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President Trump and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung at a dinner in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 29. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP …

A section of the East Wing of the White House is torn down in Washington on Oct. 22. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images When workers …

Everett Kelley, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, talks about a judge’s ruling stopping the Trump administration from firing federal worker during the shutdown. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: …

Air traffic controllers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep doing their jobs without getting a paycheck during the government shutdown. Some are starting to speak out.

Red STOP AI protest flyer with meeting details taped to a light pole on a city street in San Francisco, California on May 20, 2025. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption …

Since Trump’s election, gun groups catering to progressives and people of color report a surge in interest as they look to defend themselves in a country that, to them, feels …

A California SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket. Allison Dinner/AP hide caption toggle caption Allison Dinner/AP As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of …

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Families of Colorado-based troops who liberated Italian mountain regions in World War 2 visit the area and talk with locals about fascism on the 80th anniversary of the war’s end. …

A nonprofit based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is providing smart homes to people with ALS. They use eye tracking software and a small joystick to control everything in the house.