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At least 11 Americans were killed in the Hamas attacks on Israel, President Biden confirmed Monday, raising the toll from nine.

The nation’s employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain that suggests that many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy.

The White House is trying to knock down any suggestion that $6 billion in Iranian assets it unfroze as part of a prisoner swap last month has anything to do with the terror attack Hamas carried out on Israel.

President Joe Biden said Thursday he was unable to legally divert money away from a plan to build several miles of new barriers along the southern border – directly contradicting his campaign vow to build “not another foot of wall” and drawing harsh criticism from Mexico’s president.

Texas attorneys asked federal appeals court judges Thursday to let the state keep large concrete-anchored buoys in place to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande – a floating barrier that the Biden administration says was illegally deployed without required federal authorization.

Former President Donald Trump is asking the federal judge overseeing his classified documents case in Florida to delay his trial from May 2024 to after the presidential election.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on Wednesday said he will run to be House speaker, making him the first Republican to announce his intentions to run for the position following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s removal on Tuesday.

The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld legislation passed by Tennessee and Kentucky which bans sex-change surgeries and gender hormonal treatments, including “experimental” procedures for minors aged 17 and under, CBN News reports. In its September 28 ruling, the federal court reversed a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court which had prevented the legislation from taking effect.

Morgan State University in the U.S. city of Baltimore was rocked by gunfire late Tuesday, wounding five people, but none critically, police and other sources said.

Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump was mentioned Wednesday as the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives just hours after Congressman Kevin McCarthy was removed from that position in an unprecedented move.

The son of U.S. President Joe Biden has pleaded “not guilty” on charges linked to his purchase of a firearm while being a drug user, the latest in a series of legal and personal challenges he faces over his troubled past.

The House of Representatives voted 216-210 to oust Congressman Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, marking a historic first and a new chapter in the ongoing conflict between the Republican Party’s establishment and its hard right.

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday began a new nine-month term which will be packed with cases on major issues including gun rights, the legality of a GOP-drawn voting map, the power of federal agencies, and access to abortion, Politico reports.

House Republicans on the Oversight Committee on Monday announced they had launched a probe into reports of Chinese foreign nationals illicitly entering U.S. military bases.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a case involving whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 election under a constitutional provision barring anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.

The Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on money to replace weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according to a letter sent to congressional leaders.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is telling President Joe Biden the numbers of migrants arriving to Chicago from the southern U.S. border are accelerating. The situation is overwhelming, untenable and uncoordinated, he added.

Former President Donald Trump has increased his lead over his Republican rivals following the second Republican primary debate, which he did not attend.

Mexico’s president warned Monday that tens of thousands of migrants are still on their way to the U.S. border despite the dangers after at least 10 migrants died on Sunday.

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would hear two cases regarding social media laws in the states of Texas and Florida.