• For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

    For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

    Oct 27, 2025 02:29 PM EST

    ... the president was mid-flight on Saturday. Takaichi stressed her status as a protege of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a favorite of Trump's from his first term, and said she praised him for brokering the Gaza ceasefire that led to the return of hostages held by Hamas.

  • News Wrap: Investigators say 2 suspects arrested over Louvre jewels theft

    News Wrap: Investigators say 2 suspects arrested over Louvre jewels theft

    Oct 26, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... storm related deaths have already been reported in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In Gaza, Hamas has expanded the search for the remains of dead hostages. Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to hunt through rubble the bodies of the remaining 13 hostages, including two Americans. President ...

  • Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, prosecutor says

    Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, prosecutor says

    Oct 26, 2025 04:09 PM EST

    ... with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense. They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch ...

  • U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    Oct 25, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    ... s say, a sentiment of hope. But we need to be cautious. We owe it to the civilian population that are in Gaza now that hostages have been released, the ones that were alive. The fact that you have civilians that have been so dire to get out of two ...

  • China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    Oct 25, 2025 09:40 PM EST

    ... law in China that says you can't proselytize to anyone under 18. And so you ultimately realize that is a church that is in hostage. It is not a free church. Nick Schifrin: Xi Jinping is traveling to South Korea next week. He will meet with President Trump during ...

  • Trump departs for Asia where he will meet with China's Xi. Here's what else to expect

    Trump departs for Asia where he will meet with China's Xi. Here's what else to expect

    Oct 25, 2025 08:19 PM EST

    ... things also,” Trump said. The Republican president is using the trip to try to advance his diplomatic bona fides after recently brokering a ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas. During a refueling stop in Qatar on his long-haul flight to Malaysia, Trump met briefly aboard his plane ...

  • Federal workers set to miss full paycheck as government shutdown drags on

    Federal workers set to miss full paycheck as government shutdown drags on

    Oct 23, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... hopefully is that something that allows for a vision for a more long-term sustainable governing process, because I say that sometimes. It feels like hostage takeover. Lisa Desjardins: There are some workers who obviously are struggling with finances and will struggle with finances. But there are many of them ...

  • Trump suggests he could ask Israel to free imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

    Trump suggests he could ask Israel to free imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

    Oct 23, 2025 05:38 PM EST

    ... are committed to preventing Hamas from continuing to rule the territory. Barghouti was not among prisoners Israel agreed to release this month in exchange for hostages under the Gaza ceasefire deal, despite Hamas officials reportedly calling for his freedom. Israel views Barghouti as a terrorist leader. He is serving multiple ...

  • WATCH: Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers as shutdown enters 23rd day

    WATCH: Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers as shutdown enters 23rd day

    Oct 23, 2025 03:35 PM EST

    ... both Republicans and Democrats — or if leadership on either side would be willing to budge. “Republicans have been perfectly clear that we’re willing to have a discussion about health care, just not while government funding is being held hostage,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Thursday.

  • Israel 'not a protectorate' of the U.S., Netanyahu says ahead of meeting with Vance

    Israel 'not a protectorate' of the U.S., Netanyahu says ahead of meeting with Vance

    Oct 22, 2025 03:17 PM EST

    ... evacuate." They urged Palestinian authorities to act immediately and called on countries sponsoring the ceasefire to "intervene decisively." Israelis to bid farewell to a Thai hostage killed on Oct. 7, 2023 Israelis were set on Wednesday to bid farewell to a Thai farmworker whose body will be repatriated to his ...