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Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after the video site suspended his account following the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol following the election that resulted in him leaving the White House for four years.The settlement of the more than four-year-old case earmarks $22 million for Trump to contribute to the Trust for the National Mall and a construction of a White House ballroom, according to court documents filed Monday. The remaining $2.5 million will be paid to other parties involved in the case, including the writer Naomi Wolf…

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesCongressional Democrats held the line on their health-care demands just hours before meeting Monday with President Donald Trump and Republican leadership to discuss avoiding a U.S. government shutdown.”Enough with the games that Republicans have been playing connected to the health care of the American people,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. “And no one can trust their word on health care.””What we will not do is support a partisan Republican…

It’s Monday, and another week of MLS action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table, and who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 37 to come up with this week’s order of all 30 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1Philly went to D.C. and handed their capital-city rivals a 6-0 thrashing on Saturday, which does wonders for fans still injured by their 7-0 loss to Vancouver. With two games to go, the Union have a four-point advantage at the top of the Supporters’ Shield…

A stop sign is seen at a security checkpoint at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2019.Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesPrediction markets are pricing in about a 70% chance the federal government will shut down on Wednesday, reflecting growing skepticism that lawmakers will strike a last-minute deal to keep agencies funded.Users on Kalshi and Polymarket increased their bets on a government closure after the Labor Department said it won’t release Friday’s key jobs report, watched closely on Wall Street, in case of a shutdown. Over the weekend, the odds were at around 50%.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsThe…

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Information announced the addition of the Volunteer Tourist Guide service to its e-services on the “Sahel” government application, allowing citizens to apply as tour guide volunteers. In a press statement, the ministry said the initiative is part of its strategy to support the tourism sector in Kuwait, under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.The ministry explained that the new service was launched upon the directives of Minister of Information,…

DALLAS (AP) — The man who was fatally shot when a gunman targeted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has been identified as a 37-year-old detainee from El Salvador, federal officials said Monday.Norlan Guzman-Fuentes was killed and two other detainees were critically wounded early Wednesday when a shooter opened fire on the ICE field office, including on a van in a gated area that held detainees.Authorities have said the gunman, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, fired indiscriminately from a nearby rooftop. They said he hated the U.S. government and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents. No…

Democratic senators introduced a bill Monday that would rewrite a 1961 law prohibiting college sports conferences from banding together to sell their media rights. It’s a move they say is designed to protect athletes, Olympics sports and smaller leagues that could be getting priced out of the increasingly expensive business of name, image and likeness deals.Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., joined with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., in backing the Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement (SAFE) Act, a bill that gives lawmakers an alternative to a bill on the House side that has yet to come up for…

Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct?After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.In this week’s VAR Review: How Arsenal’s penalty against Newcastle United was overturned. Why Brentford’s Nathan Collins escaped a red card against Manchester United. Plus, should Liverpool’s goal against Crystal Palace have been ruled out for a Mohamed Salah handball, and were Brighton & Hove Albion wrongly denied a penalty at Chelsea?Arsenal’s players are…

US businesswoman Charlie Javice (L), founder of Frank, arrives for her sentencing hearing at federal court in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2025, in New York City.Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty ImagesCharlie Javice, founder of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million, was sentenced to just more than seven years in prison Monday for defrauding the bank by overstating how many customers the fintech firm had.In March, a 12-person jury found Javice and her chief growth officer Olivier Amar guilty on three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of…

Labour party delegates have voted that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and should be sanctioned, in a shock development at the annual party conference. The unprecedented move means that the Labour conference has officially accepted the findings of a recent UN Commission of Inquiry report, which found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and has backed comprehensive sanctions on Israel and a full arms embargo. Delegates from constituencies and affiliated organisations are voting on motions covering a range of topics at the governing party’s annual conference, which began in Liverpool on Sunday. Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal said: “This is a huge…