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Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown 10/11/2025 06:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use ���all available funds��� to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who hav Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho 10/10/2025 09:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Hegseth, who made the announcement during a visit by Qatar's defense minis The Latest: Budget office says ���substantial��� firings of federal workers have started 10/10/2025 09:41pm • The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social platform X that the ���R Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown 10/10/2025 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day. Russ Vought, the director of the O Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner 10/10/2025 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a global recession. The president expressed frustration with new export c Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base 10/10/2025 07:28pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts began popping up online from people across the political spectrum expressing o The Latest: Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza return north as ceasefire takes effect 10/10/2025 07:13pm • Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza were starting to walk north to return to their homes Friday, after the Israeli military said the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time and that its soldiers were withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines. Palestinians had r Morocco's king addresses social injustices in speech as Gen Z protesters demand reforms 10/10/2025 02:28pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� King Mohammed VI on Friday urged elected officials to stop wasting time and fix social injustices, framing similar issues to those raised by Morocco���s youth-led protesters as questions of governance, rather than of the country���s broader vision. The king���s short but char Putin praises Trump's peace efforts despite failing to win the Nobel prize 10/10/2025 01:59pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump's peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year. Asked by reporters whether he thinks Trump wa Fear and vigilance rise as attacks on houses of worship intensify worldwide 10/10/2025 10:55am • Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety. It happened recently at a synagogue in England and two churches in the U.S. Before A grim list: Some notable attacks on houses of worship around the world in recent years 10/10/2025 07:08am • Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people killed in attacks on individual houses of worship in any given year is generally less than a few hundred. Yet high-profile deadly attacks in recent The West Bank's dwindling Palestinian Christian communities continue to struggle amid violence 10/10/2025 02:18am • TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) ��� Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly Palestinian, Taybeh���s Christians ��� Catholics of the R Protesters rally across Morocco in final push for reforms before king's expected address 10/09/2025 10:03pm • CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) ��� Morocco���s youth-led movement poured back onto the streets Thursday after a midweek pause, hoping their return will be loud enough to push King Mohammed VI into firing the prime minister and delivering long-promised reforms to tackle corruption and improve public servic FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme 10/09/2025 09:24pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portland, Oregon, at a roundtable event at the White House Wednesday, alleging that the city has been besieged by violence perpetrated by ���antifa thugs��� and that When's the Right Time to Move Into a Continuing Care Retirement Community? 10/09/2025 08:00pm • Many older adults need some form of support as they age -- whether it's help with daily tasks or more intensive medical care. There's a spectrum of senior living options available to meet these needs, with independent living facilities, assisted living communities and nursing homes being the most fa