Only nine of the 28 dead hostages have been returned, with Hamas saying it needs time and specialized equipment to recover the others from the ruins of Gaza (LINK) 16 October 2025

Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage (LINK) 15 October 2025


Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela, says mulling land attack (LINK) 15 October 2025


U.S. military starts getting paid from odd source as shutdown hits Day 15 and rest of federal workers go without (LINK) 15 October 2025


U.S. federal judge suspends Trump's planned layoffs of federal workers during government shutdown, calling them unlawful (LINK) 15 October 2025


Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after ICE arrest (LINK) 15 October 2025

— Speaking to USA Today, Vedam's lawyer Ava Benach said: "Subu has lived in the US since he was a nine-month-old infant when he and his family arrived as lawful permanent residents of the United States … He was still a lawful permanent resident, and his application for citizenship had been accepted, when he was arrested in 1982."


US revokes visas for 6 foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month (LINK) 14 October 2025

— The announcement came as President Donald Trump was posthumously awarding him the highest US civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Zelensky strips tainted Odesa Mayor Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship, effectively pushes him out of office (LINK) 14 October 2025