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Politics / September 16, 2025 With most New York Democrats endorsing their party’s candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters alongside other House and Senate Appropriation Democratic committee members including Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the US Capitol in July 2025 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) The homestretch phase of most elections marks the moment when party leaders come together in a show of unity to rally behind a major party’s nominee—a feat that even the Trump-fractured GOP…

Washington — For a fourth time, President Trump has pushed back enforcing a bipartisan law that would effectively ban TikTok over the video-sharing app’s failure to cut ties with ByteDance, its China-based parent company. The president signed an executive order Tuesday extending the pause on enforcing the law until at least Dec. 16.The move comes on the heels of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement Monday that U.S. and Chinese negotiators had agreed to “a framework” to resolve a dispute over TikTok’s ownership. Mr. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are planning to speak Friday “to firm everything up,” as Mr. Trump put…

  1m ago Utah official calls Kirk’s murder “an American tragedy” Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray called Kirk’s murder “an American tragedy” before announcing formal charges against Robinson.”Charlie Kirk was murdered while engaging in one of our most sacred and cherished American rights, the bedrock of our democratic republic, the free exchange of ideas and the search for truth, understanding and a more perfect union,” Gray said.Gray also shared his condolences and offered prayers on behalf of Kirk’s family and loved ones, and shared a message of support for those who witnessed the shooting at UVU.   By Kerry Breen…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on September 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America Two weeks before a possible government shutdown, House Republicans are unveiling legislation to fund the government through Nov. 21 and add security resources for government officials. It’s unclear they have the votes to pass it as Democrats call for further negotiations. The stopgap bill extends current funding levels for federal agencies for seven weeks and adds $58 million to boost security for the federal judiciary and for…

Kennedy asked Patel about the Epstein files, outlining that the “central question for the American people is this: they know that Epstein trafficked young women for sex to himself… they want to know who, if anyone else, he trafficked these young women to.” The Louisiana Republican called it a “very fair question” that he himself wanted an answer to.”Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to, besides himself?” Kennedy asked. “Himself,” Patel responded. “There is no credible information — none, if there were I would bring the case yesterday — that he trafficked to other individuals. And the information…

Activism / September 16, 2025 The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitalize. Ad Policy A girl holds a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron upside down at the beginning of a demonstration on September 10, 2025, in Bayonne, France. Various protest groups in France have called for the general strike on Wednesday under the slogan, “Bloquons Tout” (“Block Everything”) over the government’s proposed austerity measures to reduce the public debt.(Gari Garaialde / Getty Images) “Did you see what happened…

A World War II sailor who died the day the war officially ended has been accounted for, military officials said Monday. U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 aboard the USS Yorktown during the summer of 1945, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He enlisted in 1941 and first went overseas in February 1944, according to a news clipping shared by the DPAA. His formation engaged with enemy fighter planes over Tokyo while returning from a mission in Japan on Aug. 15, on V-J (or Victory over Japan) Day, the DPAA said. Four…

President Trump is suing The New York Times for $15 billion for what he says in a post on his Truth Social platform is a yearslong pattern of “defamation and libel” by the paper against him.Mr. Trump claims in the post that the Times “has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW” and accuses the Times of “becoming a virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”He says the Times “has engaged in a decades long method of lying” about him, his family and the Trump Organization as well as…

President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room in August. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel is scheduled to appear before senators Tuesday as he faces growing questions about his ability to lead the nation’s premier law enforcement agency. Patel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was put on the books weeks ago, but comes at a delicate time for the director, who is a loyalist of President Trump but has no experience leading an…

The Federal Reserve’s rate decision on Wednesday is shaping up to be its most consequential of the year, with most economists predicting the first cut of 2025. The real suspense is over how deep the reduction could be — and whether the Fed might signal a broader pivot that could set the course for the rest of the year.So far, the Fed has resisted calls from President Trump to cut its benchmark interest rate, which helps determine borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Mr. Trump has pointed to the fact that inflation has remained relatively muted, so far this year, as…