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Federal shutdown hurts services for Native Americans and they worry worse is coming 10/03/2025 04:04pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Native Americans watched the shuttered government on Friday and braced for damage to health care, education, infrastructure and other services funded by Washington under treaties struck more than a century ago. Tribal nations with casinos, oil and gas leases and other indepen The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown 10/02/2025 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Army veteran Samuel Port couldn���t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It blamed Senate Democrats for the federal shutdown, saying they were blocking a stopgap bill to fund the government ���due to unrel Eldest Daughter Syndrome and Burnout: Causes, Impacts and Coping Tips 10/02/2025 08:00pm • Maybe you've felt like the family's designated "moderator" your entire life, responsible for diffusing arguments and making sure everyone else is taken care of before attending to your own needs. Or maybe you feel like you're the only one taking care of your aging parents. Do you happen to be the ol Deprescribing Medications for Seniors 10/02/2025 08:00pm • As you age, it's common for more medical conditions to occur. Whether it's the wear-and-tear of arthritis, high blood pressure or depression, seniors often have multiple age-related health conditions and, as a result, are on multiple medications. In fact, nearly 40% of adults age 65 and older take f Editorial Roundup: United States 10/01/2025 03:46pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 26 The New York Times on the indictment of James Comey The events of the past week in Virginia mark a dark new stage in President Trump���s effort to turn federal law enforcement into a personal tool of oppression and vengea Airstrikes and gunfire kill at least 59 people in Gaza as pressure grows for ceasefire, hostage deal 09/27/2025 03:48pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 59 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire and hostage return deal while Israel's leader remained defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were those hi Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba 09/26/2025 09:26pm • Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who went by Joanne Deborah Chesimard befor The Latest: Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making a false statement, obstruction 09/25/2025 09:27pm • Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies. Prosecutors have been evaluating 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 Federal judge refuses to reinstate eight former inspectors general fired by Trump administration 09/25/2025 05:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said that while President Donald Trump likely violated the fede The Latest: 1 detainee killed and 2 critically injured after shooting at ICE facility 09/24/2025 09:58pm • A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said. The exact motivation of the attack was not immediately known. The FBI said China's Xi takes a step back, putting a lieutenant in the limelight at UN meeting 09/24/2025 09:17pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� It would have been natural for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to address the U.N. General Assembly in the 80th anniversary year of the founding of the United Nations. But he won't. Instead, Premier Li Qiang is speaking at this week's annual meeting in the latest example of Xi cutting bac The economy was a strength for Trump in his first term. Not anymore, according to recent polling 09/24/2025 11:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s second-term strengths look different from his first, according to recent polling. Once strengthened by economic issues, Trump's approval is now relatively low on the economy and he's leaning on his stronger issues of crime, border security and immigrat US and China are 'talking past each other' on key issues, says US lawmaker visiting Beijing 09/23/2025 07:52am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The United States and China are ���talking past each other��� on key issues, according to a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Beijing on Tuesday ��� the first visit from the House of Representatives to China since 2019. Led by Rep. Adam Smith, a De 'Not your grandma���s stitching': How one DC local is using embroidery to build community 09/22/2025 05:25am • On any given day in the District, you can find Meredith Artyukhina brainstorming her next embroidery kit design, or putting together packages for her latest order. Sometimes, though, she hosts special embroidery events in the city, too. Artyukhina is the founder of Capital Stitch Co., a passio