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Two of the biggest political debates of the year will be held Thursday night back-to-back, a high-stakes test that could shape the final weeks of the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday marks two weeks since the government shut down, and lawmakers are increasingly bracing for the standoff to drag on as Republicans apply added pressure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first phase of President Trump’s peace framework for the war in Gaza has so far gone mostly according to plan, but what comes next to achieve longer-lasting peace in the region seems up in the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All 20 living hostages still held by Hamas have officially been released after more than two years of captivity, a monumental step in the push to bring an end to the war in Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has had his name emblazoned on skyscrapers, received multiple Person of the Year distinctions and been gifted everything from Olympic medals to gold-plated golf clubs from foreign leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal aimed at bringing an end to the war in Gaza, President Trump announced Wednesday night, a day after the conflict hit its two-year mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey will appear at a federal court in Alexandria, Va., this morning to face charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in an increasing number of U-S cities is drawing intense backlash as Democrats turn to the courts to try to stop him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump, his top administrative lieutenants and his allies in Congress are taking every step possible to raise the pressure on Democrats, hoping they’ll bend and then break in the government shutdown battle at the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the outset of the government shutdown, Americans are placing more of the blame on the party in power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans appear set on ratcheting up the pain on Democrats in a push to force them to bend and back a bill to reopen the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has shut down for the first time in more than six years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans and Democrats are pointing the finger at the other as a government shutdown seems almost certain to begin at midnight barring a last-minute shift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and the four top congressional leaders are set to meet at the White House today for what could be the last best chance at avoiding a government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on the basis of allegations that he gave false testimony to Congress in 2020, despite some officials expressing concern over a lack of evidence for the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional but defiant return to his late night show on Wednesday night, ripping the Trump administration while saying he understood why his comment about Charlie Kirk’s killing left some people feeling upset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When she took the stage to deliver her husband's eulogy, Erika Kirk followed multiple Cabinet members, top White House officials, key MAGA media personalities and the vice president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and all the big names in MAGA joined together Sunday to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed earlier this month while speaking on a college campus in Utah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fallout from Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and President Trump’s battle with media outlets is spreading as the president suggests licenses be taken away from media outlets for overwhelmingly negative coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

▪ Trump’s Fed pick making waves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing broad backlash on the right after suggesting the federal government may try to prosecute alleged hate speech, with efforts to clarify the comments stoking criticism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FBI Director Kash Patel faces a high-stake hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today as he fends off frustration from the right over his handling of the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The assassination of conservative influencer and Trump ally Charlie Kirk is focusing the national dialogue on political polarization and safety for public figures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawmakers said they are on edge in the Capitol as they planned exits from Washington on Thursday to head back to their states and districts, with heightened security fears rippling across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk shocked elected leaders on the right and left Wednesday and set off a new wave of warnings about heated discourse and violence fraying America from coast to coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s economic sway over tariffs, interest rates and job creation will be tested before the year ends. Conditions in the U.S. economy may turn on what happens next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is ramping up immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and other areas as a way to target crime in major cities his administration has sought to paint as urban hellscapes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is President Trump about to send troops and federal officers to Chicago? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's fiery appearance on Thursday in the Capitol exposed the country's still simmering discord about vaccines, COVID-19 and the future of public health during President Trump's watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert F. Kennedy Junior will face tough questions today from senators who worry his management of the Department of Health and Human Services HHS as a vaccine skeptic has spawned national confusion and raised the stakes for public health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress returned to Washington this week consumed with the case over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has divided President Trump‘s base and stoked backlash against his administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LAWMAKERS ARE BACK in Washington after their month-long recess and face a mountain of legislative work as GOP powerbrokers contend with a litany of thorny political fights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face pointed questions when he travels to Capitol Hill next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is in a rush to leave his mark on the nation's capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is expected to get his wish on lower interest rates within weeks, but his brass-knuckled battle with the Federal Reserve will likely drag on much longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chorus of Democratic governors are lining up to resist President Trump‘s policies, putting potential future party leaders squarely at the center of some of the biggest battles of Trump’s second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has escalated his threat to deploy National Guard troops to major cities to address crime as the federal crackdown in Washington, D.C., enters its third week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump this week dominated the airwaves and optics in his roles as an urban crime fighter, peace-seeker, deal maker and leader of the Republican Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Texas state House passed a new congressional map Wednesday to boost the number of GOP-held seats in Congress, paving the way for final passage this week and teeing up a national redistricting war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are taking their battle against Gavin Newsom to court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and voiced optimism Russia will come to the table to end its brutal war against Kyiv, even as questions linger over unspecified security guarantees for Ukraine in a potential peace deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies will meet with President Trump at the White House this afternoon to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war, just days after Trump met in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump today faces the most critical test yet of his ability to deliver on his promise to make peace in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strategy was the word of the day on Wednesday as President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders huddled on a virtual call to unify their positions ahead of Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump heads to Alaska on Friday for a make-or-break summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about ending the war in Ukraine, while the world holds its breath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is looking beyond the nation's capital to deploy federal crime-fighting muscle and the National Guard to prominent cities run by Democrats, he said on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump today will explain what he sees as a role for FBI law enforcers on Washington, D.C., streets as part of his crackdown against violent crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices