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Education Dept. withholds funds from Fairfax County schools amid pressure over bathroom policy 09/25/2025 05:31pm • The Education Department withheld federal funding from Fairfax County Public Schools, as pressure continues to build for the school district and several Northern Virginia school systems to amend their gender policy over the use of restrooms and locker rooms or risk losing federal funding. The sch Trump hosts Turkey's Erdogan as the US considers lifting a ban on F-35 sales to the NATO ally 09/25/2025 05:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signaled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara. During Trump’s first term, the U.S. removed Turkey, a NATO ally Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen urge Supreme Court to let Lisa Cook keep her job as a Fed governor 09/25/2025 03:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve the Federal Reserve's political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now 'Palestinians will not leave,' their president tells world leaders at UN in defiant, virtual speech 09/25/2025 02:46pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Speaking over video after the United States denied his visa, the Palestinian leader told world leaders Thursday that his people reject the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and pledged that the militant group would have no role in governing the Gaza Strip after war ends and must ha Eagles-Buccaneers meet in a matchup of unbeaten teams that could be a playoff preview 09/25/2025 02:22pm • Philadelphia (3-0) at Tampa Bay (3-0) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Eagles by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Eagles 2-1; Buccaneers 2-1. Series record: Buccaneers lead 13-11. Last meeting: Buccaneers beat Eagles 33-16 on Sept. 29, 2024, in Tampa Bay. Last week: Eagles beat Rams 33-26; Buccan A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds 09/25/2025 12:46pm • GOMA, Congo (AP) — As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health authorities and organizations are sounding the alarm, warning they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response to the crisis. The World Health Organization said Wednesday that 57 cases and 35 d Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza as international pressure for ceasefire grows 09/25/2025 12:17pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck houses and tents in central and southern Gaza Thursday, crushing families inside and killing at least 17 people, including 10 children and three women, local health officials said, as international pressure for a ceasefire continued to grow. On the s What we know about how a government shutdown would unfold 09/25/2025 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak. Republicans have crafted a short-term measur Bodies of five migrants recovered in Libyan desert, says local aid groups 09/25/2025 11:32am • CAIRO (AP) — The decomposed bodies of five suspected migrants have been recovered in eastern Libya, local aid groups said. Recovery crews worked with local authorities to recover the remains which were located around 550 kilometers (341 miles) south of Tobruk, in an area called the Great Sand Sea Seychelles holds early voting as many in the nation worry about a drug crisis and environment 09/25/2025 10:41am • VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — Early voting started Thursday across Seychelles as concerns over a drug crisis and environmental challenges facing the nation weigh heavily on the minds of many as they choose a new president and parliament. President Wavel Ramkalawan hopes to hold on to the top post i Louisiana's $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should foot the bill 09/25/2025 09:11am • HOLLY RIDGE, La. (AP) — In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world's largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer. While the colossal project is impos On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending 09/25/2025 09:02am • WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of the French Broad River and peers inside. “I got a catfish in the pipe,” the 27-year-old with wispy beard and mustache shouted to fellow cle Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week despite signs of a slowing labor market 09/25/2025 08:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobless claim applications fell to their lowest level in two months last week as layoffs remain low despite mounting evidence of a softening labor market. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 20 fell by 14,000 to 218,000, the Lab US lawmaker backs renegotiating global economic rules to reflect China's rise 09/25/2025 08:12am • SHANGHAI (AP) — The head of a U.S. congressional delegation visiting China said he backed renegotiating the rules governing the global economy to take into account China’s rise and that of others such as India and Brazil. Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat from Washington state, told the mayor of Shang How to navigate social media trends without derailing your budget 09/25/2025 06:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — Did you buy a new pink dress to watch the Barbie movie, only to never wear it again? An Oura ring because your favorite TikTok influencer had it? A new pair of baggy jeans because '90s fashion is making a comeback? Niche trends fueled by social media can influence your shopping de