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Current Status: Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid…

   independent.co.uk  2025-10-09 13:57:11

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Current Status: This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled – A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

   npr.org 2025-10-09 09:00:00

Current Status: Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone – Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed…

   cnn.com 2025-10-09 08:30:51

Current Status: Trump says 'whole world came together' to secure Israel-Hamas peace deal after months of deadlock Trump says 'whole world came together' to secure Israel-Hamas peace deal after months of deadlock – President Donald Trump joined 'Hannity' for an exclusive interview after he announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas had been reached.

     foxnews.com 2025-10-08 00:00:00

Current Status: Brace For the Single Largest Spike in Health Insurance Premiums—Ever Brace For the Single Largest Spike in Health Insurance Premiums—Ever – The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

   motherjones.com 2025-10-02 00:00:00

Current Status: Gazans join Israelis in chanting Trump’s name over cease-fire: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’ Gazans join Israelis in chanting Trump’s name over cease-fire: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’ – Footage from both the streets of Tel Aviv and war-torn Gaza showed crowds of revelers celebrating what they hope will be the end of the two-year war.

  nypost.com 2025-10-09 11:51:45

Current Status: Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we’ll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we’ll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize – Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says.

  politico.eu 2025-10-09 10:16:59

Current Status: Democratic Senators Are Taking Trump’s Threats to Prosecute Them Seriously Democratic Senators Are Taking Trump’s Threats to Prosecute Them Seriously – “I’m so embarrassed on behalf of my Republican colleagues for not even being willing to say that you shouldn’t jail your political opponents,” Sen. Brian Schatz said.

  notus.org 2025-10-09 09:55:00

Current Status: Chicago and Portland to fight Trump's National Guard deployments in court hearings Thursday Chicago and Portland to fight Trump's National Guard deployments in court hearings Thursday – The legal challenges are set to take place at the same time in courtrooms about 2,000 miles apart.

    nbcnews.com 2025-10-09 09:00:00

Current Status: Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen – Americans' ratings of six federal agencies have plunged, with only the U.S. Postal Service retaining majority-level support.

  news.gallup.com 2025-10-09 00:00:00

Current Status: California becomes the first state to phase ultraprocessed food out of school meals California becomes the first state to phase ultraprocessed food out of school meals – The law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday, sets a 10-year deadline for the change to take place.

  nbcnews.com 2025-10-08 22:14:40

Current Status: BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC – President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

  mediaite.com 2025-10-08 19:33:12

Current Status: Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument – A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential…

  pbump.net 2025-10-08 16:11:15

Current Status: A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter – Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow

  theguardian.com 2025-10-08 11:00:29

Current Status: US soldiers in city streets 'makes people less safe,’ says Democratic candidate US soldiers in city streets 'makes people less safe,’ says Democratic candidate – New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill bashed Trump's National Guard deployments to American cities, saying that troops in the streets “makes people less safe."

  foxnews.com 2025-10-08 00:00:00

Current Status: Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News – Fox News will pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems after the sides hammered out a last-minute settlement Tuesday in the explosive defamation case launched against the right-wing…

  cnn.com 2023-04-18 15:02:55