Paul Ingrassia dropped out of consideration after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week. Key US politics stories from 21 October 2025 at a glance Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal watchdog agency, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew on Tuesday following a report that Ingrassia described himself as having a “Nazi streak.” Ingrassia said in … Read more
Defence secretary says UK will play ‘anchor role’ in US-led civil military coordination centre British troops have been sent to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza after a request from the US. The defence secretary, John Healey, announced the deployment of a small number of planning officers, including a senior commander, at an … Read more
The top congressional Democrats contacted President Donald Trump on Tuesday to request a meeting as the shutdown drags into a fourth week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in comments to reporters after a closed-door caucus lunch that he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries “reached out to the president today and urged him to … Read more
McIver was charged following a May scuffle outside a federal immigration facility when two other Democratic members of Congress were also there but not prosecuted. NEWARK, New Jersey — A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver’s attempts to get charges against her dismissed because they are “selective” and “vindictive.” … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea performed its first ballistic missile test in five months Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, days before President Donald Trump and other world leaders are to gather in rival South for a regional conference. A brief statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched in … Read more
The Democratic governor has a direct line to the president. That could change as Trump vows to punish New York City if the democratic socialist is elected mayor. ALBANY, New York — A fragile working relationship between Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Donald Trump is in danger of being torn apart if Zohran Mamdani is … Read more
What was a seven-week funding punt is now a four-week patch, and some in the GOP want to extend funding into next year. When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding. With the government … Read more
ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political establishment in Greece. ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political … Read more
“Political stability is essential right now,” said Sanae Takaichi. TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a … Read more
The White House feels as confident about the shutdown on day 19 as it was on day one– in part because congressional Republicans have, for the most part, remained largely in line. “There’s no discussions at all at the rank-and-file level, and what is there even for Republicans to be skittish about?” said a Senate … Read more