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Editorial Roundup: United States 10/07/2025 11:58am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 5 The Washington Post on militarization of Portland being blocked by a Trump-appointed judge The 10th Amendment says that powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the states. A federal judge Trump says he's open to health care deal but government must reopen first 10/07/2025 06:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they've made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse. Democrats are condition Can a Taxable Account Beat a 401(k)? 10/07/2025 06:00am • Being advised to max out your 401(k)is Personal Finance 101. But is that universally solid guidance? Tax-sheltered retirement plans offer the convenience of automatic investments and tax breaks���pretax contributions and tax-deferred compounding for traditional 401(k)s and tax-free compounding and w Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano is named to the newly created position of IRS CEO 10/06/2025 10:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies. As IRS CEO, Bisignano will report to Treasur Prince George's Co. Council explores ways to relieve shortage of primary care doctors 10/06/2025 08:15pm • Primary care physicians are in short supply in communities across the country, but in Prince George's County, Maryland, the shortage is especially acute. About 42% of Prince George's County residents seek care outside the county, according to doctors and health care providers speaking before the Trump Proposed Eliminating Social Security Taxes. Here Are the Bills That Could Make It Happen 10/06/2025 08:00pm • While on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to end taxes on Social Security benefits. But you won't find that provision in "The One Big Beautiful Bill" that was signed into law over the summer. While the bill does include a "bonus deduction" for seniors, that isn't tied to Social Se The Latest: National Guard deploys as ICE uses increasingly combative tactics in US cities 10/06/2025 07:51pm • It���s now Day 6 of the shutdown, and the Democratic minority leader has challenged the Republican House speaker to a televised debate on the impasse over reopening the federal government. Mike Johnson dismissed Hakeem Jeffries��� challenge as ���theatrics.��� Mutual trust between President Donald T Groups sue EPA over canceled $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans 10/06/2025 01:29pm • Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans. They say the Trump administration's termination ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts 10/06/2025 12:38pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising in select metro areas around the country, an Associated Press tally found, aimed at recruiting local officers frustrated with their cities' restrictions on immigration enfor Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families 10/06/2025 11:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to use their own money to keep it afloat or risk it shutting down, experts say. The $8 bil Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less 10/06/2025 09:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The economic boom promised by President Donald Trump centers on a single number: $17 trillion. That's the sum of new investments that Trump claims to have generated with his tariffs, income tax cuts and aggressive salesmanship of CEOs, financiers, tech titans, prime ministers, pr Babi�� is back: Billionaire���s return steers Czechia away from Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia 10/05/2025 10:11pm • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Four years ago, it seemed that the days in politics of billionaire Andrej Babi�� were numbered. The ANO movement Babi�� created (an abbreviation of Action of Dissatisfied Citizens that means ���Yes��� in Czech) to counter mainstream political parties was defeated in October 2021 by a Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse 10/05/2025 07:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown ��� with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked Kids in New York keep dying while 'subway surfing' on top of trains. Can they be stopped? 10/05/2025 02:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ka���Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City���s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka���Von died after he climbed to the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell Will the government shutdown affect next year's election? Recent history provides clues 10/05/2025 07:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Political leaders in Washington are spending considerable energy blaming the other party for what could be an extended government shutdown, and that effort includes shaping the narrative for next year's elections. The Democratic campaign arm for House members has taken out digita