Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2025  —  The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace - to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump's Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents …

Transcript: Trump ICE Raids Worsen as Pritzker Drops Bombshell Warning  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  (After we recorded, a judge temporary blocked National Guard deployments in Illinois).

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago  —  Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment … What's not disputed is that the two ended up sharing a room on the business trip, and that it resulted in an official investigation.  —  The fallout from the incident has been the talk of the upper echelons of DHS ever since.

Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said …

John Thune's shutdown strategy: Wait for the Democrats to fold  —  The Senate majority leader hopes Democrats will soon vote to reopen the government: “It's up to them.”  —  In the nine months since John Thune became Senate majority leader, the South Dakota Republican has held …

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says  —  The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been canceled amidst the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.  —  Esmeralda 7 was supposed to produce a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power …

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms  —  President Donald Trump acted to help an ally in Latin America even as some MAGA supporters grumbled.  —  The Trump administration finalized plans for a financial rescue of Argentina on Thursday, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …

An Interview With the Portland Chicken  —  Jack Dickinson, 26, says, “We're winning this.”  —  The Portland Frog didn't show.  —  On the evening of Oct. 8 at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam Avenue, there was an inflatable cow, the Disney cartoon dog Stitch and the Portland Chicken, but no frog.

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA security checkpoints across the country  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA security checkpoints  —  Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA security checkpoints

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction  —  The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the last month that fused beliefs about religion and technology.

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’  —  Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.  —  VATICAN CITY — Since the bells tolled …

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official … - Liberty is owned by Scott Leiendecker, who in 2011 created a software program focused on enabling election workers to verify voters and check them in at polling locations.  — According to Leiendecker's LinkedIn page …