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Updated Aug 28, 2025 - Politics & Policy

What we know about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis

Four black and white Minneapolis Park Police SUVs block a street corner at Garfield Av and W 54th St, with yellow police tape across the road in front of a large brick building and trees.

Massive CDC walkout erupts amid internal chaos

A man in a blue pinstripe suit, light blue shirt, and dark tie speaks at a podium with a microphone, with American and government flags in the background.
Aug 28, 2025 - Health

How RFK Jr. could exploit the CDC's power vacuum

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Cabinet meeting

Dem leaders push to reverse Trump cuts in shutdown fight

Two men at a podium with American flags behind them; one man in a dark suit with pink tie is speaking, the other man in a gray suit and light tie stands attentively beside him.
Aug 28, 2025 - World

Scoop: Inside Trump's Gaza meeting with Tony Blair and Jared Kushner

Former President Donald Trump sitting at an ornate wooden desk, looking right, with a person standing behind him wearing a blue suit and red tie, and flags blurred in the background.

Former MLB player Mark Teixeira running for Congress

Baseball player in white Texas Rangers uniform walks holding a bat on field at dusk, with catcher in gray and red behind him and scoreboard lit up in the background.

Exclusive: Senate Dems launch "budget-buster" site targeting GOP costs

Senator speaking at a wooden podium with the United States Senate seal, flanked by US flags and three poster boards showing critical quotes about Medicaid cuts from various senators.

Emmett Till family retraces his train ride on 70th anniversary of his death

Three framed vintage photographs on a yellow and orange lace tablecloth: a smiling Emmett Till as a boy in a sailor outfit and beret, two black-and-white portraits of a boy in a tie and a woman, and two baby portraits.
Aug 28, 2025 - Economy

What's at stake in the battle for reserve bank power

Illustration of the Federal Reserve building seen through a pair of binoculars.

Fed governor Cook sues Trump administration in fight over firing

Close-up of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook during a congressional testimony, wearing a black outfit and a pearl necklace, looking upwards with a serious expression against a dark background.

Exclusive: Texas Senate hopeful Colin Allred unveils anti-corruption plan

Man in a blue suit and white shirt speaking passionately at a microphone, with an American flag pin on his lapel, and a blurred crowd in the background.
Updated Aug 28, 2025 - Politics & Policy

European powers trigger "snapback" sanctions against Iran

Three men in business suits walking and talking in an ornate hallway with red walls, wooden floors, and gold-trimmed white doors; one man wears a blue suit with a red tie.

Majority of Americans approve of Trump's approach on crime: AP-NORC poll

RFK Jr. shakes up COVID vaccine policy

Photo illustration of RFK Jr. in profile with his shadow casting against the logo of the HHS, blending with the faces in the design.
Aug 28, 2025 - Business

Nvidia has a China problem

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Exclusive: Electromagnetic weapon zaps drone swarm in seconds

Photo illustration collage of a swarm of drones flying in front of a yellow circle sun, with military wreckage in the foreground and pen marks illustrating a kill count spread all around.

Republican support for unions plunged this year

India's PM fueling Putin's "war machine" by buying Russian oil, Navarro says

Older man with white hair, wearing a dark suit and tie, speaking and gesturing with hands against clear blue sky, with microphones in the foreground.

Trump attacks Utah's anti-gerrymandering ruling

Illustration of President Donald Trump on the left side of the scales of justice.
Updated Aug 27, 2025 - Health

White House says it fired CDC chief Monarez after she "refused to resign"

Susan Monarez takes part in a hearing on her nomination for Director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention before the Seante Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in June.
Aug 27, 2025 - Health

"Unable to serve": CDC vaccine chief slams Kennedy in resignation post

Bald man with glasses, a maroon suit, and a brown tie speaking in front of a blurred White House emblem and an American flag.
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