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President Donald Trump’s boundary-pushing second administration is on full display in his approach to the shutdown.

We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

Plus, Andrew Cuomo says he doesn't want Trump's support as he tries to close his polling gap with Zohran Mamdani in New York City.

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President Donald Trump's administration is now targeting billions of dollars in clean energy projects in predominantly Democratic-run states. But it isn't just Democrats who are feeling the pain from those funding cuts.

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next Prime Minister, setting her up to be the first woman to lead the country.

During a Sept. 30 interview on CNBC, Jimmy Fallon explained what it was like working on a late-night show following Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension. The longtime late-night host said that he doesn't a

"The consumption of plastics is overwhelming right now," Elopak CEO Thomas Körmendi said during the "Growing Climate Solutions in Food System" panel. And sustainable packaging has between 35 to 70 percent lower carbon emissions than plastic packaging because of changes to reusability, transportation and production.