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What happens now that a government shutdown is underway
What happens now that a government shutdown is underway

Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government.

A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people

A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people

A shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school.

More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says

More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 160 people are believed to be still missing days after flash floods killed more than 100 people across central Texas.

Man shot 3 Idaho firefighters after they asked him to move vehicle. What to know about the attack

Man shot 3 Idaho firefighters after they asked him to move vehicle. What to know about the attack

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was critically injured after they were shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday.

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock

Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock

Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday.

Justice Department sending resources to Indian Country to investigate violent crimes

Justice Department sending resources to Indian Country to investigate violent crimes

FBI will send 60 personnel, rotating in 90-day temporary duty assignments over a six-month period.  This operation is the longest and most intense national deployment of FBI resources to address Indian Country crime to date.

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, Monday.

Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds

Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were ‘preventable,’ Senate panel finds

Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day."

Oak Ridge Boys tenor Joe Bonsall dies at 76

Oak Ridge Boys tenor Joe Bonsall dies at 76

Joe Bonsall, Grammy award winner and celebrated tenor of the country and gospel group the Oak Ridge Boys, died Tuesday, July 9. He was 76.

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Donald Trump becomes the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty.

MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series

MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series

When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico.

Snow piles up in North Dakota as region's first major snowstorm of the season moves eastward

Snow piles up in North Dakota as region's first major snowstorm of the season moves eastward

An east-moving snowstorm, the first major one of the season, continued Thursday into North Dakota.

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I

The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I.

Justice Thomas reportedly took undisclosed luxury trips

Justice Thomas reportedly took undisclosed luxury trips

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms, ProPublica reports.