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Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House

By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Sep 29, 2025 11:38 am - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.
What we know about Trump's peace proposal for Gaza

By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH
Sep 29, 2025 11:36 am - Much remains unknown about U.S. President Donald Trump’s 21-point peace plan for Gaza. But one difference stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to outline the key question of how the territory will be ruled after the war.
Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House as pressure mounts to end the war in Gaza

By ADAM GELLER, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI
Sep 29, 2025 11:34 am - President Donald Trump was hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a U.S. plan on post-war governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory.
Iran hangs a man accused of spying for Israel in a wave of executions

By JON GAMBRELL
Sep 29, 2025 7:36 am - Iran said Monday it hanged a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest in the largest wave of executions by Tehran in decades.
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago, as border chief says people arrested based on ‘how they look’

By Chip Mitchell | WBEZ, Ashlee Rezin, Kaitlin Washburn, Mary Norkol, Jon Seidel
Sep 28, 2025 8:12 pm - While dozens of federal immigration agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol through downtown Chicago on Sunday, a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting. Gaza death toll tops 66,000

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Sep 28, 2025 4:12 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is working on a new ceas...
Facts Matter: Trump shared video clip with false claims on Truth Social

By Bob Oswald
Sep 28, 2025 4:00 am - In this Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald looks at a video clip shared by President Donald Trump, inaccurate reporting on Charlie Kirk tributes and a fake misspelling.
Trump’s looming shutdown: Mass layoffs, fewer regulations and military deployments

By Jacob Bogage
Sep 27, 2025 8:39 pm - Under the Trump administration’s plans for a government shutdown, the Labor Department would cut off most activities - then fire thousands of employees. National parks would close, and their staffs could face layoffs. Phone help lines at the Internal Revenue Service would go unstaffed, perhaps permanently.
Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
Sep 27, 2025 8:12 pm - President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.The meeting involving House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune as well as House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was confirmed Saturday by a White House official and two other people familiar with the planning.
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to uphold ban on birthright citizenship

By Justin Jouvenal
Sep 27, 2025 2:39 pm - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to carry out its ban on birthright citizenship, potentially setting up a major showdown over one of the most important and controversial elements of the president’s anti-immigration agenda.

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