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Trump Administration Begins Sending $500 Obamacare Refund Checks to Nearly One Million Americans
October 6, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans who bought health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace without…
UN Rights Chief Urges No Further Execution Attempts After Tennessee’s Botched Execution of Christa Pike
October 6, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The United Nations’ top human rights official has called on U.S. authorities to make no further attempt to execute Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike after…
Trump Fires Up Vandalia Rally With Crude Midterm Vow as Ramaswamy Nearly Drops Child
October 4, 2026
VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied thousands of supporters in this Dayton suburb on Saturday night, backing U.S. Senator Jon Husted’s campaign and predicting a sweeping Republican…
Hegseth Touts 20% Cut to U.S. Generals and Admirals, Calls It “Accountability”
October 2, 2026
QUANTICO, Va. — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the Pentagon had cut 20% of the nation’s generals and admirals, defending the move against critics who…
Senate Blocks Resolution Demanding West Bank Human-Rights Report
October 1, 2026
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have required the State Department to report to Congress on rising settler violence in the West…
Jack Smith Defends Trump Investigations in Senate Judiciary Testimony
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that he stands by his two criminal investigations of President Donald Trump and will not be silenced…
Taxpayer-Funded Pro-Trump Ads Near $1.5 Million, Drawing Bipartisan Criticism
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — The White House has spent days defending three taxpayer-funded television advertisements that glorify President Donald Trump and are nearing at least $1.5 million in public spending,…
Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Resume Third-Country Deportations
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own with little or no notice, lifting a…
Morocco Names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister
September 30, 2026
RABAT — King Mohammed VI on Monday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister of Morocco, making the 50-year-old lawyer the first woman to lead a Moroccan…
Trump Denies Offering Iran Sanctions Relief: ‘I Offered Them NOTHING’
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied offering Iran sanctions relief, writing on Truth Social that “I offered them NOTHING,” Reuters reported. The post was a direct…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Prisons Cut Transgender Care
September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow federal prisons to enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender inmates, putting another culture-war issue…
Trump Administration Finalizes Sweeping Fuel-Economy Rollback
September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration finalized sweeping new fuel-economy standards on September 28, resetting Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets for model years 2022 through 2031 in what amounts…
Swiss Voters Reject Tighter Neutrality Rules by 70% to 30%
September 27, 2026
Swiss voters decisively rejected a plan to constitutionally narrow the country’s neutrality policy, preserving the government’s ability to cooperate with NATO partners and impose sanctions outside a U.N.…
Supreme Court Blocks Missouri’s GOP-Drawn Congressional Map a Third Time
September 27, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday barred Missouri from using a Republican-drawn congressional map for the November midterm elections, ordering the state to use its 2022 districts…
White House Bars CNN From Air Force One for Trump’s Tennessee Trip
September 27, 2026
WASHINGTON — The White House barred CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday for President Donald Trump’s trip to Tennessee, the latest restriction in a widening…
Supreme Court Clears States to Use Expanded Citizenship Database for Voter Checks
September 26, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for states to use an expanded federal citizenship-verification database to check voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 3…
Trump Moves to Withhold $800 Million in Congress-Approved Funds
September 26, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved Friday to unilaterally withhold more than $800 million in spending approved by Congress for immigration, race and education programs, employing a rare…
UN General Assembly Day Two: Ukraine Takes Center Stage as Africa Demands Security Council Reform
September 24, 2026
Zelenskyy addressed the assembly on Ukraine while African nations renewed their push for UN Security Council reform; Netanyahu speaks Thursday.
Federal Judge Orders White House to Restore Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
September 24, 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding the outlets were likely to succeed on…
U.S., China Announce Tariff Recommendations and AI Incident Channel After Summit
September 23, 2026
The summit produced recommendations covering $30 billion of goods in each direction and a technology dialogue; implementation details remain crucial.