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Trump hails the US military exit from Iraq after 12-year mission

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Sep 30, 2026 1:18 pm - The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the conclusion of "a very expensive excursion into Hell.”
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.

Federica Cocco, Naema Ahmed
Sep 30, 2026 8:51 am - The Wsahington Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
Russia pounds the Kyiv region with missiles and drones, killing 4 and targeting the power grid

By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON
Sep 30, 2026 7:38 am - Russia pressed its missile and drone barrage of Kyiv and areas around the Ukrainian capital, killing four people, including a child, while mainly targeting the power grid, officials said Wednesday.
Iran indicates it's received an official US response to its latest offer on ending the war

By AAMER MADHANI
Sep 30, 2026 7:36 am - Iranian officials indicated Wednesday they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran's latest proposal to end the seven-month war, which U.S. President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just days earlier.
Trump’s shift from ‘Housing First’ is causing upheaval for homelessness programs and many they serve

By LAURA UNGAR and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Sep 30, 2026 7:31 am - Light streamed through stained-glass windows in a former church, illuminating long white tables where weary men gathered. Johnny Henderson was glad for the rest. The 71-year-old — who has one arm, heart disease and vision problems — slept on the street the night before.
Police say at least five arrested during Sunday’s protests near Medinah

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 29, 2026 3:03 pm - Bloomingdale police confirmed Tuesday that officers made at least five arrests during protests and counter-protests near Medinah Country Club on Sunday as President Donald Trump attended the Presidents Cup golf tournament.
Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team's tactics

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Sep 29, 2026 2:06 pm - Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along familiar party lines.
Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements

By MEG KINNARD, CHRIS RUGABER and WILL WEISSERT
Sep 29, 2026 11:03 am - The Trump administration has lauded its revamped website America.gov as a way to simplify Americans’ access to information and services scattered across a plethora of agency sites, but President Donald Trump probably won't like some of the answers his new site says are sourced from government information.
Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation's biggest

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Sep 29, 2026 8:23 am - President Donald Trump on Monday announced a new $15 billion steel plant being built in Iowa, highlighting an economic victory in a key battleground state where Republicans face competitive midterm races.
News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 29, 2026 7:22 am - Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved, saying the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order — including selectively barring CNN from White House pool duties.

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