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The Biden administration began demanding a truce as the war hit the six-month mark in March 2024 and unveiled its own ceasefire plan that May. Inheriting and expanding Biden’s culture of impunity for Israel, Trump has made the use of that tactic even less likely. The Trump administration has since slashed teams of American officials doing that work and placed U.S. sanctions on ICC and U.N. personnel. AdvertisementFuzzy interpretations of Trump’s plan could further undermine its survival, particularly because the proposal itself is so vague. “The so-called ‘Trump peace plan’... fails to demand justice and reparations,” Agnes Callamard of Amnesty International said in a Wednesday night statement.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― A military spouse caller on C-SPAN pleaded with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) You could stop this, you could be the one that could say, ‘Military is getting paid,’” she told Johnson. Johnson, who sat solemnly through her comments, said he was sorry about her situation but still opposes passing a standalone bill to protect military pay. But he conflated her anger at him for not holding a vote on military pay with his stated anger about the ongoing shutdown. She told her story in tears,” Johnson told reporters.

It looks like the “pray” part of “Eat Pray Love” paid off for Julia Roberts. In a “Pillow Talk” segment on “Watch What Happens Live” Wednesday, Roberts hinted that her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, has other gifts besides the ability to cuddle. Buzz: Jimmy Kimmel’s NSFW Punch Line About Stephen Miller’s Interview Glitch Brings The House Down“Oh yaaaa,” Cohen added. Roberts, who was promoting her movie “After the Hunt,” dropped a few tamer tidbits, too. She also offered an intriguing list of the most romantic movies of all time (excluding her own work).

He stressed the need to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to shutter federal agencies and slash the federal workforce unilaterally. Federal employees at some agencies will see entirely missed checks starting on Oct. 24, and others on Oct. 28. AdvertisementSen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) said he has heard from many federal workers and that their opinions on the shutdown vary. Smalley is part of a network of federal employees who’ve been urging senators to “hold the line” in talks with Republicans. AdvertisementStill, the NPS worker was adamant that Democrats should continue fighting to prevent the administration from slashing federal agencies.

Christopher Mathias, author of "To Catch a Fascist," speaks to Caitlin and Trent about the events of 2020, clashes between violent fascist clubs and "community defense" groups. They discuss misconceptions about what "antifa" is and what kinds of activities they are engaged in, the difference between doxxing a teacher who practices inclusivity and doxxing one who is bragging on far right message boards about their mission to convert students into Nazi soldiers, and the Trump administration's demonization of community defenders and antifascists in 2025. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, and elsewhere via its RSS feed. Resources:Pre-order Christopher's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767Follow Chris on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/letsgomathias.bsky.socialMathias on anti-antifa order: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-antifa-executive-order-terrorist-organization-rcna233011Clay Jackson on outlawing opposition: https://clayjak.substack.com/p/all-opposition-is-now-extremism?r=9qphz&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=trueNatasha Lennard on the need to mount an organized opposition: https://theintercept.com/2025/09/19/trump-charlie-kirk-george-soros-antifa/Natasha Lennard on unmasking ICE agents: https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/masked-ice-agents-victimization-accountability/Chicago under siege: https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-broadview-chicago-tear-gas-trump-blitz-immigrationTrump: am I watching things on television https://presswatchers.org/2025/09/trump-am-i-watching-things-on-television-that-are-different-from-whats-happening/ICE throws woman: https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-officer-shoves-woman-till-eckertICE assaults journalist: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-agents-grab-shove-journalists-nyc-immigration-court-sending-on-rcna234884Rose City Antifa: https://rosecityantifa.org/Unicorn Riot's Data: https://unicornriot.ninja/far-right-investigations-desk/Patriot Prayer: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/what-we-know-about-patriot-prayer/Stewart Rhodes: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/stewart-rhodes-convicted-of-seditious-conspiracy-and-released-by-trump-visits-capitol-hillNSC-131 https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/nationalist-social-club-nsc-131/Blood Tribe: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the--new-look--same-racism--of-blood-tribeRise Above Movement: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/rise-above-movement/Patriot Front have strong presence in military https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1079700404/1-in-5-patriot-front-applicants-say-they-have-ties-to-the-militaryNeo-nazi homeschooling program: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/what-to-know-about-a-neo-nazi-home-school-scandal/2023/02Book on campus misinformation: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/campus-misinformation-9780197531273?cc=us&lang=en&Tom Homan spoke at Fuentes event: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-homan-rnc-white-supremacist-conference_n_669856f6e4b05a9a604f80d9

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Photo Courtesy Of Nina LichtensteinAt my book launch event in Oslo, I was shocked by a life-changing revelation. The first thing I noticed was how bleary-eyed the woman was, and what a pretty white linen tunic she wore. My book, “Body: My Life in Parts,” is a memoir-in-essays in which each chapter is named for a body part (“Hands,” “Breasts,” “Skin,” etc. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIndeed, I now realize I unknowingly wrote this book for one very important person: my half-sister. Nina B. Lichtenstein, Phd., MFA, is a native of Oslo, Norway.

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Sistrix’s Visibility Index measures how visible a website is in Google search results, assigning higher scores to sites that rank better in search results. Among the ten sites with the highest search visibility scores, six saw double-digit percentage drops. However a solid visibility score does not guarantee a newsbrand will get shown at the top of Google results. The MEN was 34th highest on our ranking of news websites by visibility score as of 6 October, with a score of 10. The biggest drop when looking at actual visibility score was at the Daily Mail, which saw a -14.2 change (down 27%) to 36.8.

House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the choice of Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl LX halftime show headliner, calling it a “terrible decision” and suggesting Lee Greenwood as a replacement. Johnson, along with other Republican figures like President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, expressed disapproval of Bad Bunny’s selection for the event. Bad Bunny, a Grammy-winning artist with a global following, has faced backlash from some conservative voices, who question his appeal to a broader audience and suggest more traditional performers for the halftime show. Despite the controversy, Bad Bunny, who is an American citizen, has opted not to include the U.S. in his upcoming world tour. Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-terrible-bad-bunny-super-bowl-show-replacement_n_68e637dde4b07aeeb1952b8cRELATED Bad Bunny to Headline 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saw none of that, she was born 14 years after the last American military soldiers … were killed in Vietnam,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “But she has had an idea that the Yippies and the flower children would like: ‘Laugh at them. JD Vance, the vice president of the United States, went behind a podium and went, ‘Boo hoo hoo! At the time, Vance openly blamed the “Chuck Schumer-AOC wing of the Democratic Party” for the shutdown. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.

And the White House seems more interested in making punitive threats against its own federal workforce than in trying to get them back to work. “There is, you know, conglomerations of different people and groups, but it’s been very informal,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Nowadays, the institution is consumed with political gridlock, and it seems like the lawmakers are constantly dealing with threats of shutdown. That could change as the pain of a government shutdown becomes more acute and more people are affected by airport staffing shortages. During the 2019 shutdown, the Pentagon was one of the few departments that was funded, which is one of the reasons it lasted so long.

AdvertisementBut Grassley did nothing of the sort on Tuesday, letting Bondi run roughshod over proceedings with interruptions, outbursts and political mudslinging. Sen. Adam Schiff ran down a laundry list of questions that Attorney General Pam Bondi wouldn’t answer during a very combative hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. AdvertisementWhen questions over Homan and the cash were raised by Schiff — whom Trump demanded Bondi investigate last month — Bondi visibly recoiled. When Durbin asked Bondi bluntly “What’s the secret?” about the troop deployments, Bondi launched into a political tirade. In a fluster, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) demanded to know if Bondi thought the records request was an “abuse of power.”AdvertisementWhether it was, Bondi wouldn’t say.