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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) speaks to reporters as he leaves a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 14 days ago. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Jeffries agrees to public debate with Speaker Johnson on govt shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially accepted GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to hold a public debate — as the government shutdown enters its third week.

Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas, man a checkpoint in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2025. Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on October 10, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump demands Hamas disarm or ‘we will disarm them’ as fragile ceasefire deal moves into phase two

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Hamas as the ceasefire deal moves into phase two, ordering the terror group to disarm, or “we will disarm them.”

ABC’s Stephanopoulos cuts off Vance, ends live interview during clash over alleged bribery scandal

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos abruptly cut short a live interview with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday after the two clashed over unproven allegations surrounding Trump Border Czar Tom Homan allegedly accepting a “bribe” during a 2024 FBI sting operation.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 09: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a news conference on the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on October 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal last week. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Speaker Johnson: Congress is ‘barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the government shutdown may become the longest in U.S. history — unless Senate Democrats finally agree to pass a “clean, no-strings-attached” Republican spending bill to reopen the government.

US President Donald Trump (C) delivers a statement during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration on October 13, 2025 meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP) (Photo by YOAN VALAT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs ceasefire agreement in Egypt: ‘Took 3,000 years to get to this point’

President Donald Trump landed in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, to co-host a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The summit aims to further solidify the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and to discuss the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza.

A Qassam Brigades militant stands guard as a crowd of Palestinians watches a vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carrying Israeli hostages leave the area south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip to handover the released Israelis on October 13, 2025. Israel said that the last 20 living hostages released by Hamas on October 13 had arrived in the country. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel receives 4 coffins of deceased hostages, accusing Hamas of breaching agreement after pledging 28 deceased bodies

Israeli forces received the coffins of four deceased hostages from Hamas on Monday evening, according to officials. The remains were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which then transferred them to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the Kerem Shalom crossing.