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DHS chief Kristi Noem claims cartels have put $10,000 bounties on heads of specific ICE agents

Sunday 05 October 2025 21:17 BST Individual immigration law enforcement officers and agents in Chicago are being targeted by “gangs” and “cartel members” with bounties of up to $10,000 on their heads, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Sunday. Protesters in the Windy City have been clashing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol agents as they conduct sweeping immigration raids at the direction of President Donald Trump, and against the wishes of C ...

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Judge Diane Goodstein's Home Burns to Ground After Ruling Against Trump

Published Oct 06, 2025 at 03:21 AM EDT updated Oct 06, 2025 at 05:11 AM EDT The home of a South Carolina judge was destroyed after it went up in flames on Saturday. A fire engulfed the home of Judge Diane Goodstein, who serves on the state Circuit Court, and led to three people being hospitalized with injuries, including her husband, per The Post and Courier. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, and the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said it is investigating the incident. N ...

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UFC fights to take place at White House on June 14, Trump says

October 5, 2025 6:11 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a previously announced Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House will take place on June 14 next year, which will be the president's 80th birthday. He made the announcement during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk to mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy. Trump in July had announced that a UFC event would take place at the White House in 2026, but di ...

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DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

12h Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters. In at least one case, the Chicago Police Department was ordered not to assist federal agents swarmed by demonstrators, according to reports. In videos circulated on Instagram, two masked agents could be seen trying to take a man into custody in the middle of a busy street. Drivers shouted at the federal agents and blew their horns as o ...

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The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance

Updated 5:55 AM EDT, October 6, 2025 STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Sakaguchi is a distinguished professor at the Immunology Frontier Research Center at Osaka University in Japan. Periph ...

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Hegseth says he has every authorization needed for Caribbean strikes

October 5, 2025 1:00 PM EDT Updated 4 hours ago Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has every authorization needed for U.S. military strikes on vessels just off the coast of Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal drugs. Hegseth was speaking in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday. The United States killed four people in a strike in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, at least the fourth such attack in recent weeks. "We have every authorization needed. These are des ...

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Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants

Oct. 5, 2025, 7:15 AM EDT VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo urged the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s hard-line anti-immigration policies. Leo, the first U.S. pope, told thousands of pilgrims celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square that immigrants should not be treated with “the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination.” The pope, who did not single ...

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Trump Publicly Melts Down Over Portland Judge's Ruling

Story by Katie Francis • 1h • Donald Trump seems to have set his sights on a new enemy after the National Guard was barred from Portland. ............. ........... “I wasn’t served well by the people that pick judges, I can tell you. Things like that are just too bad.” Trump nominated Immergut in 2019, and didn’t hide his disappointment that she hadn’t lived up to his expectations. “I appointed the judge and she goes like that, no. I wasn’t served well. Obviously, I don’t know the judge, ...

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Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Oct. 5, 2025 4:54 a.m. Updated: Oct. 5, 2025 11:28 a.m. Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland on Saturday, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, federal officers pushed crowds of protesters hundreds of yards down city streets and fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and pepper balls without ...

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2 killed, 12 injured, as gunfire erupts on the streets of Alabama's state capital

At least 14 people were shot, two fatally, including a teenage boy and a woman, at an intersection near downtown Montgomery, Alabama, late Saturday night, according to police. At least five of the shooting victims were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys said at a news conference on Sunday. He said seven of the gunshot victims are under the age of 17, and that the youngest is 16. [.....] Graboys said that based on the preliminary investigation, ...

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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

15 min ago - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sor ... (AP News)

Voting underway on new maps that could swing US House control, check Trump's power

35 min ago - October 6, 2025, 12:19 AM LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape Cali ... (ABC News/AP)

Treasury Secretary Bessent to remain as IRS commissioner after filling role on temporary basis, sources say

1 hr ago - Published Mon, Oct 6 2025 8:29 AM EDT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will remain in his role as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, with a new official to be announced as his top deputy, CNBC’s Eamon Javers has learned. Bessent took ... (CNBC)

Mass Firing Threat Proves Shutdown Is 'Project 2025 in Action,' Says Jayapal

1 hr ago - October 5, 2025 9:34PM ET U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that the government shutdown that began last week and could be used as President Donald Trump’s latest reason for mass firings of federal workers is “Project 2025 in action ... (Raw Story)

Trump Urges FCC to Look Into NBC, Claims Comcast Afraid To Cancel Al Sharpton's Show: Wouldn't Be 'Politically Correct'

2 hrs ago - Oct 5th, 2025, 9:01 pm President Donald Trump on Sunday mocked Al Sharpton by posting an old picture of him when he was fat, before saying the Federal Communications Commission should “look into” NBC’s license because Sharpton and othe ... (MEDIAite)

Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million last quarter, shattering records

2 hrs ago - 10/06/2025 05:55 AM EDT Roy Cooper raised $14.5 million during the first 65 days of his campaign — a record-breaking total for a Senate challenger in their first fundraising quarter in one of the most competitive races of 2026. The fundraising h ... (Politico)

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen 'open' to mid-decade redistricting

2 hrs ago - Pillen taking a different approach than his full-court press on winner-take-all By: Juan Salinas II - October 6, 2025 5:00 am LINCOLN – Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, like a number of governors nationally, says he would be open to redrawing the state ... (Nebraska Examiner)

Veteran Senator Shreds Hegseth For Trying To 'Push Women Out Of The Military'

3 hrs ago - Oct 5, 2025, 08:40 PM EDT Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said the military “could not do its job” without “the women who serve” while taking aim at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial speech about the impending reva ... (Huff Post)

UFC fights to take place at White House on June 14, Trump says

3 hrs ago - October 5, 2025 6:11 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a previously announced Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House will take place on June 14 next year, which will be the ... (Reuters)

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:55 AM EDT, October 6, 2025 STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow is a senior program manager ... (AP)

Judge Diane Goodstein's Home Burns to Ground After Ruling Against Trump

4 hrs ago - Published Oct 06, 2025 at 03:21 AM EDT updated Oct 06, 2025 at 05:11 AM EDT The home of a South Carolina judge was destroyed after it went up in flames on Saturday. A fire engulfed the home of Judge Diane Goodstein, who serves on the state Circuit Co ... (Newsweek)

France's new PM resigns sparking fresh political chaos

5 hrs ago - Published Mon, Oct 6 2025 3:51 AM EDT Updated 30 Min Ago France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh Fpolitical crisis. Lecornu, France’s fifth PM in less th ... (CNBC)

DHS chief Kristi Noem claims cartels have put $10,000 bounties on heads of specific ICE agents

5 hrs ago - Sunday 05 October 2025 21:17 BST Individual immigration law enforcement officers and agents in Chicago are being targeted by “gangs” and “cartel members” with bounties of up to $10,000 on their heads, Secretary of Homeland Securit ... (The Independent)

DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

6 hrs ago - 12h Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters. In at least one case, the Chicago Police Department was ordered not to assist federal agent ... (msn/Raw story)

Oregon judge temporarily blocks deployment of the National Guard to Portland

9 hrs ago - A federal judge in Oregon has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from sending the National Guard to Portland after the president said he would send troops to the city to handle "domestic terrorists." U.S. Distri ... (CBS)

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

10 hrs ago - By SOPHIA TAREEN Updated 5:31 PM CDT, October 5, 2025 Leer en español CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member ... (AP)

Ancient Pharaonic painting vanishes from Saqqara necropolis, Egypt says

12 hrs ago - By SAMY MAGDY Updated 2:41 PM CDT, October 5, 2025 Leer en español CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Sunday said a Pharaonic painting has disappeared from the famed Saqqara necropolis just outside of Cairo, becoming the late ... (AP)

Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes

13 hrs ago - 5 hours ago Laura BickerChina correspondent Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state med ... (bbc)

Laura Loomer is advising Trump to turn against MAGA heroes like Tucker Carlson, report claims

13 hrs ago - Sunday 05 October 2025 16:59 BST Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is advising Donald Trump on who is disloyal to MAGA during late-night phone calls between the pair, according to a new report. The 32-year-old, self-styled journalist is know ... (The Independent)

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

13 hrs ago - October 5, 2025 8:22 AM ET Every day for nearly 18 years, Alessandra Fabrello has been a medical caregiver for her son, on top of being his mom. "It is almost impossible to explain what it takes to keep a child alive who should be dead," said Fabre ... (NPR)

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