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Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Israeli military launched an attack on Gaza on Sunday ... read more


Simon Tisdall: Beijing has realized that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fill In the US-China race for 21st-century primacy, Xi is sprinting ahead, assisted by spur-heeled Trump's many missteps. read more


Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls, and dinners with Matthew Menchel, the Miami AUSA who spearheaded Epstein's sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show. read more


In a brazen, seven-minute strike, thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre on Sunday morning and, as tourists were already inside, forced a window, smashed display cases, and fled with jewels of "inestimable value," France's interior minister said. read more


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing questions from lawmakers over the shooting of a U.S. citizen by Border Patrol agents in Chicago ... read more


A national security reporter at the right-wing Epoch Times newspaper has resigned after the publication signed on to rules restricting news gathering within the Pentagon. The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, submitted his resignation in writing on Friday. read more


The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is projected to reduce the U.S. workforce by 6.8 million people by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035, per a study first shared with Axios. read more


House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday doubled down on his criticisms of millions of protesters who joined Saturday's "No Kings" rallies across the nation, decrying the widely peaceful demonstrations as evidence of "a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party." read more


Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing "murder" following a strike carried out on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September. In a social media post, Petro accused the US of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman.


On Wednesday, Isabella Orduna was catching some waves at Steamer Lane, a popular surf spot off Santa Cruz, Calif., when she felt a small nip on her foot. Startled, Orduna, a 21-year-old college student, rolled into the water. The moment she surfaced, she saw a "big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter" sitting on her board, she said. "I was like, wow, what do I do now?"


When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June, panicked calls flooded into the city's emergency response system. Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. In some cases, the men wore plain clothes and refused to identify themselves. There was no way to confirm whether they were immigration agents or imposters. In six of the calls to Santa Ana police, residents described what they were seeing as kidnappings. "He's bleeding," one caller said about a person he saw yanked from a car wash lot and beaten. "They dumped him into a white van. It doesn't say ICE." read more


Newly released body camera footage shows a Florida man claiming to be a federal immigration enforcement official racially profiling a police officer who pulled him over on the highway for drunk driving. The footage, which was published on Thursday by YouTube account "The CrimePiece" ... read more


It was the latest swing in Trump's position on the war that often shifts following contact with Putin, who has shown skill in persuading the U.S. president. read more


wo men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said. read more


Saturday, October 18, 2025

Vermont State Sen. Samuel Douglass -- the only public official who participated in a Young Republicans group chat that scandalized the party -- resigned Friday night under what Politico termed "intense pressure." read more


The Trump administration is planning to furlough the vast majority of the civilian staff at a key agency that helps manage the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. read more


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