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The achievement of a ceasefire in Gaza has earned Trump praise from across the political aisle and from U.S. friends and foes around the world. LA Times
Israel Defense Forces Res. Brigadier General Danny Van Buren told the Post the eradication of the Hamas tunnels “is a major part of demilitarization of the Gaza Strip." New York Post
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s bold move meeting Hamas terrorists in-person during the cease-fire negotiations last week played a significant role in securing the historic peace deal that saw an end to the war in Gaza. New York Post
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has made overtures to firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she publicly revolted against the GOP's strategy in the government shutdown fight and called for the enhanced Obamacare subsidies to be extended. New York Post
The precious metals are also rising on expectations of interest rate cuts. New York Post
Many top Democrats kept quiet as President Trump attended the historic “Summit for Peace” in Egypt and Hamas released the last of the 20 living Israeli hostages it held in captivity. New York Post
“We were happy for our prisoners — and for the Israelis, too,” one Gaza resident said. “We love peace and the truce.” New York Times
Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions. New York Times
With Russian forces gaining slowly on the battlefield, Ukraine hopes its long-range drone campaign will help persuade Vladimir V. Putin to change course. New York Times
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An interrogator covertly used a power drill and handgun to menace a prisoner, without permission from the agency’s headquarters. New York Times
Israeli forces received the coffins of four deceased hostages from Hamas on Monday evening, according to officials. The remains were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which then transferred them to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the Kerem Shalom crossing. OANN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke alongside President Donald Trump before the Knesset, announcing that Monday “marks the end of two years of war,” while thanking the American president for his critical role in facilitating the recent hostage release deal. OANN
President Donald Trump landed in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, to co-host a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The summit aims to further solidify the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and to discuss the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza. OANN
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Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll slammed the defense acquisition system on Monday, saying it prioritizes the desires of government bureaucrats and defense lobbyists over the needs of the American soldier. Washington Times
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation's students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs. Washington Times
More than 30 people were rescued and three people remain unaccounted for in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and flooding strong enough to sweep away entire homes in coastal communities, authorities said. Washington Times
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America's envoy to Israel is ridiculing a claim by a senior British government official that the United Kingdom played a key role in the U.S.-brokered Gaza peace deal. Washington Times
Vice President J.D. Vance said Sunday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker should "suffer some consequences" for failing to "keep the people of Illinois safe." Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Pritzker is an idiot.
The government shutdown entered its 12th day on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan, and the Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers. CBS
New self-service kiosks will allow Amazon's One Medical patients in Los Angeles to pick up their prescriptions. CBS
Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms. CBS
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Trump arrived in Tel Aviv earlier Monday to mark the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas after more than two years in captivity. CNBC
The tax extension deadline is Oct. 15. Here's what to know about filing your return amid the government shutdown and IRS furloughs. CNBC
RTO mandates could push workers to seek other employment. CNBC
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Democrats want any government funding bill include an extension for enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year. CNBC
Italian American community leaders condemn NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over 2020 photo showing disrespect toward Christopher Columbus statue. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Mamdani is a fool.
Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione's team asked a judge to dismiss several federal charges, including one that carries the death penalty. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Foolish thought.
All 20 living hostages released by Hamas on Monday morning have returned home, the Israeli military said, as the first phase of a cease-fire deal takes effect in hopes of ending the two-year-old war. UPI
Three economists will split the Nobel Prize in economic sciences for their work on economic growth through innovation and technological progress. UPI
Thousands of people in New Jersey are without power Sunday as a strong nor'easter sweeps across the region with heavy, flood-producing rains that are forecast to last into Monday morning in the Tri-State region. UPI
A small plane crashed on a grassy median on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth, Mass., Monday morning, killing two people. The plane went down around 8:15 a.m. UPI
Leaders of the underground Christian Zion Church in China have been arrested, including pastor Ezra Jin, and the State Department has demanded their release. UPI
Four decades after a Palestinian-born activist was killed in a California bombing attack, the FBI has announced it is continuing to investigate the case. UPI
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Former Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has asserted that President Donald Trump is “making up his own” facts regarding Chicago’s crime rate. Lightfoot (D-Ill.) accused President Trump of “making up” data about the crime rate in Chicago to justify an expected deployment of the National Guard — during an appearance with CNN’s Kasie Hunt on “The Arena.” Lightfoot is a lying idiot.
“Listen, the crime rate has gone down. You heard the numbers of decreases in homicides and shootings and other violent crimes that have gone down and have been going down for the last four years,” Lightfoot said. “We can‘t ignore that because the president is making up his own facts,” she continued. “And we also know there are red cities in red states that have higher per capita rates of gun violence and other violent crime that we‘re not hearing coming out of the president‘s mouth as the places where he really wants to go.”
President Trump expressed that it was a matter of when, not if, he would deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, citing the city’s issues with aggravated assault, sexual assault, homicide, robbery, theft, and more. “Well, we’re going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in,” Trump said. “Look, I have an obligation. This isn’t a political thing. I have an obligation.” Local authorities reported that at least 54 shootings occurred in 37 incidents in Chicago just over Labor Day weekend, which ended “in most [cases], with no suspect in custody,” according to AP News.
Officials also stated that the victims of the fatal shootings include at least two women and three men, as well as two others. The names of the deceased have not yet been publicly released. “At least 54 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, 8 people were killed. The last two weekends were similar,” the president wrote Tuesday in a post on Truth Social, later referencing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D). “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far. Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn’t know it yet,”
