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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., blame the government shutdown on Democrats during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Just before shutdown, most Americans wanted health insurance tax credits extended, KFF poll finds

1:08 PM on Friday, October 3

A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax credits that could expire at the end of the year

US book publishers honor Russian dissident house Freedom Letters

10:28 AM on Friday, October 3

The Association of American Publishers is honoring a Russian publishing house for its fight against censorship

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza or warns 'all HELL' against the group

10:18 AM on Friday, October 3

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza or warns 'all HELL' against the group

Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year

9:57 AM on Friday, October 3

The September killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a campus speaking event rocked the political landscape in the U.S. and beyond

Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babis speaks to the media after casting his ballot for a general election at a polling station in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs vote in election that could return populist and weaken support for Ukraine

8:14 AM on Friday, October 3

Czechs are voting in a two-day general election that could shift the country's stance on Ukraine

FILE - Newly arrived Somalis, displaced by a drought, receive food distributions at makeshift camps in the Tabelaha area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

U.N. food agency to suspend food aid for 750,000 people in Somalia next month

7:54 AM on Friday, October 3

The U.N. food agency has announced cuts to food assistance for hundreds of thousands in Somalia, where millions face the devastating effects of climate change and severe hunger

Trump administration pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats

7:53 AM on Friday, October 3

Trump administration pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats

FILE - President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize before. Experts say he's unlikely to win this year

7:20 AM on Friday, October 3

U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize has drawn added attention to the annual guessing game over who its next laureate will be

FILE - New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel & Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

It's déjà vu for Muslim Americans as anti-Muslim playbook follows Zohran Mamdani's success

7:04 AM on Friday, October 3

Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York City’s mayoral race has brought him national prominence and a surge of anti-Muslim vitriol, including from elected officials and prominent conservatives

Prominent Turkish journalist appears before court over alleged threats to Erdogan

5:37 AM on Friday, October 3

A Turkish journalist has appeared in court to defend himself against accusations of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, Friday Oct. 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the announcement of the new government. (Alain Jocard, Pool Photo via AP)

France's new PM renounces using special powers at parliament to seek compromise instead

5:32 AM on Friday, October 3

France's new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announces he will not use special constitutional powers to force his budget through parliament

Highest Dutch court orders government to reevaluate a license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

4:51 AM on Friday, October 3

Highest Dutch court orders government to reevaluate a license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Dutch high court orders government to reevaluate license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

3:40 AM on Friday, October 3

The Netherlands' highest court has ordered the government to reevaluate a license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

Friday, October 3

President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign

A displaced Palestinian boy looks at smoke rising into the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump's peace proposal

6:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'

2:30 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally

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