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Reagan’s words were real

By Bob Oswald
Nov 02, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Ronald Reagan disparaged the use of tariffs, Taylor Swift is pregnant and more.
These are the US ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela

By Júlia Ledur and Susannah George
Nov 01, 2025 8:42 pm - The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration may be preparing to expand operations in the region, escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas and raising the possibility of the first U.S. strikes on Venezuela.
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes

By Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson
Nov 01, 2025 8:30 pm - A top Justice Department lawyer has told lawmakers that the Trump administration can continue its lethal strikes against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America — and is not bound by a decades-old law requiring Congress to give approval for ongoing hostilities.
Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown

By JONATHAN MATTISE
Nov 01, 2025 8:28 pm - For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments for her family while she's on unpaid furlough from her federal government job.
Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and AAMER MADHANI
Nov 01, 2025 8:04 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.
Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point

By STEPHEN GROVES, ALI SWENSON and SUSAN HAIGH
Nov 01, 2025 7:16 pm - The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance bills.The impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States.
Sheriff: Lake County teens face gun charges

Daily Herald report
Nov 01, 2025 5:39 pm - A Lake County teen is accused of recklessly firing a gun in an unincorporated area near Grayslake, authorities said Saturday.
Trump to host al-Sharaa in first visit by a Syrian president to White House, official says

By AAMER MADHANI
Nov 01, 2025 5:08 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first visit by a Syrian president to the White House, an administration official sai...
Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces

By SAMYA KULLAB
Nov 01, 2025 5:05 pm - Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine's military intelligence said Saturday, as Russia kept up a sustained campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Michigan lawyer says the Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed

By JOSH FUNK
Nov 01, 2025 5:01 pm - A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend.

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