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US Senate votes to advance bill to end 40-day government shutdown

Senators take the first step towards ending the longest shutdown in US history.

Senators in the United States have voted to move forward with a stopgap funding package aimed at ending the longest government shutdown in the country’s history.

In a procedural vote on Sunday, some e…[Read more]

Mexico unveils security operation in violent Michoacan state after brazen assassination of mayor

The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday unveiled plans to fight organized crime and improve security in the violence-ridden state of Michoacan after the brazen public assassination of a local mayor sent shockwaves through the…[Read more]

Last shutdown, Trump hunkered down at the White House ‘all alone.’ This time, Mar-a-Lago beckons

The last time the federal government ran out of money, President Donald Trump wanted the world to know he was making sacrifices.

“I am all alone (poor me) in the White House,” he tweeted on Christmas Eve 2018, left behind in dreary, shutdown Washing…[Read more]

What we know about deadly Kentucky cargo plane crash

At least nine people have been killed after a cargo plane ran off the runway and burst into flames in Kentucky on Tuesday.

The burning aircraft, which was operated by the American delivery company UPS, struck several buildings when it crashed mid-takeoff. Officials fear the number of dead and…[Read more]

America’s mayor? Why people outside of New York should care about Mamdani’s victory

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayor’s race turns him, for better or worse, into one of the most high-profile Democrats in the country.

He’s the mayor-elect of New York. Will he also be America’s mayor?

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Nov. 4 electio…[Read more]

United Nations calls for end to US embargo on Cuba, again

Cuba denies US allegations of mercenary activity in Ukraine and insists the embargo is a form of collective punishment.

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly called for an end to a US economic embargo on Cuba for a 33rd year, despite lobbying by Washington that included…[Read more]

US will reduce its troops on Nato’s eastern flank, Romania says

Romania’s defence ministry has said the US intends to reduce some of its troops stationed on Nato’s eastern flank.

Between 900 and 1,000 American troops will remain in Romania, Bucharest said – down from 1,700.

The ministry said the decision was expected and that the “resizing” of…[Read more]

Taiwan worries about US support wavering ahead of Trump’s meeting with Xi

Days before President Donald Trump departed for Asia where he will sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday for their first in-person meeting of his second term, the president refused to count out the possibility of America’s position on Taiwan get…[Read more]

Trump administration plans new probe into global drug pricing, FT reports

President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a new probe into drug pricing practices among U.S. trading partners, a move that would lay the ground for fresh tariffs, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Reuters could…[Read more]

Democrats call on ‘disengaged’ Trump to get involved to end shutdown

The top two Democratic leaders have requested a meeting with Trump after the last one went sideways. Some Republicans say it wouldn’t hurt for him to engage more but doubt he will.

As the government shutdown crosses the three-week mark, Democrats are increasingly calling on…[Read more]

Trump reiterates India will cut Russian oil after Modi call

US President Donald Trump has reiterated that India has agreed to reduce its purchase of Russian crude.

Trump said Indian PM Narendra Modi had assured him during a phone call on Tuesday that Delhi “was not going to buy much oil from Russia” as he too “wants the war end with…[Read more]

Zelenskyy holds out hope Trump will still provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles

Speaking with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” after his visit with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged he didn’t get what he wanted — but it could still happen.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a hopeful tone while on a trip to the U…[Read more]

At least 15 detained after protesters and police clash outside Chicago Ice center

Officers reportedly tackled and dragged several people after authorities told demonstrators to stay in ‘protest zones’

t least 15 people were taken into custody outside the Broadview Ice detention center in the Chicago area after heated confrontations between Ill…[Read more]

Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative walks free after being sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison for deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people

Donald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former…[Read more]

Hamas needs more time to recover hostages’ remains, U.S. advisers say

Hamas will need more time to recover hostages’ remains still in Gaza, two senior U.S. advisers have said, as Israel’s military began to prepare for the possibility of renewed fighting amid anguish and anger about delays in the return of abductees.

Hamas handed over 20 liv…[Read more]

In Louisiana voting case, US Supreme Court ponders a ‘colorblind’ Constitution

In deciding a major case examining the racial composition of electoral districts in Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court justices are facing the question of whether the U.S. Constitution should be seen as colorblind – even when remedies are sought under civil rights law for…[Read more]

How Trump got his Nobel Peace Prize after all

By giving the award to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has effectively crowned Trump’s vision of power and intervention as ‘peace’.

Although the White House immediately put the Nobel Committee on notice for putting “politics over peace” when it failed to deliver the peace prize…[Read more]

Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to US stability: rising national debt

The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans is largely avoiding the difficult fiscal issues clouding the country’s future – the rising national debt and the long-term financial health of Social Security and Medicare.
The…[Read more]

Vance says Trump is ‘looking at all his options’ as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance indicated in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Preside…[Read more]

What happened to MrBeast’s East Carolina University academic program? No one will say

The world’s most subscribed to YouTuber and the university chancellor are an odd pair on camera.

MrBeast, the internet personality most famous for his videos documenting random acts of extreme charity, is in shorts, animatedly talking and gesturing with his h…[Read more]