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Faith Under Fire Worldwide
Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:00:01 EDTChina VP: Foreign Investment, Cooperation Welcomed
China welcomes multinational firms expanding investment and cooperation in the country, Vice Premier He Lifeng told representatives of foreign companies in Beijing on Friday, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:11:53 EDTTrump Snubbed for Nobel Prize, but Case Growing for 2026
Despite President Donald Trump's unrelenting work to stop overseas wars and his fight to preserve democracy in the United States, the Nobel Peace Prize has gone elsewhere once again, this time to Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Corina Machado.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:35:29 EDTSpeaker Johnson Leads an Empty House
Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:57:33 EDTSenate Unanimously Endorses Repeal of 2002 Iraq War Resolution
More than two decades later, Congress is on the verge of writing a closing chapter to the war in Iraq. The Senate voted Thursday to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion, following a House vote last month...
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:56:52 EDTFed Judges in 2 States Consider Challenges to the Govt Treatment of Abrego Garcia
Federal judges in two states on Friday will consider challenges to the government's treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration policy...
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:49:42 EDTReport: Trump Fed Chair Candidates Cut to 5
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reduced the list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to five names, CNBC reported.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:12:19 EDTIsrael: Hamas Defeated 'Every Place We Fought Them'
Hamas is no longer the militant group whose invasion of Israel triggered the two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli military spokesperson said on Friday at the start of a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:47:14 EDTTrump Headed to Walter Reed for Physical
President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:36:10 EDTFamed Loyola-Chicago Chaplain Sister Jean Dies at 106
Longtime Loyola-Chicago men's basketball chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt died on Thursday at age 106, the school announced. Known simply as Sister Jean, she gained international fame in 2018 when she was the spiritual leader...
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:49:42 EDTTrump's Quest for Nobel Peace Prize Falls Short
President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and most vocally himself.Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel...
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:00:46 EDTSpanberger Backs Va. AG Hopeful Despite Violent Texts
Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat nominee for Virginia governor, declined to withdraw her endorsement of her party's nominee for attorney general, who admitted to sending violent texts about a political rival.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:35:57 EDTGOP Offer Seen as Olive Branch in Shutdown Talks
Senate Democrats on Thursday expressed cautious optimism over a possible Republican olive branch to end the federal government shutdown: a guarantee of a future stand-alone vote to renew expiring Obamacare subsidies, the Washington Examiner reported.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:16:31 EDTVenezuela Seeks UN Security Council Meeting Over US 'Threats'
Venezuela on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to hold emergency talks over what it said were "mounting threats" from the United States, which has sent warships to the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking. At UN headquarters in New York, diplomats told AFP the talks ...
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:14:24 EDTFla. Bill Ties College Funding to Naming Roads for Kirk
A Florida state legislator introduced a bill this week that would withhold state funds from Florida's 40 public colleges and universities that fail to rename a campus street for the late conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:21:02 EDTTreasury Dept Sanctions 20 Linked to Sinaloa Cartel
The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned eight people and 12 Mexico-based companies affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel's Los Chapitos faction, which has been accused of being responsible for a large share of deadly drugs trafficked into the U.S.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:48:39 EDTSean Duffy to Newsmax: Dems Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Newsmax on Thursday the shutdown shows that Democrats want to inflict pain on the American people.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:57:13 EDTBessent: US Finalizes $20B Rescue Deal for Argentina
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Washington had bought Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion economic support program to help prop up the South American nation's faltering finances.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:24:24 EDTScoop: CBP Secures Border With New $4.5B Smart Wall
The Trump administration has awarded $4.5 billion in new contracts to expand the Smart Wall system along the southwest border, marking the first projects funded under President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.
Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:41:54 EDTMelania Trump Documentary Gets Release Date
An Amazon MGM Studios documentary about first lady Melania Trump will be released next year.
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