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March descends on DC against Trump takeover

Thousands of people descended on the White House during a Saturday march from Malcolm X Park to Lafayette Park in protest of the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. Demonstrators entitled the effort β€œWe Are All DC,” representing the potential ripple effects of military force on local citizens, spurred by the president....

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

WATCH LIVE: September’s ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse

The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Here's how you can get tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the first phase of ticket sales open for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

The CDC needed a thorough housecleaning to restore trust

The CDC has been accused of manipulating data, censoring debate, and colluding with Big Tech to silence dissenting physicians, betraying its mission to protect Americans from infectious disease and necessitating a top-to-bottom house cleaning to restore trust.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Scott Perry calls drug trafficking 'acts of war' in defense of US moves in Caribbean

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on Saturday defended the Trump administration's moves in the Caribbean, suggesting Venezuela is working with Russia to traffic drugs into the U.S. "One of the biggest concerns I think is, of course, that Venezuela is now a puppet state for Russia, and of course, Russia is at this point involved in...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Maduro vows to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty as tensions with U.S. escalate

President NicolΓ‘s Madurohas vowed to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty as tensions rise over the deployment ofU.S. warships in the Caribbean. He urged President Donald Trump to engage in dialogue to avoid conflict.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Austin parents whose daughter died at Camp Mystic speak out

EXCLUSIVE (KXAN) β€” An Austin family whose eight-year-old daughter Linnie was killed at Camp Mystic in Texas two months ago amid deadly flooding, is speaking out in an exclusive interview. "Linnie was so special," her mom, Callie McCown, told KXAN Investigates, describing their only daughter, the middle child of two other boys who loved dance...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

WATCH: Community organizers speak at protest against Trump’s DC takeover

Trump took control of the Metropolitan Police Department in August in addition to deploying hundreds of National Guard troops, saying he was going to β€œtake our capital back” from criminals.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Pritzker hits Trump over deportation meme: 'This is not a joke. This is not normal'

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) lambasted President Trump on Saturday for joking about immigration enforcement efforts, including plans to target Chicago, calling the president a "wannabe dictator." "The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city," Pritzker wrote on social platform X in response to a meme shared...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Extra-judicial military killing is not a legitimate answer to drug trafficking

President Trump has just made perhaps his most dangerous assault on the rule of law. He proudly announced that he directed the U.S. military to kill 11 alleged drug smugglers in their boat on the high seas of the Caribbean, excitedly showing a video of the lethal strike. The strike involves the unlawful use of...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump has β€˜iron-clad’ stomach for political risk: UK ambassador Peter Mandelson

British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson praised President Trump for having an β€œiron-clad” stomach when taking political risks, arguing that Brexit has allowed the U.K. to forge closer ties with the U.S. β€œThe President may not follow the traditional rulebook or conventional practice, but he is a risk-taker in a world where a β€˜business...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

WATCH: ‘Take it down,’ Trump says about White House Peace Vigil that has stood since 1981

President Donald Trump ordered on Friday the removal of the blue tent that has stood for decades as a peace vigil across from the White House in Lafayette Park.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Israel targets more high-rises in Gaza City, ordering residents stricken by famine to evacuate

The Israeli army issued evacuation orders and targeted high-rise buildings infamine-stricken Gaza Cityon Saturday, calling on Palestinians to move to the territory's south as it escalates operations ahead of a new offensive to seize the city of nearly 1 million.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Davey Johnson, legendary Mets manager and All-Star second baseman, dies at 82

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died.

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Department of War triggers eye rolls, enthusiasm and cost concerns

President Trump’s executive order to formally change the Department of Defense to the Department of War was met on Friday with enthusiasm from some on the right, but largely elicited skepticism on the left and concerns about the steep cost from former officials. Trump framed the rebrand as a signal of American strength that will...

Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

WHO chief says mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency

The World Health Organization no longer considers thempox outbreakin Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency's director said Friday.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump orders takedown of longtime protest tent at White House

President Trump ordered the removal of the White House Peace Vigil on Friday, marking an end to a 44-year protest against the nation’s nuclear weaponry and warfare. A reporter informed the president of the ongoing protest β€” now manned by Philipos Melaku-Bello and a group of rotating volunteers β€” Friday in the Oval Office, describing...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

U.S. set to ease travel restrictions on West African leader accused of corruption, officials say

Two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said the State Department is processing a one-month sanctions waiver for the vice president of Equatorial Guinea,Teodoro β€œTeddy” Nguema Obiang, following recommendations that it is in the U.S. national interest to blunt growing Chinese influence in the West African country.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

What to do immediately after winning the Powerball jackpot, according to experts

Assuming you beat the infinitesimal odds and win the Powerball jackpot Saturday night, there are several things you must do to avoid costly mistakes, experts say.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Chicago Fed president unpacks weak jobs report and what it says about the economy

The labor market appears to have stalled this summer, according to the significantly weaker than expected jobs report. Employers added just 22,000 new jobs in August and revisions show the economy lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020. Amna Nawaz discussed the report with Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austin Goolsbee.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Weak jobs report shows even this hot sector may be cooling

Health care has fueled hiring in recent years, but the latest jobs report suggests the pace may finally be slowing.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

WATCH: U.S. Attorney Pirro holds briefing on 2 arrested in DC over killing of congressional intern

Two teenagers were arrested Friday on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation's capital β€” a crime that President Donald Trump cited inannouncing a law-enforcement surgein Washington.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Trump signs order aimed at renaming Defense Department as Department of War

In our news wrap Friday, President Trump authorized the Defense Department to use the Department of War as its secondary title, Homeland Security carried out a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia and Russian President Vladimir Putin said that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine while the war is ongoing would be considered "legitimate targets."

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To explain how this hits consumers, and what can be done, Geoff Bennett spoke with Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

UK’s Starmer overhauls his government after deputy prime minister resigns over tax error

Prime Minister Keir Starmershook up his Cabinet Friday afterhis top deputystepped down over a tax error on a home purchase, leaving a big hole in the center-left Labour government.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

‘We gave everything’: Afghan allies abandoned by U.S. share fears of life under Taliban

As the American war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind. Many of them are still there after the Trump administration suspended relocation programs. Nick Schifrin spoke with two men in Afghanistan about their fears and dark memories of the Taliban takeover.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Brooks and Bouie on economic warning signs

New York Times columnists David Brooks and Jamelle Bouie join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including what a weak jobs report says about the U.S. economy, President Trump's push to control the Federal Reserve and Trump's War Department rebranding at the Pentagon.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Darren Walker explores inequality and democracy in ‘The Idea of America’

Darren Walker has spent much of his life fighting inequality. From humble beginnings in rural Texas, he went on to lead one of the nation’s most powerful philanthropic institutions. Walker is now nearing the end of his tenure as president of the Ford Foundation, and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new book, "The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share."

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Does it make sense to keep minting the penny?

The penny could soon be a thing of the past. President Trump is pushing to end production of the one-cent coin, citing its rising costs. Each penny costs nearly four cents to make and scrapping it could save taxpayers about $56 million a year. Deema Zein discussed more with John Feigenbaum of Whitman Publishing, a leading producer of numismatic reference books.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

States buck FDA on vaccine access

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story States break with FDA, roll out broader access to vaccines Vaccine policy is fracturing along party lines as some blue states are stepping up to defy federal vaccine restrictions, increasing the likelihood of a patchwork of policies. ...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

The EU has banned a key ingredient in gel nail polish. Here’s why experts say it’s still safe

Many people love gel nail polish for its durability and shiny gloss, but a new ban in Europe may have left mani-pedi devotees with some not-so-pretty concerns.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

WATCH: Pentagon changes ‘Secretary of Defense’ signage to ‘Secretary of War’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War β€” a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around the globe.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump expresses reservations over Florida eliminating vaccine mandates: 'We have to be very careful'

President Trump expressed reservations Friday about Florida moving to eliminate school vaccine mandates, calling it a "very tough position" and arguing some vaccines are uncontroversial. "I think we have to be very careful. You have some vaccines that are so amazing," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, citing the polio vaccine and the COVID-19...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump calls Mamdani a 'communist,' says Adams 'free to do what he wants'

Related video: Eric Adams says he’s staying in NYC mayoral race President Trump on Friday appeared resigned to β€œa communist in New York City” after incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced plans to stick with his independent reelection bid, despite calls from the White House for a one-on-one race between former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump's Fed chair finalists are Hassett, Warsh and Waller

Related Video: Weak August Jobs Report Flashes Major Warning Sign For Economy - 12:30 Report President Trump confirmed Friday that his top three candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are Kevin Hassett, Kevin Warsh and Christopher Waller. Trump was asked by a reporter with Bloomberg News if his top three candidates were Hassett,...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill