October 19, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.
Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.
President Nicolás Maduro this week called on civilians to help the country defend itself, while his defense minister warned citizens to “prepare for the worst.”
A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.
Gaza’s rescue service said at least nine people, including several children, were killed in the strike in northern Gaza on Friday, underscoring the fragility of the week-old cease-fire.
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Large crowds turned out at ‘No Kings’ rallies on Saturday that took place in large cities and small towns nationwide.
The crash killed two Amish children and injured two others in rural Minnesota in 2023.
The bystanders were injured when a Denver police officer fired, while facing a crowd of people, at an armed man outside a bar in 2022.
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As the shutdown nears a fourth week, President Trump has pushed his political opponents to further dig in.
The Health and Human Services and Homeland Security Departments were among the agencies posting messages that blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown.
With signs and chants, protesters take part in ‘No Kings’ rallies focused on what they see as overreach by the Trump administration.
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New emails show how Mr. Epstein pressured Leon Black, his longtime friend and patron, to fork over millions for financial services.
Speculation isn’t a bug in America’s economic code, but a crucial component part of the engine, writes Andrew Ross Sorkin.
And: You beat out a colleague for a promotion, and now she hates you. What happens next?
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The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.
The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity Association reached a tentative agreement early Saturday. Union members must decide whether to ratify it.
The International Chopin Piano Competition is entering its final round, with performances that attract millions of viewers.
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It’s just that smart, flavorful, versatile and easy.
To be clear, skillet brownies, ginger cake and caramel apple crisp are also perfect for sharing with friends (or not sharing at all).
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Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers.
Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.
A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion.
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