The day of the government shutdown and Hegseth's military address

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, some women say they’re being exploited by local men promising food, money, or other aid in exchange for sexual interactions.

The president’s relationships with Netanyahu and Putin have something in common.

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Robert Johnson was renowned for his ability to disrupt inmate plots to smuggle cell phones and other contraband into a South Carolina prison.

Despite blatant tattoos, he blended in well enough that when one of the families held a dinner in their home for the school’s soccer players, 24-year-old Labrador was invited and nothing seemed amiss.

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Republicans seek an extension of current spending levels, while Democrats want changes in health care funding that were not passed in the last budget.

Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California’s five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

Despite blatant tattoos, he blended in well enough that when one of the families held a dinner in their home for the school’s soccer players, 24-year-old Labrador was invited and nothing seemed amiss.

President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the Gaza war has not only won support from Israel, but also from the Arab and Muslim world — and from the Palestinian Authority, which has opposed his plans in the past.

Congressional Democrats are taking a rare gamble on government shutdown politics they’ve decried in the past, wagering that health care is a winning cause with Americans.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined what he said would be new standards, President Trump will next address the generals.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined what he said would be new standards, President Trump is also addressing generals.

Hegseth mandated all senior commanders at the rank of brigadier general or rear admiral lower half and above to report to the Virginia base.

Trump’s order to send the Oregon National Guard to Portland appeared to surprise Pentagon officials.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also spoke to hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world to a Marine Corps base in Virginia.

Democrats are protesting Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts’ arrest by ICE because he indicts the entire public school system they control.

The Secretary of War announced an overhaul of the military.

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Humberto and Imelda have already devastated the northern Caribbean, with two deaths reported in Cuba.

The Senate plans to vote for a House-passed bill to keep the government open, but Democrats remain opposed ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here.

The secretary of war called a gathering of U.S. generals, admirals, and senior enlisted troops to Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also spoke to hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world to a Marine Corps base in Virginia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday unveiled a series of new directives he said are aimed at purging the U.S. military of the “woke garbage” that has infected it for years, and he specifically said all service members — including the highest-ranking officers — will be required to meet weight requirements and pass physical fitness tests twice each year.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office on Tuesday, September 30.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office on Tuesday, September 30.

The Transportation Security Administration and federal air marshals retaliated against adversaries of President Biden by sticking them on secret scrutiny lists and tracking their air travels, Homeland Security said Tuesday, admitting to “widespread abuses” during the previous president’s term.

Few things are important enough to justify the security risk of putting all of these people in the same place.

The president also announced a new government-run website on which people can order drugs.

The self-styled “secretary of war” ranted for 45 minutes before the generals he’d gathered at Quantico.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office on Tuesday, September 30.

The education establishment convinced itself that the progressive social contract contributes as much to student performance as scholastic fundamentals.

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Frances Macalimbon Hamed, whose face was plastered in The Post back in 2023 when she and another activist were busted tearing down the hostage posters, was later employed as an intern in Mamdani’s Queens legislative office.

The increase comes as the MTA has collected $449.4 million from congestion pricing through August but loses as much as $1 billion per year to fare and toll evasion.

The Republican-appointed judges could influence future rulings on defendants’ rights amid Trump’s free speech crackdown.

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The California governor hilariously trolled Hegseth’s ranting military address.

Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, has expressed high hopes for President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.

The Senate plans to vote for a House-passed bill to keep the government open, but Democrats remain opposed ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here.

As a government shutdown becomes more likely, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows even though President Trump has a low approval rating, just 1 in 4 approve of how Democrats in Congress are doing.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced new standards Tuesday as part of an ongoing cultural shift at the Pentagon ending the “war on warriors” led by woke politicians and Pentagon leaders.

“Nicole’s been holding the family down and looking after the girls and trying to make it work,” a source said. “She has always been there for Keith.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced new standards Tuesday as part of an ongoing cultural shift at the Pentagon ending the “war on warriors” led by woke politicians and Pentagon leaders.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

The Trump administration might use a shutdown to finish the job that DOGE started.

The Senate plans to vote for a House-passed bill to keep the government open, but Democrats remain opposed ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here.

A lot of government would continue during a shutdown. FBI investigators, CIA officers, air traffic controllers and agents operating airport checkpoints would keep working.

With a midnight deadline approaching, the Trump administration and Democrats traded barbs and blame over who would be responsible for a shutdown.

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

Trump announced that he will introduce new tariffs targeting countries that export furniture to the United States, as well as specific furniture products.

In back-to-back votes before a midnight deadline, each party blocked the other’s spending proposal when neither could draw the necessary bipartisan support.

In what appeared to be a bizarre and unhinged racist rant, left-wing podcast host Don Lemon labeled White men as the “real issue” behind violence in the United States, describing them as "broken" and suggesting that the majority resort to violence as a solution to combat their inferiority.

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The U.S. government is barreling toward a shutdown at midnight with no path forward in sight.

Trump and congressional Democrats braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government as a midnight deadline approached

Scandals have come back to haunt the president’s choice.

Two separate, partisan spending bills failed in the Senate on Tuesday. The government will shut down at the end of the day barring a last-minute breakthrough.

It depends on who you ask.

The national Black Lives Matter movement claims $33.4 million of its cash is being withheld by one of its progressive partner organizations, The Post has learned.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) put the Democrats on blast with their own words, showing their hypocrisy as they protested against previous government shutdowns while refusing to put a stop to the looming shutdown that will occur at midnight if they do not compromise with Republicans.

The Senate failed to pass a stopgap measure in a 55-45 vote, pushing the country toward its first government shutdown in nearly seven years -- as funding expires at midnight.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Republicans ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.

Under the government’s proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving out of Texas could allow them to resume qualifying for a two-year work permit.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the results from a week-long operation on Tuesday, dubbed “Operation Twin Shield."