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In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV before a masked agent rolled down his window and dropped the canisters. Smoke spread around the vehicle and passersby began to scream.

Judge sets 14-day deadline for new prosecutor in Trump Georgia case or it will be dismissed

The Trump administration has now reported killing a total of 21 people in strikes on suspected drug vessels off the coast of Venezuela, including 4 on Friday. Questions remain about the legal justification and evidence underpinning the attacks.

Breaking News: The U.S. struck another boat in the Caribbean, the U.S. defense secretary said, killing four men he accused of drug running, without offering evidence. He said he directed the strike on President Trump’s orders.

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“Victims and survivors will never be safe.” That’s what Cassie Ventura told the judge before Diddy’s sentencing. Her words are a brutal reminder of sex crime victims’ pain and suffering. Today when Diddy is sentenced, the judge must deliver justice for Cassie.

WOW The Assistant US Attorney tells the judge at Diddy’s sentencing hearing that Diddy has booked speaking engagements in Miami next week. The AUSA calls it the “height of hubris.”

Broadview’s mayor and police chief announced three criminal investigations the Chicago suburb has initiated involving ICE agents, and called on the agency to stop using chemical agents on protesters, saying: “We are experiencing an immediate health safety crisis.”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls out the blatant corruption of the regime and Tom Homan's well documented bribe and orders an independent review of all contracts. The next administration, provided we have one, will need years to unravel all the graft of this one.

UPDATE — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to feds putting a Black man in a chokehold. “These agents are rogue, unaccountable, and cannot be trusted to keep Chicagoans safe. Thankfully, brave Chicagoans documented these actions and posted them on social media.” thetriibe.com/2025/10/new-...

"Absolutely Wrong": Chicago Mayor on Trump’s Threat to Use “Dangerous” Cities as “Training Grounds for our Military”

Gov. Of Illinois JB Pritzker & Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson calling for the 25th Amendment on Trump. youtu.be/9k12tBPxHTU?...

'This president is off. He is unhinged and clearly double-minded and unstable," says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Trump.

By Friday, Israeli forces had intercepted all of the 43 ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza and arrested most of the 450 activists on board.

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to send troops to Portland as they seek to crack down on crime and "restore order" to Democratic cities, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed.

Russ Vought has been waiting for this shutdown his whole adult life — or at least that’s what Republicans want you to believe. What we're actually witnessing, @zeitlin.bsky.social writes, is a careful reshaping of the federal government that could have serious consequences for climate progress:

The FBI has severed ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog group, after a push from MAGA allies on social media.

The reporter was arrested while reporting from a “No Kings Day” protest in June and was deported on Friday — a major blow to press freedoms, say groups including the ACLU.

Democrat presses Comer to have Vought testify on federal firings

Federal workers typically receive back pay once the government reopens — but that requires congressional approval. And on top of the uncertainty around when workers will see a paycheck again, the Trump administration has threatened to use the shutdown as a pretext to carry out more mass firings.

Dr. Balfour Mount, father of palliative care, dies at 86.

Experts told Newsweek that government communications may breach laws restricting the behavior of government departments.

“These are rules that are going to cause an enormous amount of hardship for millions of people,” said Will Fischer at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “It’s going to cause people to become homeless, kids to be pulled out of their schools.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

Russian state-controlled television, which is loyal to Vladimir Putin, has suggested the idea of detonating a World War II wreck in the Thames estuary that still contains 1,400 tons of munitions.

Donald Trump hit out at CNN reporters once again, but this time his insults backfired.

Miller's message will likely fuel the debate over the use of federal law-enforcement assets in U.S. cities.

Trump adviser threatens ICE presence at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show

The pioneering British primatologist died on Wednesday while on a speaking tour in the United States.

Israeli forces stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organizers said, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system reut.rs/487C9bv

Commentary: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fat-shames the U.S. military's top brass as the world burns

Opinion: The shock of Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an opportunity to reverse India's brain drain and move up the value chain, writes Manjeet Kripalani on.ft.com/48bWxZ2

Manchester stabbing latest: ‘Multiple people’ attacked at synagogue as police rush to serious incident

The Supreme Court provided the most meaningful check to date on President Trump’s effort to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook when it said she could remain in her job until it takes up her case in January.

The candidates vying to be New Jersey’s next governor are pointing fingers after the Trump administration announced it is freezing billions of dollars in federal funding for two infrastructure projects, including the Hudson Tunnel project to connect New Jersey and New York City.

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

How is it that so many American Christians are devoted to a man for whom the Bible is either an upside-down prop or just another tacky piece of gold-coloured merch on the MAGA website? Christian author and organizer Sara Miles shares thoughts ahead of her Vancouver talk. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Hunter S. Thompson's death under review 20 years later at widow's suggestion

Utah loves Trump. It didn’t stop him from taking a chainsaw to one of its largest employers.

Germany arrests three suspected Hamas members planning attacks

Arellano: There's no nice way to deport someone. But Trump's ICE is hosting a cruelty Olympics

France investigates Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones

Officials with the Oregon Military Department say the deployment will cost federal taxpayers $3.8 million, and the troops expected to be assigned will come from Salem and Woodburn.

America’s prison population is growing older at a pace that some experts say is unsustainable. As of 2022, the latest year with available data, people 55 and over made up nearly 1 in 6 prisoners — a fourfold increase since 2000. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/01/r...

Southern Baptists have faced allegations that hundreds of church leaders and workers have abused people over the years and that the denomination hasn’t done enough to prevent abuse. religionnews.com/2025/09/29/b...

JUST IN: The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a move that critics say would have compromised the central bank's independence

The energy secretary called the billionaire a threat to the UK at the Labour Party conference as he promised to speed up a permanent ban on fracking

OMB Director Russ Vought revealed the withholding of funds.

Cook will remain at the Federal Reserve until the Supreme Court hears oral arguments from the Trump administration in January.