In a court filing, the Trump administration offered new details about its plans to lay off federal employees during the shutdown. At seven agencies, the government said it began issuing notices to more than 4,000 workers, and signaled it could conduct “additional” layoffs elsewhere.

Tuesday will mark the two-year anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel, which sparked the current conflict. Since then, a total of 67,139 Palestinians have been recorded as killed by IDF attacks, according to Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry data published Sunday.

Hamas has until 12:00 local time (10:00 BST) on Monday to release the hostages under the terms of the agreement approved by Israel.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s call on Kyiv to make concessions.

The federal government shutdown rolled on to Day 10 on Friday as Donald Trump and congressional Republicans and Democrats still cannot reach a deal.

He was elected to bring tough immigration enforcement, not to throw the rights of U.S. citizens out the window to get it done. From | Opinion

Decades. That’s how long the world has watched and waited for the furies of the Middle East to subside and allow the human beings who live there to prosper and live in peace. Now, (it can be said cautiously) this appears to be happening — and happening,

Back pay for furloughed workers has been a point of contention throughout the eight-day government shutdown, despite the fact that it’s legally mandated. Donald Trump himself signed the bipartisan-supported law after the last government shutdown, which lasted a record 35 days from 2018 into 2019.

A top Trump goon has drooled over the president’s “muscular” and ultra-masculine approach to politics. State Department chief of protocol Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor, linked up with her former employer to swoon over the aging commander-in-chief live on primetime TV.

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