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Russian drone strike cuts power to Chernobyl nuclear site for three hours

Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine's power grid have created dangerous conditions at two nuclear facilities, with a drone strike cutting power to Chernobyl for over three hours and the Zaporizhzhia plant operating on emergency generators for more than a week.

October 3, 2025

Federal shutdown could furlough 750,000 employees costing taxpayers $400 million daily

President Trump has indicated that federal employee firings and cuts to congressional pet projects resulting from the ongoing government shutdown will be blamed on Democrats.

October 2, 2025

St. Therese relics return to U.S. 25 years after historic 1999 visit

The relics of St. Therese of Lisieux, a beloved French Carmelite nun, began a nationwide U.S. tour on Wednesday at the National Shrine of The Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan.

October 2, 2025

90% win rate: Trump’s Supreme Court winning streak raises questions

President Trump has been on a winning streak at the Supreme Court, though the reason is often unclear.

October 2, 2025

Government shutdown continues as senators struggle to find bipartisan solution on funding bill

Senators engaged in bipartisan discussions Wednesday seeking ways to end the government shutdown, though significant obstacles remain over Democrats' demands to modify the House-passed stopgap funding bill.

October 1, 2025

‘Green light’ for manipulation? Supreme Court weighs candidate standing in ballot cases

A conservative legal watchdog group says it hopes the Supreme Court will squarely decide this term if political candidates can challenge state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day and if those laws are legal, given there's only one federal Election Day.

October 1, 2025

Defense secretary announces new Pentagon policy changes, tells disagreeing officials to resign

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced sweeping policy changes Tuesday aimed at eliminating what he called "woke garbage" from the U.S. military, with physical fitness standards taking center stage.

September 30, 2025

‘Unconstitutional dystopian nightmare’: TSA watchlist targeted Biden critics

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.

September 30, 2025

Israel promises full military campaign against Hamas if Trump peace proposal rejected

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday to support President Trump's comprehensive 20-point plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, with both leaders warning Hamas must accept the proposal or face continued military action with full American backing.

September 29, 2025

‘An orangutan’ could be driving: Clarence Thomas’ colorful defense of precedent review

Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Supreme Court's overturning precedent in a recent appearance at Catholic University Law School.

September 29, 2025

‘Major blow’ that wasn’t: How judges found ways around Trump injunction limits

Hyperventilating ran heavy in June after the Supreme Court issued its ruling that courts had been too profligate in using nationwide injunctions to stop the president, and ordered lower judges to cool it.

September 26, 2025

Madonna cone bra, Dior collection and more featured in fashion psychoanalysis exhibit

The Museum at FIT has opened an exhibit called "Dress, Dreams & Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis" that explores the intersection between fashion and Freudian psychology through nearly 100 designer pieces.

September 26, 2025

Legal experts say Pentagon journalist restrictions violate First Amendment protections

The Pentagon has implemented sweeping new restrictions on journalists that require reporters to sign pledges not to release any "unauthorized" information, even if unclassified, or risk losing access to Pentagon grounds.

September 25, 2025

Abbas tells U.N. General Assembly: Palestinian Authority ready to govern Gaza

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. General Assembly via video after the U.S. revoked his visa, rejecting the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel while demanding Hamas surrender weapons and relinquish governance of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority.

September 25, 2025

Beyond furloughs: White House plans mass firings if shutdown hits

The White House's budget office has sent a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare for mass layoffs in case Congress fails to pass a spending bill and the government shuts down on Wednesday.

September 25, 2025

Grand jury considers James Comey indictment for false statements to Congress

Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are racing against time to potentially indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges before the five-year statute of limitations expires next week.

September 24, 2025

‘Common sense prevailed’: California county moves to purge pets from voter rolls

Orange County in California ordered its voter registrar on Tuesday to scour voting lists and remove any names of pets that somehow made it onto the rolls.

September 24, 2025

Trump says NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft entering their airspace

President Trump delivered his strongest stance yet against Russian aggression during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

September 23, 2025

‘Night Watch’ dog mystery solved: Rembrandt copied canine pose from Dutch artist’s work

A curator at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum discovered by accident that the barking dog in Rembrandt's famous "Night Watch" painting is an almost identical copy of a dog from a 1619 drawing by Dutch artist Adriaen van de Venne.

September 23, 2025

From drug cartels to foreign governments: The network targeting Trump

The U.S. Secret Service disabled a large telecommunications network in the New York tri-state area this week that posed a major threat to President Trump and other senior U.S. officials who are attending the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York City, the agency said Tuesday.

September 23, 2025