Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/past-government-shutdowns-length.html
The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lisa-cook-fed.html
Funds for two of the nation’s largest infrastructure projects, the Second Avenue subway and Hudson River commuter tunnels, is being held up over President Trump’s order to investigate D.E.I. programs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/nyregion/trump-nyc-subway-gateway-infrastructure-funding.html
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called Mr. Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who faces narco-terrorism charges, a “fugitive from American justice.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/nyregion/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-charges-explainer.html
In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/business/republicans-college-tuition-consultants.html
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Israel’s assault on Gaza City, but many are believed to remain, having nowhere to go or no means to leave.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-trump-hamas.html
The vessels are part of a flotilla carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are trying to deliver humanitarian goods and protest Israel’s war.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/middleeast/gaza-flotilla-israel.html
An executive order says an attack on Qatar would be treated as a threat to the U.S., bolstering security commitments to a key Gulf ally after Israel’s strike on Doha last month.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/middleeast/qatar-trump-executive-order.html
After losing his house in the Palisades fire, Spencer Pratt has gone from the archetype of celebrity emptiness to community activist — and become a magnet for Republican politicians.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/business/economy/spencer-pratt-palisades-fire-gavin-newsom.html
A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/technology/facebooks-political-ads-deepfakes-scams.html
A threat on a school bus from an alienated young man united dozens of agencies to answer a single question: Is it possible to stop potential mass shooters before they commit a crime?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/nyregion/mass-shooting-prevention.html
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/europe/pope-leo-climate-speech-trump.html
Not exactly, but to the thousands of Boston fans who attended the first game of the Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium, it was a welcome reason to root against the home team.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/nyregion/yankees-red-sox-wild-card-bronx.html
The pop star and the Swedish producer connected on her 2012 LP, “Red.” They’ve reunited (with his collaborator Shellback) for “The Life of a Showgirl.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/arts/music/taylor-swift-max-martin-shellback-showgirl.html
Dr. Omar Selik’s raw, urgent testimony from a besieged city cut through the fog of war and crystallized the depravity of the conflict. And then he was gone.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-war-doctor-rsf-killed.html
Seven men in all were sentenced on Wednesday over their roles in a decades-old national scandal in Britain involving child sexual abuse.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/europe/uk-grooming-gang-sentencing.html
California approved a law last year allowing the police to cite autonomous vehicles, but it did not specify any penalties, and the law doesn’t take effect until 2026.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/waymo-tickets-san-bruno.html
Imelda, the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/imelda-storm-hurricane-atlantic-maps-forecast-path/
Overwhelmed by debt? Bankruptcy isn't the only route. These options may provide faster and less damaging relief.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thinking-about-bankruptcy-october-2025-these-alternatives-could-make-more-sense/
Senate bills from both the Republicans and the Democrats that could've reopened the government failed on Wednesday. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns, Olivia Rinaldi and Kelly O'Grady report.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/government-shutdown-continues-after-senate-fails-to-pass-spending-bills/