• 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 ...

  • WATCH: Israel must allow U.N. workers to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza, ICJ finds

    WATCH: Israel must allow U.N. workers to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza, ICJ finds

    Oct 22, 2025 03:11 PM EST

    ... Gaza was triggered by Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which left 1,200 people, mostly civilians, dead and 250 taken hostage. Israel’s retaliatory offensive in the Palestinian territory has killed more than 68,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.The ministry’s ...

  • Louvre reopens 3 days after jewel heist as director offers to resign over 'terrible failure'

    Louvre reopens 3 days after jewel heist as director offers to resign over 'terrible failure'

    Oct 22, 2025 02:36 PM EST

    The thieves made away 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 made off with an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife ...

  • Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Oct 21, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... hostages. Two more are crossing over from Gaza into Israel tonight. But Hamas missed a 72-hour deadline to hand over all of those deceased hostages. About 13 remain in Gaza. But, today, the vice president did not blame Hamas for that. He even declined to give Hamas a deadline ...

  • Marwan Barghouti’s son on the quest for Palestinian statehood and who will lead them

    Marwan Barghouti’s son on the quest for Palestinian statehood and who will lead them

    Oct 21, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... an attack that killed five Israelis. Many say the trial was a sham. Hopes were high he would be released in the cease-fire/prisoner hostage swap, but the day came and went, and imprisoned he remained. In a rare interview, the "News Hour" spoke with his son Arab, who ...

  • What we know so far about Trump's trip to Asia

    What we know so far about Trump's trip to Asia

    Oct 21, 2025 10:23 PM EST

    ... government layoffs and political brinkmanship. Trump’s strategy of improvisation has had both hits and misses since he returned to office in January. Hamas returned hostages to Israel but the ceasefire in the Middle East remains fragile; a trade war with China has ebbed and flowed this year; and Russia ...

  • Jewels stolen from Louvre worth an estimated $102 million, Paris prosecutor says

    Jewels stolen from Louvre worth an estimated $102 million, Paris prosecutor says

    Oct 21, 2025 06:05 PM EST

    ... were taken, according to officials: a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife; a reliquary brooch; and Empress Eugénie ...