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Updated Sep 29, 2025 - Politics & Policy

"Open mutiny": Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix

Rep. Greg Casar wearing a gray suit and speaking at a wooden podium.

HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case

A person walks in front of a building on Harvard University's campus.

Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JP Morgan

Businesswoman Charlie Javice (L), with long, dark hair, dark sunglasses, a cream jacket, top, pants and a white pearl necklace, arrives for her sentencing hearing at federal court in Manhattan, New York City, accompanied by a woman with shoulder-length dark hair, sunglasses and a black-white top.
Sep 29, 2025 - Business

YouTube to pay Trump $22 million for suspending his account after Jan. 6 riot

Trump sits at desk, someone hands him a folder

NFL fields MAGA fury over Bad Bunny halftime show

Bad Bunny on the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Trump, Democrats leave meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) deliver remarks following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) is pursued by reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. 

How OpenAI's new ChatGPT parental controls work

Three smartphone screens showing ChatGPT parental controls and settings: account info, inviting a child by email, and toggles for sensitive content, voice, image generation, and quiet hours.

Netanyahu endorses Trump plan to end Gaza war

Two men giving thumbs up

Democrats turn up heat on Johnson over Epstein files vote delay

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, wearing a red blazer, is flanked by Pete Aguilar and Hakeem Jeffries in a TV studio with an American flag in the background.
Updated Sep 29, 2025 - Economy

A government shutdown could delay news of next Social Security raise

Illustration of a Social Security card with a wrecking ball breaking through it as if it's a brick wall
Sep 29, 2025 - Economy

Reality check on shutdown economics

Illustration of a hundred dollar bill showing Benjamin Franklin with his head in his hands, the frame around his head has blinds as if he is looking out of a window, bored.

Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made movies

President Trump at the Ryder Cup.

What to know about Trump's Quantico meeting with top U.S. military officers

Pete Hegseth stares forward in a gray suit next to a sign that reads "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE."
Updated Sep 29, 2025 - World

Netanyahu inches toward Gaza deal under pressure from Trump

Two men sitting in a nice office

Where coffee prices are rising the most

Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Tectonic shifts & the Epicenter

Illustration of the American flag, with each element shaking.

"No one is safe": Democrats fear Trump will prosecute them next

Photo illustration of President Donald Trump carrying a large gavel on his shoulder.
Updated Sep 29, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Tropical Storm Imelda to threaten Carolinas with heavy rains

Satellite image showing two tropical storms in the Caribbean on 28 Sep 2025; one near Cuba and Florida, the other east of Puerto Rico with a well-defined eye, surrounded by swirling clouds.

Trump says he "would think" the DOJ is investigating ex-FBI chief Wray

Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray, with gray hair and wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin and a white shirt, testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C.,
Sep 28, 2025 - Sports

Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl halftime show in 2026

Bad Bunny, wearing a cream fur hat and dark glasses and dressed in a cream top and pants with white sneakers, gestures as he performs on stage.
Updated Sep 28, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Oregon sues Trump in bid to stop National Guard deployment to Portland

President Trump, wearing a black jacket and white shirt and holding a white baseball cap, speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House. Four large boom mics can be seen in the foreground and Air Force One on the lawn behind him.
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