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Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time 10/16/2025 05:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits. The vote failed on a 51-45 tally, well short of the 60 needed to advance with t Packers try to get first road win of season vs. Cardinals, who have dropped 4 straight tight games 10/16/2025 04:54pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are in the midst of a four-game losing streak like few others in NFL history. The Cardinals (2-4) have lost those four contests by a combined nine points and the first three setbacks all came on last-second field goals — the first time that's happened Bet365 Promo Code WTOP365: Score $200 Bonus for Bengals-Steelers TNF 10/16/2025 01:43pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Week 7 of the NFL season kicks off with the Pittsburgh Steelers visiting the AFC North rival Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday Night Footb During troubled times in news industry, 168-year-old Atlantic thrives with newspaper-magazine hybrid 10/16/2025 01:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, isn't modest in his goals. “We want The Atlantic to be the greatest writer's collective on the planet,” he said in a recent interview. To that end, he's added nearly 50 new journalists to his staff this year, financed Who's winning the blame game over the shutdown? Here's what a new AP-NORC poll shows 10/16/2025 11:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed. Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have “a gr South Africa welcomes $115M US bridge plan to sustain its HIV programs for 6 months 10/16/2025 09:57am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Thursday welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million that would continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March, saying it was a sign of good bilateral relations despite recent tensions. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan f As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire 10/16/2025 07:41am • TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it's hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon their health care costs could skyrocket. Monreal, 47, and her husband, Jorge, 57, rely on the Affordable Care Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts 10/16/2025 07:33am • HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn’t available. Centers catering to the most vulnerable are shutting their doors. Health workers have been laid off in US aid cuts deal a massive blow for the small African nation of Lesotho: Takeaways from AP's report 10/16/2025 05:45am • HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the small country of Lesotho, in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents. Lesotho long had the world’s second-highest HIV infection rate. Over years, with nearly $1 billion in U.S US is working on doubling aid to Argentina to $40 billion by tapping private funding sources 10/16/2025 01:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina through a mix of financing from sovereign funds and the private sector. That would come on top of the $20 billion credit swap line that the U.S. Treasury pledged to Argentine Pres The Latest: Journalists leave Pentagon rather than agree to Trump administration’s reporting rules 10/15/2025 10:42pm • Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to restrictions on their work imposed by President Donald Trump ’s administration, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. News outlets were nearly una Need to Change Your Name With the Credit Card Company? The Steps For Every Major Issuer 10/15/2025 08:00pm • Whether you've recently gotten married or you prefer to identify with a name of your choosing, changing your legal name is an important task when considering your financial future. 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Major changes to the federal student loan program go into effect on July 1, 2026, and they inc Head of South Carolina elections fired after voting machine contract had unexplained $4M overrun 10/15/2025 06:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Election Commission is trying to figure out how a contract for new machines for voting for $28 million ended up costing the agency $4 million more. The investigation into buying the 3,200 ballot scanners in 2024 has led to the firing of the head of the elec