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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

By CALVIN WOODWARD
Nov 04, 2025 6:08 am - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
Trump administration is sued over student loan forgiveness changes

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Nov 03, 2025 7:10 pm - In a swift rebuke of the Trump administration’s restrictions on a popular student-loan-forgiveness program for public servants, nonprofits, states, cities and unions filed two separate lawsuits Monday to challenge the changes.
Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and damaging historic Blue Mosque

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI
Nov 03, 2025 6:36 pm - A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said.
Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JULIA FRANKEL
Nov 03, 2025 4:14 pm - Israel handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Monday, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza.
Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail

By MELANIE LIDMAN and JULIA FRANKEL
Nov 03, 2025 3:38 pm - JERUSALEM — Until last week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli army's top lawyer. Now she is behind bars and at the center of a scandal rocking the country...
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Nov 03, 2025 2:19 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the g...
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.

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