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Four ways this shutdown could end

Oakley Mason October 1, 2025

USA Welcome to the shutdown, 2025 edition. On Tuesday evening, the US Senate was unable to pass a spending bill that would have kept the US government funded, and for the first time in nearly seven years, federal operations have been drastically curtailed. At some point, this shutdown – like

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US gov enters shutdown, raising fears of global uncertainty

Oakley Mason October 1, 2025

USA The federal government of the United States has officially entered a shutdown on Wednesday, after the US Senate failed to pass a short-term spending bill on Tuesday night. This marks the first US government shutdown in about seven years. The latest one lasted 35 days, from late 2018 to early 2019, and was the […]

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Netanyahu, Trump set to meet as pressure mounts to end Gaza war

Oakley Mason September 29, 2025

USA Days after his defiant speech at the United Nations rejecting demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to confer with his most important supporter. But Monday’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington comes at a tenuous moment. Israel is increasingly isolated, losing support from many countries […]

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Immigration officer tactics inflame tensions in New York

Oakley Mason September 27, 2025

USA A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detention center. A woman injured during an arrest in the Boston area. The incidents on Thursday and Friday highlight the growing tensions in major U.S. cities over President Donald Trump’s […]

Business

Trump says Tik Tok sales ready, values it at $14 billion

Oakley Mason September 26, 2025

USA President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok’s U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law. The new U.S. company will be valued at around $14 billion, Vice President JD Vance said, putting a price tag […]

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California bans law enforcements from wearing masks

Oakley Mason September 21, 2025

USA California’s governor has signed a bill to ban local and federal law enforcement officers, including with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing face masks while on duty. The ban, which comes into effect on 1 January 2026, is part of a series of bills that aims to protect residents from what Democratic […]

Entertainment

Hollywood icon Robert Redford passes away at 89

Oakley Mason September 18, 2025

USA Robert Redford, the charismatic Hollywood star who evolved into an Oscar-winning director and a pioneering champion of independent cinema, has died. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his publicist, who stated he passed away peacefully on Tuesday at his home in Utah. Redford rose to fame in the 1960s and became one […]

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U.S. to destroy $9 Million Contraceptive Stockpile

Oakley Mason September 18, 2025

USA Dozens of women’s rights activists protested outside the U.S. embassy in Brussels on Thursday, decrying potential Trump administration plans to destroy a $9 million stockpile of life-saving contraceptive supplies intended for women in conflict zones and refugee camps across Africa. Chanting “shame, shame, shame, Trump is to blame,” approximately 50 demonstrators

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Trump fingers antifa movement as ‘terrorist organization’

Oakley Mason September 18, 2025

USA U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled new action against left-wing groups following the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, targeting the anti-fascist antifa movement as a “terrorist organization.” Trump said on Truth Social that he was “designating” the movement as a terrorist organization. “I will

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A new Whitney Houston duet? How ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ was made with late star

Oakley Mason September 11, 2025

USA It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” using Houston’s original […]