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2:38 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time, the outcome could be different

2:30 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died

2:30 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

2:27 PM on Wednesday, October 1

2:23 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor

2:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels

1:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A New York City rapper who joined then-former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges

1:18 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A U.S. citizen who is a construction worker in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after he says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks

11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow

10:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

10:40 AM on Wednesday, October 1

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump's freeze on $18 billion in funding for a couple of major New York City rail projects because of the government shutdown will harm commuters

9:14 AM on Wednesday, October 1

8:20 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline

8:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory

7:50 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year

5:47 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”

12:01 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A vote to end the government shutdown has failed

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A lot of government continues during a federal shutdown

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”