The day the government shutdown continued and Trump declared war on cartels

Two regional Delta jets full of passengers and crew collided at low speed while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, injuring one person, according to authorities.

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors.

Thompson's suicide will be reviewed at his widow's request, though there's no indication of foul play.

Prosecutors also released security camera footage of the chaotic gunfight at the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

On the first day of the government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats traded blame while a small bipartisan group of senators began to negotiate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation banning federal law enforcement from wearing masks to protect their identity on the job.

Two regional Delta jets full of passengers and crew collided at low speed while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, injuring one person, according to authorities.

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The father of some 22 children discovered by Arcadia police in May also owns a property in El Monte where authorities found evidence of illegal gambling and drug activity, court records show.

A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards.

The Manchester attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue comes as Jewish people observe the holiday of Yom Kippur.

Two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded Thursday in a synagogue attack in northern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.

The attack unfolded outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester.

A flight attendant reported a minor injury in the collision, which happened at low speeds and involved two Delta Air Lines-affiliated flights, officials said.

The attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester comes as Jewish people observe the holiday of Yom Kippur.

An alleged knifeman was shot dead by police outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday morning.

The 2025 government shutdown entered its second day on Thursday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.

Democrats are making health care the centerpiece of their political comeback strategy after the disastrous 2024 elections.

Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue L.A. County over sex abuse, raising questions about whether some claims that led to a record $4-billion settlement may have been colored by the promise of cash.

Welcome to Day Two of the shutdown.

The “coward of a man” 17-year-old driver accused of fatally striking two New Jersey teen girls on their e-bikes was planning the attack for months, the girls’ grieving families said Wednesday night.

If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern U.S. history.

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The 2025 government shutdown entered its second day on Thursday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

Nonprofit organizations took lessons away from law firms and universities in the administration's crosshairs that largely acted in isolation.

People are even more panicked about a key issue than they were a year ago.

Pope Leo XIV announced that individuals who support the death penalty are “not really pro-life.”

An analysis of historical crises over the past 2,000 years offers lessons for avoiding the end times.

Waters, 87, was questioned outside the US Capitol Tuesday about Democrats’ opposition to a stopgap funding bill in both chambers of Congress that would have kept the government’s lights on until Nov. 21.

The president called on the GOP to use it as an ‘opportunity’ to ‘clear out dead wood, waste, and fraud’ in the federal government.

The government shutdown may force lawmakers in both parties to scrap luxury retreats planned this month in Napa Valley and Sea Island, Georgia.

The government shutdown may force lawmakers in both parties to scrap luxury retreats planned this month in Napa Valley and Sea Island, Georgia.

Potentially setting up an unprecedented war declaration, President Donald Trump has reportedly 'determined' the U.S. is at war with drug cartels, informing Congress in a memo this week, according to The New York Times. [Full Story]

A more complicated picture is emerging. Here’s what to know.

The Israeli Navy intercepted and boarded numerous Global Sumud Flotilla vessels with pro-Palestine activists and humanitarian aid on board, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry.

Potentially setting up an unprecedented war declaration, President Donald Trump has reportedly 'determined' the U.S. is at war with drug cartels, informing Congress in a memo this week, according to The New York Times. [Full Story]

Reports say snipers rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter onto a rooftop in Chicago.

The Justice Department's Targeting of George Soros Is a Serious Scandal

An organization representing the plaintiffs called the judge's ruling "monumental," though the Trump administration vowed to appeal.

Former United States Representative Madison Cawthorn has announced his congressional bid for Florida’s 19th Congressional District.

The United States is set to provide Kyiv with intelligence on Russia's long-range energy infrastructure, deep within the country, according to multiple reports.

To keep her in detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

China is one of 13 countries with a ‘policy or pattern’ of human trafficking, forced labor, sexual slavery, or the use of child soldiers.

DEMS BULLISH ON WINNING SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN

Pentagon officials informed members of Congress of the development after strikes were carried out on boats in the Caribbean.

The governor said Donald Trump has already implemented almost half of Project 2025’s goals despite previously calling the plan “extreme” and “ridiculous.”

Following the tragic shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Michigan last Sunday, members of the LDS Church began raising funds for the gunman’s family, despite the devastation he caused in the community.

The administration is asking schools, including USC, MIT and others, to freeze tuition, limit gender definitions, cap international students and more.

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

This Supreme Court term will test Trump's power. Also on the agenda, hot-button issues, such as conversion therapy and rules for transgender athletes.

The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while the flow of guns from the U.S. displaces poor people in Mexico.

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Americans’ routine interactions with the federal government this week are increasingly being met with partisan messaging.

The administration dismissed claims from Democrats and a left-leaning watchdog group that it violated the Hatch Act by using official websites and emails to blame the blue party for the shutdown. “It’s an objective fact that Democrats are responsible for the government shutdown, the Trump administration is simply sharing the truth with the American people,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson tells Newsmax. [Full Story]

Amid the Republican-Democrat blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling takes on the Trump administration’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

“The tent isn’t that big,” Cuomo told NBC's Kristen Welker when asked if he'd accept the president's endorsement for his independent campaign.

President Trump is meeting with his budget director, Russ Vought, about what additional cuts to make during the shutdown, and the president says his targets are partisan.

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.

Democrats say they’re protecting health care subsidies, which Republicans say would restore loopholes that let illegal immigrants access taxpayer-funded care.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is in the hot seat as Republicans try to paint him as the face of the government shutdown and Democrats expect him to deliver something that can be sold as a victory.

Changes to the United States Postal Service mean that some ballots mailed on election day may not be postmarked the same day.

The 2025 government shutdown entered its second day on Thursday with no signs of an imminent resolution.

The president went for dinner at the vice president’s U.S. Naval Observatory residence.