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Senators agree to go without pay during shutdowns after historic closures left workers unpaid

Senators will now go without pay during future shutdowns in a bid to instill the same pain on lawmakers that federal workers have felt several times in recent months.

Russia pounds Ukraine in heaviest wartime drone attack over two days

Russia carried out its largest aerial attack over a two-day period since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities with hundreds of drones, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

US Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks abruptly resigns

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told Fox News on Thursday he is resigning, effective immediately.

Behind summit smiles, Xi gives blunt warning to Trump of ‘clashes’ and ‘conflicts’

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump that Taiwan could trigger “clashes and even conflicts” between the world’s two superpowers, injecting a note of potential confrontation into an otherwise upbeat summit in Beijing.

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.