Sunday, October 12, 2025

'Keep your mouth shut.’ Tempers flare in shutdown with no end in sight

As the government shutdown heads toward impacting regular Americans with missed military paychecks, lawmakers are yelling and name-calling. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Sun Oct 12 2025

 
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol during the sixth day if the federal government shutdown on Oct. 6, 2025. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the stopgap funding bill for a fifth time later in the day.

As the government shutdown heads toward impacting regular Americans with missed military paychecks, lawmakers are yelling and name-calling.

Indiana Curt Cignetti expresses his anger after a pass interference no call against Oregon during the second quarter at Autzen Stadium October 11, 2025.
 

College football rankings: Updated top 25 in Coaches, AP polls

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President Donald Trump is pictured giving a thumbs up while boarding Air Force One as he departs for Israel at Joint Base Andrews.
 

Trump travels to Israel ahead of planned hostage, prisoner release

Trump will be in Israel on Monday to address the country's lawmakers before heading to Egypt for a peace ceremony.

Actor Diane Keaton shows her hands after placing them on fresh cement during a ceremony TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 11, 2022.
 

How did Diane Keaton die? What we know so far about cause of death

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, according to multiple reports. A cause of death was not immediately clear.

A man uses a power washer to clean blood off front steps at Willie's Bar & Grill on Oct. 12, 2025 in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. An early morning shooting left at least 4 dead and 20 injured.
 

At least 4 dead after South Carolina bar shooting, authorities say

The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Oct. 12 at Willie's Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.

Tina Fey as Kristi Noem and Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi on "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 11, 2025.
 

'SNL' cold open: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey mock Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey reunited in the latest "SNL" cold open to spoof Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Palestinians walk past rubble as they return to their neighborhood, following Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, 2025.
 

Displaced Palestinians return to devastated homes in Gaza

Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza, pulling back its forces on Oct. 10, as tens of thousands of Palestinians made their way back to their homes.

Alana Zeitchik, 38, looks at a poster of one her cousins who is being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Zeitchik, photographed in her Brooklyn apartment Oct. 19, 2023, has six cousins that are currently being held by Hamas. "I'm just a person that loves my family very deeply, and I have to advocate for them" she say, "I can't envision sitting here doing nothing."
 

One family, seven hostages, and the end of a two-year nightmare

Alana Zeitchik has worked to bring home 7 family members held hostage in Gaza. The deal between Israel and Hamas ends their two-year nightmare.

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025.
 

Luigi Mangione lawyers try to toss federal death penalty charge

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Justice Department in April to pursue the death penalty against Mangione.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies before a Senate appropriations hearing on President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Education on June 3, 2025.
 

Special ed office wiped out at Education Department, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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