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Tony Blair’s long experience in the Middle East is both his strength and his weakness

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
Sep 30, 2025 6:45 am - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has returned to the forefront of Middle East peace efforts after a U.S. peace plan on ending the Israel-Hamas war cast him in a leading role in overseeing the post-war administration and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff in Congress

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES
Sep 30, 2025 6:42 am - A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.
Hegseth declares an end to 'politically correct' leadership in the US military

By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Sep 30, 2025 6:36 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting Tuesday to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness as well as an end to “woke” culture in the military.
Pritzker calls federal deployment ‘an attack on the Constitution’

By Ben Szalinski and Jerry Nowicki
Sep 29, 2025 7:08 pm - The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to send 100 military troops to Chicago, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who assailed the move as the Trump administration’s ...
Government shutdown draws closer as lawmakers locked in impasse

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Sep 29, 2025 11:38 am - A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing little willingness to compromise from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in funding.
What we know about Trump's peace proposal for Gaza

By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH
Sep 29, 2025 11:36 am - Much remains unknown about U.S. President Donald Trump’s 21-point peace plan for Gaza. But one difference stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to outline the key question of how the territory will be ruled after the war.
Trump, Netanyahu agree to plan to end Gaza war and await word from Hamas

By ADAM GELLER, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI
Sep 29, 2025 11:34 am - President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed to a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms.
Iran hangs a man accused of spying for Israel in a wave of executions

By JON GAMBRELL
Sep 29, 2025 7:36 am - Iran said Monday it hanged a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest in the largest wave of executions by Tehran in decades.
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago, as border chief says people arrested based on ‘how they look’

By Chip Mitchell | WBEZ, Ashlee Rezin, Kaitlin Washburn, Mary Norkol, Jon Seidel
Sep 28, 2025 8:12 pm - While dozens of federal immigration agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol through downtown Chicago on Sunday, a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting. Gaza death toll tops 66,000

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Sep 28, 2025 4:12 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is working on a new ceas...

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