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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanRevised job numbers raise new concerns about economic slowdown
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the U.S. job market is much weaker than initially believed. More than 900,000 fewer jobs were added in 2024 and 2025 than previously reported. The BLS issues revisions every year, but this change is the biggest on record and comes after President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a weak monthly jobs report. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Julia Coronado.
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Israeli strike on Hamas in Qatar adds fresh volatility to already unstable region
There was a dramatic escalation in an already white-hot Middle East on Tuesday. For the first time, Israel attacked Qatar, a key American regional ally and the mediator of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. The target was a meeting of senior Hamas officials in the capital, Doha. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Mona Yacoubian and David Schenker.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Trump signs order to crack down on prescription drug advertising
The Trump administration is planning to ramp up oversight and enforcement of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, but will stop short of an outright ban. President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive memorandum instructing the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer advertising, including by requiring greater disclosures of side...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:White House signals truce with DC over spending cap
White House officials on Tuesday sent to Congress an 18-page list of demands they want included in the funding deal that needs to pass by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown. Surprisingly, the administration is proposing language to lift a spending cap that Congress imposed on the District of Columbia in March when it...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: White House tries to contain fallout of Trump’s Epstein ties
In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is fighting to contain the fallout after House Democrats released Jeffrey Epstein case documents that reference the president by name, Nepal's prime minister resigned amid widespread protests after the government imposed a wide-ranging social media ban and a Russian glide bomb struck a small village in Ukraine, killing at least 24 people.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:A look at what’s in RFK’s Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report – and what’s missing
The Trump Administration released its plan for improving health outcomes and tackling chronic childhood illnesses. The strategy came from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again Commission he oversees. The plan focuses on everything from reducing the consumption of highly processed foods to reviewing vaccines. Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:MAHA report ‘not about actions,’ food policy expert says
For a deeper dive on the implications of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again report could have on the U.S. food system, Geoff Bennett spoke with Marion Nestle, one of the nationβs foremost food policy experts and professor emerita at New York University.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Brutal murder of Ukrainian refugee in N.C. ignites debate about crime and mental health
A brutal murder in Charlotte, North Carolina, claimed the life of a young Ukrainian refugee and has become a rallying cry for Republicans who want to paint Democrats as soft on crime. William Brangham discussed the case and reaction with Alisa Roth, author of "Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness."
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Dan Brown on the mysteries and mayhem in his new thriller, ‘The Secret of Secrets’
Mysteries and codes, religious rites and scientific formulas. Thatβs the world of Dan Brownβs thrillers, most famously "The Da Vinci Code," and his latest, "The Secret of Secrets." Secrets and codes are also part of Brownβs own life. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown discovered that during a visit to the authorβs home in New Hampshire. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Meta back in the hot seat
Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION The Big Story Meta in hot seat again over whistleblower safety claims Meta is facing Congressβs ire once again over its approach to online safety, after several current and former employees came forward with allegations that the tech giant attempted to βburyβ...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Meta in hot seat again over whistleblower safety allegations
Meta is facing Congressβs ire once again over its approach to online safety, after several current and former employees came forward with allegations that the tech giant attempted to "bury" findings about safety concerns across its platforms β particularly newer virtual and augmented reality products. Six current and former Meta employees detailed concerns about the...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court takes up Trump tariffs case
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Supreme Court to speedily review Trumpβs tariffs The court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners across the globe, agreeing to the administrationβs...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:The Memo: Trumpβs all-guns-blazing approach backfires on Epstein birthday letter
The Jeffrey Epstein saga is causing new problems for President Trump. This time, itβs raising questions about the strategy he and his aides have adopted in denying any involvement in a book prepared for the deceased financier and sexual predatorβs 50th birthday. The emphatic strategy was risky from the start β and now looks very...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Minnesota man charged with threatening to kill federal judge
A Minnesota man was charged with threatening to assault and kill a federal judge, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Robert Phillip Ivers, 72, was first arrested on Sept. 3 after police received reports that Ivers allegedly was printing copies of a 236-page manifesto titled βHow to Kill a Federal Judgeβ at a local...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:GOP rebels join Democrats to tee up vote on repealing Iraq War authorizationsΒ
The House is set to vote on an amendment that would repeal two laws authorizing the use of military force (AUMF) in Iraq after three members of the House Freedom Caucus broke with Republican leaders in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday. The move came as the House Rules Committee, which sets the terms of...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Princeton student freed by Iran-backed militia, Trump and Iraq announce
President Trump and the Iraqi government on Tuesday announced that Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen, U.S. permanent resident and Princeton graduate student, was released afterbeing held captive for over900 daysby the terrorist group Khataib Hezbollah in Iraq. Trump said in a Truth Social post that Tsurkov is in the American Embassy in Iraq. Iraqi Prime...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Israeli ambassador pushes back on βethnic cleansingβ charge from Democrats
Israelβs ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, rejected charges by two Senate Democrats that Israel is engaged in βethnic cleansingβ of Palestinians, ahead of a major Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and increasing violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank. Leiter, in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday, took exception...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:MAHA report calls existing pesticide reviews 'robust'
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story MAHA report sidesteps chemical, pesticide regs The Trump administration released a new strategy report for how it plans to implement its efforts to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), seeking to make changes to vaccines but sidestepping calls to further regulate pesticides and toxic chemicals....
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Thune won’t commit to Senate vote on Epstein files in Senate leadership briefing
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., wonβt commit to a Senate vote on legislation that would require the Justice Department to release files on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. But he said that he believes βtransparency is always best.β
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court grants unusually quick hearing on whether Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs
The tariffs will remain in place in the lead-up to arguments set for November, a lightning-fast timetable by the Supreme Court's typical standards.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Chief justice keeps Trump funding freeze in place for now
Chief Justice John Roberts acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Kennedy says NIH is studying possible causes of U.S. gun violence
PBS Newsβ Lisa Desjardins asked the health secretary if there was any discussion of mental health and firearms, and looking at the health of children in relation to firearms, when working toward this new report.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr. wants all new vaccines tested against a placebo. Doctors say that isn’t good science
Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:WATCH: White House says it would support expert handwriting analysis of alleged Epstein card
The White House had claimed the letter didnβt exist, but it was released to Congress this week.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:WATCH: White House dodges questions about whether documents from Epstein estate are ‘hoax’
βThe Democrats view this story as nothing more than an attempt to distract from the accomplishments and the achievements of this administration, and that is what we mean when we call it a hoax,β White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump ‘disagrees’ with where Israel chose to strike Hamas in Qatar, White House says
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the United States received prior notice about the pending attack from Israel.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Activists worked for years on a Hong Kong same-sex partnership bill, but a tough vote remains
Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of Greenlandic women and girls were forcibly given contraception between 1960 and 1991, report says
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:France drifts into political turmoil as another prime minister is ousted
Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament. The third toppling of a head of government in 14 months leaves President Emmanuel Macron scrambling.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Senate GOP tees up 'nuclear option' to end Democratic nomineeΒ blockadeΒ
Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamberβs rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled nominees in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday started the process of making the rules change on...
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Israel targets Gaza high-rises as Trump gives Hamas ‘last warning’ to accept ceasefire
A terrorist attack killed six Israelis and wounded more than 20 at a bus stop in Jerusalem. Israel raided the West Bank town where it says the gunmen came from. At the same time, Israel's military is assaulting Gaza City, destroying high-rise buildings as the U.S. gives Hamas an ultimatum to accept a new ceasefire proposal. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 10 people
A freight train sheared a double-decker bus in half at a crossing northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Jeffries says GOP will βregretβ revisiting Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that theyβll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jeffries said Democrats will use their participation in a newly launched GOP investigation of the rampage to highlight President Trumpβs role in fomenting the violence that day. βRepublicans will...
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Democrats release birthday message Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein
In our news wrap Monday, House Democrats released a letter that Donald Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein for a 2003 birthday book, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to keep nearly five billion dollars in foreign aid frozen and a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that ordered President Trump to pay $83 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Attorney says detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills for short-term jobs
An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform.
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