What Trump told POLITICO about the impending government shutdown … There was no breakthrough and both sides seemed resigned to a funding lapse after midnight Oct. 1.  —  Democratic leaders are pushing for an extension of soon-to-expire health insurance subsidies, which the Trump administration …

Explaining the G.O.P.'s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown  —  Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants.  —  With Congress at an impasse over federal spending …

Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth's new Pentagon strategy  —  The critiques from multiple top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities.  —  Just now

YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump  —  Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms  —  WASHINGTON—YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit …

Hamas leaning toward accepting Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan quickly, source tells CBS News  —  Hamas and other Palestinian factions are leaning toward accepting President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, and they will present the group's response to Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Wednesday …

Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides  —  PRESSURE COOKIER  —  The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control.  —  Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon.  —  The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …

OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out  —  Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week  —  OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless …

U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say  —  The deportation flight to Iran is the most stark push yet by the Trump administration to deport migrants even to places with harsh human rights conditions.  —  The Trump administration is deporting a planeload …

Trump Administration Opens New Front to Strip Harvard of Federal Funding  —  The government is starting a process that could make the university ineligible for future funding  —  The Trump administration is escalating its fight with Harvard University by starting a process …

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws  —  On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country's police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed …

Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library  —  President Trump has not revealed any concrete plans for a future library, but his son and others have been scouting possible sites in South Florida for months.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top elected Republican state officials donated …

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been returned to duty …

Flights in Afghanistan grounded after internet shutdown  —  Afghanistan's main airport is at a standstill as the country grapples with the fallout of a nationwide internet shutdown imposed by the Taliban government.  —  The Taliban has yet to give an official reason for the decision …

Exclusive: Nevada's acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows  — Nevada Acting U.S. Attorney reveals she has asked FBI to launch sweeping voting fraud of 2020 election  — Chattah's actions may violate federal ethics rules, experts say

How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts  —  Trump's son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout  —  Antoine Gara, James Fontanella-Khan and Oliver Barnes in New York, Arash Massoudi and Ivan Levingston in London

Lally Weymouth, Post journalist from storied Graham family, dies at 82  —  She interviewed world leaders for The Post's Opinions section, maintaining a longtime connection to the paper that was once run by her mother, Katharine Graham.  —  Lally Weymouth, a roving journalist and high-society fixture …

Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela  —  An opposition movement whose figures have met with U.S. officials says it is communicating with Washington on plans to dismantle Nicolás Maduro's “criminal structure.”  —  The push by top aides to President Trump …

From Crisis to Crisis: How Congress Struggles to Fund the Government  —  The shutdown that is almost certain to start on Wednesday will be the 21st disruption of federal funding in the last 50 years, and the third to occur during a Trump presidency.  —  How the federal government has been funded each fiscal year

Scoop: Vance, Trump Jr. tighten ties to Charlie Kirk's group … - Vance — who has credited Kirk with helping him land the vice presidential nomination last year — accompanied Kirk's widow, Erika, on Air Force Two to take the conservative activist's remains to the Kirks' hometown of Phoenix.

The Right Didn't Catch Cancel Culture From the Left  —  When Vice President JD Vance sat down to host an episode of Charlie Kirk's podcast days after the conservative activist's assassination, he came with a directive.  “When you see someone celebrating Charlie's murder, call them out,” he said.

Leonard Peltier Is Finally (Mostly) Free And Has A Lot To Say  —  In a sit-down interview, the Indigenous rights activist reflects on his nearly 50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to free him, and how tribes are “in danger” under Trump.  —  BELCOURT, N.D. …

Judge suspends Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs  —  A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded …

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Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds  —  What's driving the doomed attempt to revive coal?  —  I've just gotten back from the Netherlands, which is famous for its picturesque windmills.  But wind power in Holland is more than a historical curiosity.  There are also modern wind turbines almost everywhere you look, both onshore and off.