Nation and World
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 16 as the world awaits Hamas’ response to Trump's peace plan
Oct 01, 2025 7:45 am - Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Wednesday, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the world awaited Hamas' response to U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for the embattled territory.
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Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
Oct 01, 2025 7:27 am - Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.
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Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group
Sep 30, 2025 7:28 pm - The Trump administration plans to end funding starting Wednesday for an oversight group that helps inspectors general root out waste, fraud and abuse, marking the latest example of President Donald Trump’s drive to limit federal watchdog activities.
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Trump, Hegseth lecture military leaders in rare, politically charged summit
Sep 30, 2025 4:57 pm - Hundreds of the U.S. military’s top leaders listened in silence to highly partisan addresses from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, with each harshly criticizing their predecessors and hyping their political objectives during a summit that was extraordinary in nature but ultimately broke little new ground.
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Trump announces drug-pricing deal with Pfizer, new ‘TrumpRx’ website
Sep 30, 2025 4:43 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer would sell its drugs to a government program at discounted rates, acceding to his long-running push to lower U.S. drug prices, and he pledged that similar deals with other companies would soon follow.
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Israeli troops kill 31 Palestinians in Gaza as Qatar says discussion needed on Trump peace plan
Sep 30, 2025 4:16 pm - Qatar said Tuesday that further talks were needed over details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, as Hamas weighed its reply. In Gaza, Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians, local hospitals said.
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Judge finds the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens over Gaza war protests
Sep 30, 2025 3:45 pm - The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U. S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech.
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Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’
Sep 30, 2025 11:33 am - President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address to an unprecedented gathering of the country’s top military leaders, railing against his predecessor, celebrating ta...
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FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws
Sep 30, 2025 6:48 am - On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.
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Tony Blair’s long experience in the Middle East is both his strength and his weakness
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.