhanced tax credits passed during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people afford coverage will expire at the end...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Zelensky says he's ready to meet face-to-face with Putin: 'Sometimes we need it. Even if we don't love faces'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is "ready" to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin face-to-face to negotiate an end to the war between their countries. "Sometimes we need it. Even if we don't love faces," Zelensky told CNN's Fareed Zakaria to laughter at the Yalta European Strategy Conference on Friday in Kyiv, Ukraine. The interview...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:iOS 26 out soon: When you can get next major iPhone update
Even if your device qualifies for the update, you may run into a few delays when iOS 26 becomes available.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:GOP rep says Putin 'sticking his thumb in the eye of NATO'
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is provoking NATO with his recent actions. “We're seeing incursions, possibly in Poland and Romania. He is sticking his thumb in the eye of NATO,” Crawford told NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on “The Hill Sunday.” “I don't know if he is trying to invoke an...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Venezuela says U.S. warship raided a tuna boat as tensions rise in the Caribbean
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Watch live: Lawmakers, Trump administration officials remember Kirk at Kennedy Center vigil
Lawmakers, Trump administration officials and other dignitaries will honor the memory of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk at a vigil on Sunday evening. The Kennedy Center will host the D.C. vigil at 6:30 p.m. EDT. Those attending include House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Health...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Nepal’s new Prime Minister Karki urges calm after deadly anti-corruption protests
Sushila Karki, the country'sfirst woman prime minister, told top officials gathered at her temporary office that each family of slain protesters will receive monetary compensation of 1 million rupees (about $11,330) and assured that those injured would be taken care of, state TV reported.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo amid latest outbreak
Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Ukrainian drone strike sparks fire at one of Russia’s top oil refineries
The overnight strike on the Kirishi refinery, in Russia's northwestern Leningrad region, follows weeks of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure that Kyiv says fuels Moscow’s war effort.
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Johnson criticizes Omar on Kirk comments: 'Clearly' has 'no idea what she's talking about'
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday pushed back on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) characterization of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as someone who did not embrace civic debate to the extent people have suggested since he was assassinated. Omar, who said she was "mortified" by Kirk’s murder in an interview with Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Rubio meets Netanyahu in Israel to discuss the war in Gaza
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, shortly after he arrived in Israel to discuss diplomacy in the region and the war in Gaza. Netanyahu touted the enduring alliance between their two countries, even as Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:House Democrat: 'We are at a boiling point in this country'
Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) said Sunday the U.S. “is at a boiling point," a comment that came in the wake of the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We're certainly at a crossroads in this nation as a community and as a country, and the political violence we saw this week with Charlie Kirk is...
Published on: September 14, 2025 | Source:Streamlining permits with voluntary pilots can lead an economic revival
President Trump can use voluntary pilot programs, regulatory technology, and surety bonds to streamline the NEPA permitting process, reduce government bureaucracy, and unlock trillions in promised investment.
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