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Month: September 2025

The Latest: Chief Justice Roberts allows Trump’s foreign aid freeze that threatens nearly $5 billion

By The Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. The high court order is temporary, though it suggests that the justices will reverse a lower court’s ruling that withholding the funding was likely illegal. Roberts acted on the

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At current levels of vaccination

Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have.

By Brenda Goodman, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done those calculations say those costs may be high. “Absolutely not,” Dr. Joseph Ladapo told

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Top EU official von der Leyen to outline plans for dealing with Europe’s challenges in major speech

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a major state of the union speech on Wednesday addressing the challenges facing the world’s biggest trading bloc and laying out her vision for tackling them. The commission has enthusiastically billed her speech — modeled on the annual State

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Henry (No. 22) had two touchdowns in the defeat to the Bills.

NFL Week 1 takeaways: Veteran RB starts season in historic fashion, Miami woes and is this team a surprise title contender?

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — After almost seven months away, the NFL is back in emphatic fashion. All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display. Here are three big takeaways from the opening week of action. King

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McCarthy missed his rookie season with a knee injury.

JJ McCarthy leads dramatic fourth-quarter comeback in NFL debut to help Vikings beat division rivals Bears on MNF

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota quarterback JJ McCarthy led an inspired fourth-quarter comeback in his NFL debut to help the Vikings beat their division rivals, the Chicago Bears, 27-24 on Monday. McCarthy struggled for the majority of his first appearance in a regular-season game, with the Vikings offense unable to manufacture yards and

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A National Guardsman walks past the Lincoln Memorial while patrolling the National Mall

DC crime falls, but tourism takes a hit too as Trump’s federal surge reaches one-month mark

By Marshall Cohen, Casey Tolan, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — One month after President Donald Trump’s administration effectively took over Washington, DC’s police department, surging federal law enforcement and troops across the capital, crime in the city is down, homeless encampments have been cleared, and hundreds of people accused of being in the US illegally

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Democratic Milwaukee County leader David Crowley joins the race for Wisconsin governor

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The top-elected official in Milwaukee County, who rose out of poverty in one of the state’s poorest neighborhoods, launched a bid for Wisconsin governor on Tuesday, saying his background and experience in office make him uniquely prepared for the job. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley joins

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