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11:33 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has been frenetically posting on social media during the government shutdown

11:33 AM on Thursday, October 2

The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his work during the Biden administration, further roiling the prominent U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after the ousting of other senior attorneys in recent weeks

11:29 AM on Thursday, October 2

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War

11:10 AM on Thursday, October 2

A new study shows that the world's most damaging wildfires are happening four times more often now compared to the 1980s

10:55 AM on Thursday, October 2

Cleveland Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam says it’s a bit of a burden to play a game in London

10:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

The State Department will increase staffing at certain U.S. embassies and consulates to accommodate an expected major jump in visa applications from soccer fans wanting to attend World Cup matches in the United States next year

10:27 AM on Thursday, October 2

NTSB is analyzing data recorders recovered by investigators after Delta jets collided at LaGuardia Airport

10:19 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict.”

10:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

Trump declares drug cartels in Caribbean unlawful combatants and says US is now in a 'non-international armed conflict'

10:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

American Ryan Brehm is surprisingly atop the leaderboard with Matthew Jordan and Darius Van Driel in the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland

8:00 AM on Thursday, October 2

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money

7:34 AM on Thursday, October 2

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league plans to launch women’s and men’s professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years."

6:33 AM on Thursday, October 2

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30

5:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats

3:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

2:39 AM on Thursday, October 2

An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in what police called a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year

9:46 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Officials say two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant

9:31 PM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. stocks are drifting around their records

9:02 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump has used the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors

10:02 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown