Live Updates: SNAP funding brings urgency to government shutdown; Trump returns to U.S. after Asia trip, meeting with Xi

Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government shutdown continues.

Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations

Classified U.S. report finds backlog of ‘hundreds’ of possible Israeli human rights violations, according to officials, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF military units in Gaza.

The 2025 U.S government shutdown, by the numbers

The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.

Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says

The Congressional Budget Office issued projections Wednesday for three different scenarios about the length of the government shutdown as it nears a full month.

War in Venezuela? How a U.S. military attack against Maduro would play out

As U.S. warships, drones, and F-35s gather near Venezuela, analysts warn the country’s hollowed-out military could collapse in hours.

Texas officials scramble after Trump administration halts U.S.-Mexico flights

One day after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ordered the immediate cancellation of more than a dozen flight routes between the United States and Mexico, officials in McAllen - whose McAllen International Airport is one of four Texas airports affected by the route cancellations - issued a response condemning the order.
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Scoop: U.S. offered Hamas militants safe passage out of Israel-controlled Gaza zone

The goal is was to stabilize the ceasefire and clear the roughly half of Gaza that Israel controls of Hamas militants.

Trump’s Announcement to Restart U.S. Nuclear Testing Sparks Confusion. Here’s What We Know

Confusion and ambiguity are dangerous in nuclear brinksmanship. President Donald Trump spread both on Wednesday when he posted on Truth Social an error-filled and unclear order for the U.S. to “immediately” resume nuclear weapons tests. Trump’s message was sent just before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea.

A look at past nuclear weapons tests in Russia, China and the U.S.

Trump said the U.S. will test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. None of the three countries has tested live nuclear weapons since the 1990s.

U.S. Says It Is Prepared to Aid Cuba After Extensive Hurricane Damage

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department had issued a formal Declaration of Humanitarian Assistance for Cuba, where U.S. government aid is rare.

The Trump Administration Is Slashing the Number of Refugees Allowed Into the U.S.—and Giving White South Africans Priority

The Trump Administration will limit refugee admissions to 7,500 during the 2026 fiscal year, it announced in a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, a dramatic decrease from the 125,000 figure set last year under President Joe Biden.

U.S.-China deal doesn’t tackle fundamental problems, but it’s 'good enough for markets'

President Donald Trump's new trade truce with China "does not resolve fundamental issues in the U.S.-China relationship or reverse the long-term trend toward decoupling and confr
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