North Carolina state House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) (L) speaks while state Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) listens during a news conference at the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh on Sept. 11, 2025. Gary D. Robertson/AP Photo North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature will vote next week on redrawing the state’s House district map, Republican legislative
House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats Monday for the government funding stalemate, deriding what he called “costly political games that are being played by Democrats here in Congress.” “We’re now on Day 13 of the Democrats’ Schumer shutdown,” Johnson said at a news conference, mentioning the Senate Democratic minority leader. “This marks the third week
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Representative Mike Lawler engaged in a heated verbal confrontation during the ongoing government shutdown.
By the time President Trump boarded Air Force One on Monday evening, his diplomatic blitz had spanned 12 hours on the ground in two countries. In Egypt, he huddled with heads of state and diplomats from three dozen countries to flesh out the finer points of the Israel-Hamas peace deal. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will nominate President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, citing his contributions to Middle East and peace.
New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani broke his silence on the release of Israeli hostages on Monday in a statement that did not mention President Trump.
President Donald Trump delivers a statement during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, on Oct. 13, 2025. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images World leaders applauded U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 13 for mediating a deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group to end the war in Gaza between the two sides. Pakistan