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The Senate approved a spending bill in Washington to reopen the federal government, with eight Democrats joining Republicans, sending the measure to the House and then the president for signature.
President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars over a misleadingly edited Jan. 6 documentary after the publicly funded broadcaster apologized and two top executives resigned.
President Donald Trump met Syrian transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House and announced a partial suspension of U.S. sanctions, after the former militant's removal from terror lists.
The U.S. Senate approved a stopgap budget measure to end the federal government shutdown and sent it to the House after several Democratic senators broke ranks.
COP30 opened in Belém, Brazil, without the United States, shifting attention to China’s role and contentious climate-finance talks as vulnerable nations pressed for stronger emissions targets.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to its 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by a Kentucky county clerk who had refused licenses.
U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Trump administration must resume full SNAP food payments, as the administration asked the court to intervene amid millions left uncertain by the funding dispute.
President Donald Trump pardoned 77 people, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, for efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. election, a move largely symbolic because it spared only federal liability.
Operators and governments spent billions on data-center construction worldwide to power AI, prompting environmental protests in dry regions and U.S. senators to demand answers about rising electricity bills.
Swiss and U.S. negotiators neared a deal to cut U.S. tariffs on Swiss imports from 39% to 15% after Swiss business leaders pushed talks, sources said.
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, named Dean Fuleihan as first deputy mayor and Elle Bisgaard‑Church as chief of staff, while President Trump attacked him as a "communist."
U.S. stocks rallied as investors grew optimistic a deal to end the government shutdown was near, sending the Nasdaq and S&P 500 higher on tech strength.
President Donald Trump told U.S. air-traffic controllers to return to work during the government shutdown, threatened to dock pay for absentees and offered $10,000 bonuses to on-duty staff.
Intel’s top AI executive left for OpenAI after six months, underscoring industry upheaval as AWS’s cloud chief dismissed bubble warnings amid investor jitters over soaring AI costs.
Warren Buffett announced in his final letter that he would step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at year-end, accelerate $1.3 billion in charitable gifts and said he was "going quiet."
President Donald Trump said Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had “lost her way” after she publicly accused the White House of prioritizing foreign affairs over domestic issues.
Iraqis voted to elect a new parliament amid U.S. pressure to curb Iran-backed militias and widespread concern about historically low turnout and shifting sectarian power balances.
A whistleblower told House Democrats that Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was preparing a commutation application to the Trump administration and had received special prison treatment.
Global automakers scaled back EV targets and delayed battery deals as falling commodity prices, a supply glut and low-cost Chinese rivals squeezed margins, eroded sales in China and the U.S.
U.S. forces struck two alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing six, and U.N. rights officials urged an investigation amid claims the attacks resembled extrajudicial executions.
Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and over 70 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a move legal observers called largely symbolic against state prosecutions.
Two people died after a small turboprop carrying Hurricane Melissa relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a pond in Coral Springs, Florida, Monday morning, narrowly missing homes, authorities said.
Pope Leo XIV will host an audience at the Vatican on Saturday that will bring Hollywood figures including Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and Spike Lee to discuss film.
The UN refugee agency warned displaced people in Ukraine faced severe winter hardship as U.S. funding fell and Russian strikes damaged energy infrastructure, and it appealed for private donations.
Research teams reported detecting a radio signal from interstellar comet 3I/Atlas in the inner solar system, a claim not yet independently corroborated.
The U.S. Senate approved a budget bill to end the government shutdown, passing 60–40, and lawmakers said the federal government could reopen later this week.
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said there were strong indications that U.S. naval attacks on suspected drug‑smuggling boats constituted extrajudicial executions, urging an impartial investigation.
The International Olympic Committee was considering a ban on transgender women from female Olympic events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, multiple media outlets reported.
