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Washington sandwich-thrower cleared of assaulting federal agent
WASHINGTON — A man who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent in a fit of fury over President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., was cleared on Thursday of a misdemeanor assault charge. Sean Dunn, a former U.S. Justice Department staffer, was found not guilty of assaulting...
Trump administration must fully fund food aid benefits by Friday, federal judge rules
A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans in November by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island accused the administration of withholding...
Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange fire as peace talks begin
ISLAMABAD/KABUL — Afghan and Pakistani troops briefly exchanged fire along their shared border on Thursday, both nations said, on the same day talks to find a lasting peace restarted in Istanbul. Each nation blamed the other for starting the exchange of gunfire near Spin Boldak, an Afghan border town toward...
Trump expands U.S. critical minerals list to include copper, metallurgical coal
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a new list of critical minerals it deems essential to the U.S. economy and national security, adding copper, which is vital to electric vehicles, power grids, and data centers, as well as metallurgical coal, which is used to make coke. The Interior Department’s list...
Trump gets new review of New York criminal hush money case
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court Thursday said President Donald Trump deserves another chance to show his New York state hush money criminal case belonged in federal court, providing a fresh opportunity for the U.S. president to try to erase his conviction. Trump has argued that presidents are immune...
People from South Sudan will lose temporary U.S. legal status
JUBA, South Sudan — The United States is terminating South Sudan’s designation for temporary protected status, which for years allowed people from the East African country to remain in the U.S. legally and escape armed conflict back home. The termination will be effective Jan. 5, the Department of Homeland Security...
Texas seeks to block Kenvue dividend amid Tylenol lawsuit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday asked a state judge to block Kenvue from paying a nearly $400 million shareholder dividend this month, after suing the drugmaker for allegedly concealing risks to children from the use of Tylenol by pregnant women. The Oct. 28 lawsuit against Kenvue and its...
U.S. airlines scramble to rework schedules as government orders flight cuts
U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rework schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation’s busiest airports, the latest travel disruption from the prolonged government shutdown. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would order steep cuts...
Groping of Mexico’s president puts violence against women in spotlight
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she filed a complaint against a man who groped her and tried to kiss her as she walked between meetings in the capital city, a day after a video of the incident went viral. “If this happens to the president, where...
France says EU must investigate Shein over sex dolls, weapons
PARIS — The European Union must take action against Shein, French government officials said on Thursday, saying the Chinese online retailer was in breach of the bloc’s regulations due to the sale of child-like sex dolls and banned weapons on its marketplace. France moved to ban Shein over the illicit...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents show
Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show. A cache of previously unreported documents reviewed by Reuters also shows that the social-media giant for...
U.S. military to establish presence at Damascus airbase, sources say
AMMAN/DAMASCUS — The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S. plans for the presence in the Syrian capital, which...
Federal judge in Chicago orders clean toilets, access to lawyers for immigration detainees
CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago ordered federal officials to improve conditions for detainees at a suburban Chicago immigration facility, including access to clean toilets, after a lawsuit alleged the conditions were unconstitutional and inhumane. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman granted the detainees’ request for a temporary restraining order...
FAA to slash air traffic by 10% at 40 airports amid shutdownVideo
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on Wednesday that he would order a 10% reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached. The shutdown, now in its 36th day, has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers...
In Chicago immigration crackdown, agents raid daycare, senior living centerVideo
CHICAGO — A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away, panicking school administrators and parents of infants, toddlers and pre-kindergarten children at the center, a staff worker at the...
Sudan’s paramilitary kills at least 40 people as fighting spreads into Kordofan region
CAIRO — An attack by Sudan’s paramilitary force on the city of el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan province, killed at least 40 civilians, local media reported, following reports of atrocities elsewhere in the region as the two-year war intensifies. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said...
Investigators find ‘black boxes’ from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal safety investigators have located the “black box” recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 12 people, officials said on Wednesday. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety...
Japan sends troops to northern region to help stop bear attacks after a record number of casualties
TOKYO — Japan’s Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have horrified residents in the mountainous region. Bears have showed up near schools, train stations, supermarkets and even a hot springs resort, with attacks by the...
Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Officials at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital said Wednesday that the bodies of 15 more Palestinians were returned from Israel, as exchanges outlined in last month’s fragile ceasefire continued despite allegations of violations. The International Committee of the Red Cross has transported 285 bodies held in...
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 85 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday. Among the dead...
Pope calls for ‘deep reflection’ in U.S. about migrants’ treatment under Trump
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo called on Tuesday for “deep reflection” about the way migrants are being treated in the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration and said the spiritual needs of those in detention needed to be respected. Speaking to reporters in Castel Gandolfo, his residence outside...
Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on alleged drug boat
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the...
‘Catastrophic’ UPS plane crash near Louisville airport leaves at least 7 deadVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least seven people were killed after a United Parcel Service cargo plane was involved in a “catastrophic crash” near Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said. The death toll is likely to grow, Beshear said late Tuesday. He added that first...
Conservative activist Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, says she has a new Pentagon press pass
NEW YORK — With the Pentagon’s press room largely cleared of mainstream reporters, conservative activist and presidential ally Laura Loomer says she has been granted a credential to work there. Loomer has an influential social media presence and the ear of President Donald Trump, frequently campaigning for the firings of...
Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Pentagon on Tuesday for not briefing them on national security issues and said at times top defense officials appeared to be undermining President Donald Trump’s own policies, in a rare bipartisan show of frustration with the administration. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth...
