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U.S. military commander who oversaw strikes against alleged drug boats will retire
The head of the U.S. military’s Southern Command will retire later this year, a high-profile departure that comes as the Trump administration strikes alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and puts pressure on the Venezuelan government. Adm. Alvin Holsey announced his retirement from the U.S. Navy in a statement posted to social media on Thursday. He said he is retiring…
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Live updates: Mamdani debates Cuomo in NYC mayoral race
What did Zohran Mamdani say about defunding the police?published at 01:18 BST 01:18 BST by Joshua Cheetham, BBC Verify Zohran Mamdani has been heavily criticised, including by President Donald Trump, for his previous comments about the police. This topic was brought up earlier in tonight’s debate. In 2020, during nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis…
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Government shutdown live updates as Senate vote on GOP funding bill fails for 10th time
At his daily press conference at the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson was noncommittal about the possibility of holding a House vote on extending health care tax credits, saying the issue would be part of the “deliberative process” among members. A reporter noted that Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered Democrats a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies…
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Americans spread shutdown blame across parties, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed. Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of…
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Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs
A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown. It comes less than a week after the administration confirmed several agencies had begun laying off about 4,000 workers. US District Judge Susan Illston granted a request by two unions to block layoffs at more than 30 agencies. During the hearing,…
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JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ | JD Vance
JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions. Vance, speaking on a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, the podcast run by…
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Charles Crawford: Mississippi executes a man convicted of raping and killing a college student
Parchman, Mississippi AP — A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Crawford had spent more than 30 years on death row. His execution comes several months after the…
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Government shutdown live updates as Senate vote on GOP bill fails for 9th time
49m ago FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2025. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown…
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Supreme Court weighs whether to gut key provision of landmark Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether to eviscerate a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana. The justices, who expanded the scope of the case over the summer, heard oral arguments on whether states can ever consider race in drawing new districts while seeking to comply with Section…
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Florida judge halts transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump’s presidential library
A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library. The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that officials at a local college violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate to the state, which then…
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