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WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown rolled on Thursday with both sides dug in and President Donald Trump using the funding lapse as an excuse to cut billions of dollars in “dead wood,” as he put it, ...Read more

Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance face higher premiums in 2026. Just how much higher will depend on who blinks first in the government-shutdown fight.

Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies put in ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to pull “billions of dollars” in state funding from any California university that signs a Trump administration proposal offering preferential funding in exchange for certain ...Read more

Advocates warn that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning a crackdown on whistleblowers and victims of misconduct, pushing policies they say will end critical protections, silence dissent and embolden abusers.

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OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, propelling the ChatGPT owner past Elon Musk’s SpaceX to become the world’s largest startup.

Current and former ...Read more

Ozzy Osbourne wanted his epitaph to be: "I told you I wasn't feeling well".

The Black Sabbath singer, who died aged 76 after playing his final concert before 42,000 fans at Villa Park in July, lifted the joke from comedy ...Read more

Cara Delevingne was reportedly left looking fuming when she was forced to wait in line at Stella McCartney's Paris Fashion Week show.

The 33-year-old model and actor arrived at the venue in a black tank top, sunglasses ...Read more

Prince William realised the "rug can be pulled from under your feet" at "any point" after his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales' cancer diagnosis.

The 43-year-old Prince of Wales opened up about his feelings about her ...Read more

Despite Hurricane Humberto vanishing off the map and Post-Tropical Cyclone Imelda safely out to sea, there’s no breather for the Atlantic this October.

Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center marked two new ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Roses are red, violets are blue, our property taxes are high, because of you.

Chief Financial Officer and self-styled defender of taxpayers Blaise Ingoglia offered that piece of doggerel Wednesday to ...Read more

Home sales closings dropped in August and remain well below pre-pandemic levels as high prices and interest rates weighed on the market, according to an analysis this week by the Calculated Risk blog.

Home sales are on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance has emerged as President Donald Trump’s lead attack dog on the government shutdown as some Democrats lambaste what they see as a lack of White House leadership.

Vance, a former ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Germany awarded its highest honor to former U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, praising a former Biden administration official whose legacy has been upended by his successor, Pete Hegseth.

German Defense ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Boeing Co. said Thursday it would expand its push for replacement workers and boost recruitment efforts as its unionized workforce continued to strike.

Dan Gillian, the aerospace giant's top St. Louis ...Read more

Virginia’s Board of Health took the next step in a regulatory process meant to restrict transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports or using certain facilities designated for women and girls.

On Thursday, ...Read more

British police arrested two people and killed the main suspect after a fatal terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, leading U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to warn about the threat of rising antisemitism.

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A fundraiser for the family of the ex-Marine accused of waging a deadly attack on a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday had collected more than $300,000 as of Thursday evening.

The money isn’t to reward Thomas Jacob ...Read more

Following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, politicians across the U.S. have advanced efforts to permanently memorialize him, including through coins, statues and official holidays.

Congress ...Read more

Starting next year, offering money or prizes for voting or registering to vote will be criminalized in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he signed two election reform bills into law, including one that ...Read more

Minnesota receives more than a billion dollars each year from the federal government in education funding. How much of that is at stake if state leaders do not comply with federal orders to bar transgender athletes from ...Read more