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President Donald Trump listens as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Some furloughed workers will return to manage health insurance open enrollment as shutdown drags on

2:30 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will temporarily bring all its furloughed employees back to work starting Monday to manage health insurance open enrollment

FILE - Pediatrician Irving Phillips, left, examines a 16-month-old boy at a CommuniCARE+OLE clinic, June 26, 2025, in Davis, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts

2:25 PM on Thursday, October 23

California voters could decide next year whether to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to backfill federal funding cuts to health care

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

2:10 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 10/23/2025

1:17 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. stocks rose to the cusp of their records

FILE - A voter places a ballot in a drop box outside the Denver Elections Division headquarters, Nov. 8, 2022, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado woman found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband and son

1:15 PM on Thursday, October 23

Prosecutors in Colorado say a woman has been found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for both her late ex-husband and son in the 2022 election

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

China and the United States, Fall 2025: A timeline of remarks, threats, critiques — and dialogue

12:47 PM on Thursday, October 23

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading up to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump con el presidente chino Xi Jinping en una cumbre en Osaka, Japón, el 29 de junio del 2019. (AP foto/Susan Walsh)

How Trump and Xi are doing a delicate, sometimes pointed dance in bilateral trade talks

12:36 PM on Thursday, October 23

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

This photo, undated and and in an unknown location, provided by family member Zeyad Kadur shows teenager Mohammed Ibrahim. (Zeyad Kadur via AP)

A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

12:33 PM on Thursday, October 23

A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months

FILE - Volunteer Ollie Taylor fills bags with food at the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry, which offers fresh food and meals free of charge on a weekly basis to residents, Aug. 26, 2025, in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

11:47 AM on Thursday, October 23

A federal food aid program that helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown

U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino stands with federal immigration enforcement agents during a skirmish with protesters in Little Village neighborhood, Chicago Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs

11:34 AM on Thursday, October 23

As federal agents ramp up an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an increasing number of elected officials in the Democratic stronghold are getting caught in the crosshairs

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's turnaround on sanctions targets Russia's oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

11:06 AM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. President Donald Trump has done a turnaround on sanctions against Russia, taking aim at Russia's two biggest oil companies and the billions of dollars they reap for Moscow's war against Ukraine

A rare life ring from the 1975 shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald obtained by the state of Michigan in a lawsuit settlement is displayed on Oct. 12, 2025, outside Detroit. (Randal Smith via AP)

Michigan is paying $600K to close a police misconduct case and get a piece from a famous shipwreck

9:31 AM on Thursday, October 23

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald

New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, and Democrat mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo appear at a campaign event outside the George Washington Carver Houses, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Eric Adams endorses once bitter rival Andrew Cuomo in New York City's mayoral race

9:15 AM on Thursday, October 23

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral race

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle, April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure

8:41 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

A person pushes a protester blocking a caravan of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel trying to enter Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

8:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

1:30 AM on Thursday, October 23

The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry

Palestinians carry jerrycans and plastic bottles with water after collecting it at a camp for displaced people in Gaza City, Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult'

1:09 AM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation

Options traders Joseph Arrigo, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records as oil prices jump

10:47 PM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. stocks rose to the cusp of their records

Work continues on the largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Photos of the White House's East Wing, then and now

1:44 PM on Tuesday, October 21

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