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REMOVE THE THREAT': Israeli forces open fire on suspects crossing Gaza boundary amid ceasefire

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NO CLASS: Some students are demanding Rutgers publicly support Dr. Mark Bray, a professor who recently fled the country after the school's Turning Point USA chapter launched a petition to remove him.

Students who back Bray asked the university president to provide him "with appropriate legal...

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THE LAST LAUGH: Trump gets praise from his longtime, late-night critics for the historic peace deal in Gaza.

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel commended the president during their show monologues — a sharp contrast from their usual bits of bashing Trump and his policies.

Papi @papi2005.bsky.social · 5h

GET THE JOB DONE!’: President Trump arrives back in D.C. after a historic trip to Israel and Egypt, saying Gaza is only one part of the much larger goal — urging the countries that have fought so long for the region to unite for a peaceful future.

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An official for the Office of Management and Budget said they're "working on ways" to get federal law enforcement officers their paychecks amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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Dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) were laid off in the wave of government shutdown firings last week, multiple sources told ABC News.

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President Trump on Tuesday is expected to posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Instagram is rolling out its biggest update yet to Teen Accounts with new protections guided by PG-13 movie ratings.

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Some homes were ordered evacuated in wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods as Southern California was hit by a rare October storm that was expected to pummel the region with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides.

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'BROUGHT TO JUSTICE': 4 people have been arrested after a mass shooting in Mississippi left 6 dead and 20 injured during a homecoming weekend celebration

Papi @papi2005.bsky.social · 6h

MUTED MESSAGE: Some airports in major cities across the U.S. are refusing to air a video by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who overseas the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Noem's video blames Democrats for the government shutdown causing flight delays.

Papi @papi2005.bsky.social · 7h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

And they were sent after the insurrection to investigate, not before it even happened. Sheesh.

A tweet by Evan Kilgore says: “Can somebody please explain to me how ‘the Biden FBI’ placed 274 agents into the crowd on January 6th… when Donald Trump was President on January 6th? Joe Biden had no control over the FBI before January 20th. Does Trump think we’re stupid or am I missing something?”
It quotes a tweet from Donald J. Trump reading, “THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6… What a SCAM – DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT.”

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Papi @papi2005.bsky.social · 7h

China is making it harder to get rare earth magnet export licenses, sources say

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🔊 'If Trump does not provide these weapons after publicly musing about doing that for the last couple of weeks, it will look as though it was an empty threat.'
@MarkJTrev
on the possibility of sending Tomahawks to Ukraine.

Papi @papi2005.bsky.social · 7h

UK jobs market shows some signs of cooling

British workers' pay grew at the weakest pace since 2022 and the jobless rate nudged higher, according to official data on Tuesday which prompted expectations that the Bank of England could bring forward a cut in interest rates.

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Police in Kansas are asking the public for help in identifying a woman who was seen on surveillance video being taken by force by an unidentified man, according to authorities.

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A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds.

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SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time.

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Eyewitness video captured the heart-stopping moment a gorilla rushed the glass at a viewing enclosure in San Diego Zoo, leaving it cracked and startling bystanders.

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Argentina’s leader is lavishing praise on Donald Trump ahead of his first White House meeting with the president — a tactic that has helped transform President Javier Milei ’s cash-strapped country into one of the Trump administration’s closest allies.

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Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government shutdown.

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The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians in Gaza City, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

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Keen Duolingo users have seemingly revealed Pope Leo XIV’s username on the popular foreign language app.

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Gov. Janet Mills, D-Me., kicked off her campaign for Senate Tuesday, joining a crowded primary field vying to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.