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Speaking from the White House on Thursday, President Trump said he believes lawmakers will ultimately support U.S. efforts to strike alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. But he said he did not think the administration would ask for a declaration of war. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The U.S. military carried out three more strikes on alleged drug boats this week. Two of those attacks were not in the Caribbean Sea but in the eastern Pacific Ocean, signaling an expansion of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking from South America. Defense Secretary Pete…

Politics / October 24, 2025 In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent warns of an upcoming SCOTUS case—and hails the wisdom of Uncle Iroh. Ad Policy A federal agents takes aim at Chicago residents in the East Side neighborhood on October 14, 2025.(Joshua Lott / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. The question of whether Donald Trump has the authority to deploy federal troops in American cities—in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act—is heading to the Supreme…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Close to a million and a half federal workers across the U.S. are going without pay today as the government enters day 24 of the shutdown. Yesterday, the Senate blocked dueling bills to pay federal employees. The Republican bill would have paid the people still working despite the shutdown. The Democratic option would have paid everybody, including furloughed workers. A woman walks past a sign indicating the…

Politics / October 24, 2025 Propping up Javier Milei’s austerity regime shows that Trump’s true loyalty is to neocolonial plutocracy. Ad Policy US President Donald Trump greets Argentine President Javier Milei as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on Tuesday October 14, 2025.(Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty Images) Donald Trump loves cheesy musicals, a fact audible in the show tunes that pepper his rallies. He has a special passion for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita (1978), a sweeping survey of the life of Argentina’s controversial populist leader Evita Perón. In his book Trump: Think…

A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, Calif., which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. Martin do Nascimento/KQED hide caption toggle caption Martin do Nascimento/KQED The federal government shutdown continues and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. The Senate failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the government shutdown. It’s payday for many federal employees who will not be receiving a paycheck — the first full paycheck they’ve…

A man shops for produce at a supermarket in Monterey Park, Calif. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Annual inflation rose less than expected in September, according to a crucial report published Friday, nine days later than normal due to the government shutdown. Consumer prices rose 3.0% in September from a year ago, slightly below forecasters’ expectations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.3%, cooling slightly from the 0.4% inflation reported in August. Overall, the inflation data likely add fuel to…

Wanda Bright, a federal worker affected by the shutdown, picks up food from the Capital Area Food Bank in Hyattsville, Md., on Tuesday. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU The sight was staggering in Prince George’s County, Md., home to more than 60,000 federal workers: middle-class professionals lined up for boxes of pasta, protein and produce to feed their families. After a two-hour wait, Wanda Bright had finally reached the front of the line — just as the first batch of supplies ran out. The Capital Area Food Bank had started the day with 300 boxes, enough for…

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions. The post on Trump’s social media site came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country’s exports to…

Society / StudentNation / October 23, 2025 The Thai-Cambodian border conflict is just one of the many stories going underreported in the country as Trump’s funding cuts leave citizens and journalists scrambling. Ad Policy A military truck transporting the belongings of a resident past the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province.(Tang Chhin Sothy / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The…

Farmer Jose Esquivel surveys his field of cattle on June 13, 2023 in Quemado, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America This year, Destinee Weeks and her husband, who manage a herd of about 250 cattle in northern Oklahoma, began to see a profit for the first time in a decade. So Weeks was shocked and dismayed when she learned President Trump was looking to import more beef from another country. “ It feels like a slap in the face to rural America,” she said. “It makes you feel invisible and overlooked.” Beef…