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Russia hosts Taliban delegation and warns against foreign military presence in Afghanistan

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Oct 07, 2025 8:55 pm - MOSCOW — Russia hosted a delegation of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government Tuesday and issued a strong warning against a foreign military presence in the country. Spe...
ICE kept most offices open in shutdown — but not the one inspecting detention centers

By Douglas MacMillan
Oct 07, 2025 8:49 pm - The Trump administration has said immigration enforcement will “remain unchanged” through the government shutdown. Officers continue to arrest migrants; detention centers remain fully operational; and the government issued new contracts for additional migrant holding facilities just last week.
Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

By Jacob Bogage
Oct 07, 2025 8:10 pm - Furloughed federal workers are not entitled to automatic back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office claimed in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up tensions in Washington over the week-long closure.
A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on and hostages languish

By ALON BERNSTEIN and MELANIE LIDMAN
Oct 07, 2025 5:15 pm - Thousands of people converged on southern Israel on Tuesday to mourn the dead as the nation marked two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war, while Israel and Hamas pressed on with indirect peace talks in Egypt.The main memorial event in Tel Aviv, organized by the bereaved families, was separate from a ceremony that the government will hold on the anniversary next week according to the Hebrew calendar.
Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LBGTQ+ kids

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Oct 07, 2025 4:43 pm - A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.
A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Oct 07, 2025 4:32 pm - A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology."
Nobel Prize in physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, SETH BORENSTEIN and MIKE CORDER
Oct 07, 2025 9:00 am - John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing.
Gaza peace talks enter their second day on the war's anniversary

By SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING
Oct 07, 2025 8:03 am - Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group's surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
DC’s shutdown hasn't stopped the stock market. Here’s what may

By STAN CHOE
Oct 07, 2025 7:43 am - If the U.S. government's latest shutdown can't stop the stock market, what can?
Meet the first American to win ‘Best Cheesemonger in the World’

By María Luisa Paúl
Oct 07, 2025 6:09 am - Emilia D’Albero trained like an athlete: long hours, exacting drills, heavy lifting. She sculpted and sliced until her hands ached, then bought a second fridge to keep up with the demands of her routine. Her sport? Cheese.

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