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The federal government put $2.1bn earmarked for Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office and Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a Democrat-led city during the US government shutdown. Vought wrote on X that projects affected included the Red Line extension which was set to break ground next year and extend public transport to underserved areas in the city as well as modernization work to a number of transit lines.

Congress has made narcotics importation a serious felony crime fit for prosecution in the civilian courts. It has not authorized the executive branch to treat it as an armed attack to be countered by American military power. Obviously, narcotics trafficking is a significant crime problem, but American users obtain illegal narcotics voluntarily and, usually, nonviolently. The importation and distribution of illegal drugs is simply not analogous to a missile strike or other violent mass-murder attack, he wrote.

(AP Photo/Steve Helber) A former Democratic candidate for the Virginia legislature, whose X-rated movies with her husband were exposed before the election, has been charged with domestic violence this week. Susanna Gibson Payne, 42, was arrested on September 22 for assault and battery against a family member. Payne claimed that her husband, 44-year-old John David Gibson, has been harassing her amid their divorce since last year.

The queries and applications for U.S. universities have seen a significant drop, and students are considering alternatives. Destinations such as the U.K., Germany and Australia are being explored, and Canada is proposing a dedicated work permit for current and potential U.S. H-1B holders. All these initiatives and policy changes are sure to bring about a massive shift in demand for the U.S. as a destination.

BigLaw firms are moving further to the left, according to an analysis of campaign contributions by lawyers and staff members in BigLaw and larger plaintiffs-side law firms. The findings: 92.45% of campaign contributions by that group went to Democrats in 2023 and 2024, according to a Bloomberg Law column and a slightly different version of the story published by Original Jurisdiction.

I think a lot of Democrats are frustrated and feel powerless, and so that rhetoric has this cathartic effect,

Last week, Donald Trump signed an executive order approving a proposed deal to keep TikTok operating in the US. The $14bn deal, if finalised, would see the transfer of TikTok's US operation from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to a consortium which includes the American billionaires Larry Ellison, Oracle's co-founder, and Rupert Murdoch, as well as two investment firms with known ties to the Trump administration.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom warned California's university leaders Thursday that schools will lose billions in state funding if they cave to President Donald Trump's demands. Newsom's warning comes in response to the Trump administration asking nine universities across the country to sign a compact mandating certain changes in exchange for additional federal funding. First reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by The Wall Street Journal Thursday, the proposal a 10-point memo referred to as the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education

But while tapping into growing mistrust of mainstream medicine and promoting controversial autism theories could energize some disillusioned voters, it risks alienating people with the condition, their families, and experts who view his rhetoric as harmful and misleading. "It's a huge issue and going to be an important part of the midterm election," said Republican lobbyist Marty Irby, who previously represented the MAHA-aligned group Moms for America.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Carnell Vann Jr., trims a fade on an early morning client at his barber shop in the northern neighborhood of Frayser. As he sprays a can of hairspray for the finishing touches, he remembers his younger sister Marlanda. "She was a lovable person. She just liked to love on people," he says with a smile. Marlanda was buried this past weekend, after someone shot into her car while she was driving last month.

If that's how we're doing it, JD, then we here at The Late Show also enjoy humor, the host declared. He proceeded to roll a heavily censored AI animation of Vance humping a sofa while wearing a sombrero in callback to an internet hoax that falsely claimed Vance once wrote about such an encounter in his memoir. The rumor, long debunked, was recycled through online memes during the 2024 campaign.

The video was originally posted by the official account of Melania's cryptocurrency, $MELANIA, then shared by the First Lady's personal X account. Though neither the caption nor the video itself expressed a clear promotional message like, "Hey, did you know I have a cryptocurrency? You should buy it or do whatever one does with crypto," her retweet worked ... sort of?

He also recently made headlines after speaking transparently about his decision not to tour in the U.S. right now, asserting that the looming threat of ICE raids, arrests, and deportations made it an easy decision. "But there was the issue of-like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]," he told i-D in September. "And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about."

HARRISBURG, S.D. Kids clambered onto a fire truck painted white, its rooftop sporting a huge stuffed tiger and a flag waving high for Harrisburg High's football team in this suburb of Sioux Falls. People watched college games on the four 50-inch televisions gracing one side of the truck; others grilled burgers nearby. At the tailgate, parents talked about football, work, kids and with a little prodding what they rely on for news.