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Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
Sep 27, 2025 8:12 pm - President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.The meeting involving House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune as well as House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was confirmed Saturday by a White House official and two other people familiar with the planning.
UN imposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT
Sep 27, 2025 8:06 pm - The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures.
4 dead after flooding in Arizona, including in mining community hit hard by rain

Sep 27, 2025 6:16 pm - Four people have died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, sending some people in a rural community to their rooftops for safety, officials said Saturday.
Stampede at a political rally for popular actor Vijay in southern India kills 36, injures 40

Sep 27, 2025 6:06 pm - NEW DELHI — A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state...
Russian foreign minister: Any aggression against our country will be met with a ‘decisive response’

By JENNIFER PELTZ and EDITH M. LEDERER
Sep 27, 2025 5:57 pm - As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow's top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation doesn't intend to attack Europe but will mount a “decisive response” to any aggression.
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next

By FREIDA FRISARO
Sep 27, 2025 5:53 pm - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week.
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to uphold ban on birthright citizenship

By Justin Jouvenal
Sep 27, 2025 2:39 pm - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to carry out its ban on birthright citizenship, potentially setting up a major showdown over one of the most important and controversial elements of the president’s anti-immigration agenda.
Trump calls for troops in Portland, Oregon, escalating use of military inside US

By CLAIRE RUSH and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Sep 27, 2025 1:51 pm - President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.”
New look at ancient skull challenges timeline of human evolution

By Dino Grandoni
Sep 27, 2025 1:15 pm - He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of...
‘Beast mode’ to ‘teraflop’: 10 words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary update

By LEANNE ITALIE
Sep 27, 2025 9:30 am - NEW YORK — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of the...

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