Year: 2025
November 10, 2025
Politics
Ex-al Qaeda Syria leader meets Trump at White House after pledge to be ‘great ally to the United States’
Ahmed Al-Sharaa fought US troops as a member of Al Qaeda in Iraq and then founded its Nusra Front affiliate in Syria in 2012. Ahmed Al-Sharaa fought US troops...
November 10, 2025
Congress
Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat
A cybersecurity breach discovered last week affecting the Congressional Budget Office is now considered “ongoing,” threatening both incoming and outgoing correspondence around Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. Employees at the Library...
November 10, 2025
Congress
Watson Coleman to retire from Congress
Longtime Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she is not running for reelection next year and will retire at the end of her term, saying that it...
November 10, 2025
Congress
Rand Paul wants hemp vote to speed up shutdown endgame
Sen. Rand Paul wants a vote on his amendment to strike language from a shutdown-ending spending deal that would "unfairly target Kentucky’s hemp industry" before allowing the bill to...
November 10, 2025
Politics
Rudy Giuliani ‘surprised’ by Trump pardon, claims Post was targeted for Hunter Biden laptop coverage
Rudy Giuliani said he was “surprised” to receive a pardon from President Trump in the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election results – and said The Post was...
November 10, 2025
Congress
Jeffries backs Schumer amid fierce Democratic backlash to shutdown deal
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed Chuck Schumer, his Senate counterpart, amid a progressive backlash to Schumer's handling of a compromise to end the government shutdown. “Yes and yes,”...
November 10, 2025
Politics
Catsimatidis, Paterson continue to rip Sliwa over NYC mayor’s race: ‘Just shooting off his mouth’
"He didn’t even talk about the issues in the last couple of weeks. He talked about himself. And he talked himself into 7% of the total vote," former Gov....
November 10, 2025
Politics
When will the government shutdown end — and what will the path to reopening look like?
"Shutting down the government never produces anything -- it never has," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday. "Shutting down the government never produces anything -- it never has,"...
November 10, 2025
Politics
Christine Pelosi announces she won’t run for mom Nancy’s House seat
Christine Pelosi won't run for her mother's open congressional seat, ending speculation of a possible Pelosi dynasty in the House of Representatives. Christine Pelosi won't run for her mother's...
November 10, 2025
Politics
Trump recommends $10K bonus for air traffic controllers who stayed on job, scolds those who took time off
Thousands of flights nationwide have been delayed or canceled since the Transportation Department announced service cutbacks last week due to the ongoing lapse in appropriations. Thousands of flights nationwide...