Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver  —  Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester.  Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.  —  Late on Oct. 5, a Portland ambulance crew informed dispatchers …

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It's not fair...I'm a resident'  —  Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.  —  The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a ‘boondoggle’ as shutdown drags on  —  Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson …

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump's Power to Fire Officials  —  As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president's power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December …

How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs  — US companies, consumers bear brunt of US tariffs  — Some foreign sellers are raising prices  — Further price hikes likely in coming months  —  U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs …

After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement …

Ald.  Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident  —  Ald.  Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline  —  The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the restrictive new policy.  —  Journalists working at The Washington Post, the New York Times and other major news publications …

Trump's Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement  —  Some unbelievable scenes out of Israel this morning, where the last hostages held by Hamas have just been returned as part of the preliminary ceasefire deal in Gaza.  Negotiating hurdles remain, but leaders are projecting optimism: “The war is over …

Airports say they won't air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints  —  Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.  —  Airports in more than a half-dozen U.S. markets …

Exclusive: Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney's office  —  Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over …

Trump Touts Gaza Ceasefire As Government Shutdown Continues: Live Updates  —  Trump continued his travel through the Middle East as his administration fired thousands of federal workers.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday traveled to the Middle East to promote his role in a ceasefire deal between Israel …

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks  —  Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk's private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having issues selling the electric pickup truck.  —  Cybertruck turned out to be Tesla's first real commercial flop.

How Trump Is Making China Great  —  Six months ago Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs — huge tariffs imposed on just about every nation.  As everyone noted, this announcement suddenly brought average tariffs back to 1934 levels.  Less widely noted was the fact that the long decline …

Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to What Appeared to Be a Treasury Event.  It Wasn't.  —  Treasury says it didn't approve marketing pitch for private Oct. 21 event about AI that is to be headlined by Scott Bessent  —  An investment fund run by prominent Trump supporters tried to sell sponsorships …

Newsom signs AI chatbots bill meant to protect children  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a batch of bills aimed at protecting kids using chatbots and AI tools online. … - The new law will require chatbots to notify minors every three hours to “take a break” and that the chatbot is not human.

As the shutdown continues, Trump and his team advance plan for ‘Democrat-oriented’ firings  —  The White House's legally dubious layoffs answer the question of what the president meant when he promised to impose politically motivated dismissals.  —  Late Friday, with the government shutdown …

Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government  —  Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration's latest layoffs.  —  Just now  —  A historic wave of retirements and other departures …

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week …

The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump  —  Trump is mad that he didn't win.  But by honoring María Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has endorsed his war against Venezuela—and continued Europe's MAGA groveling.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump's narcissism is truly a force of nature …

Law Schools Are Using Security Concerns to Silence Speech  —  Since I resigned from my job as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in February, I have accepted several invitations from law schools to speak to students about public service.

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer  —  The attorney general and the vice president confronted straightforward questions about the scandal surrounding the border czar.  Both Republicans struggled.  —  It's been nearly a month since the public …

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: ‘We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today’  —  A federal judge's temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas.  Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump … When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry.

Norway Suspects Espionage in Nobel Peace Prize Winner Breach  —  Norwegian officials see cyber espionage as the most likely cause of unusual betting surge on this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient ahead of the announcement.  —  The Nobel Institute on Friday began investigating reports …

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections  —  How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped  —  The following is adapted from Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America …

John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire  —  The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host described the newly appointed editor-in-chief as someone “who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading.”