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A powerful nor'easter is battering the East Coast this weekend, bringing major coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rain from the Carolinas to southern New England. About 84,600 homes and businesses were without power across five Northeast states by midday Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us , with New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island hit hardest. Wind gusts topped 60 mph on Long Island, Cape Cod and the islands, according to the National Weather Service , and more than 400 flights we

SHANGHAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The United States and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $30 billion of goods and launch a dialogue on AI, both countries said following President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington. The tariff reductions would apply to US exports such as agricultural goods, wood and cosmetics, as well as US imports including small appliances, toys, decorations, a White House statement said on Friday. The two countries reached consensus on recommendations for more favorable tariff

Democrats chances of flipping the Senate have grown in recent months as President Donald Trumps unpopularity, as well as frustration with the economy, push voters away from Republicans. Democrats have been favored to seize control of the House, which has a narrow Republican majority. The math in the Senate is more daunting: Democrats control 47 seats to Republicans 53. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The clearest path

Pope Leo XIV has praised the enthusiasm, energy and commitment young people bring to the Catholic Church as dense crowds attended an open-air Mass in Paris. An estimated 700,000 people had gathered for the Mass celebrated by the Pope from a special altar on the Place de la Concorde, on the second day of his four-day visit to France. It began after the pontiff rode down the Champs-lyses Avenue waving to crowds from his open-topped popemobile. Many senior politicians attended the Mass. On Friday,

Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens' tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said. The blast, which occurred at dawn on Friday, was likely caused by a gas leak, according to Athens Mayor Haris Doukas. The two other people killed were an elderly British man and his Greek wife who lived on the second floor of the three-story building, Greece's state broadcaster ERT reported. The American family of four had b

President Donald Trump's threat to curtail diesel shipments abroad comes with a risk: the perception that he's reneging on his promise to shower the world with U.S. fuels. That move would inflame tensions between the U.S. and Europe while jeopardizing American credibility as a trading partner, energy experts and administration allies said. And it could compel nations to seek other suppliers, limiting Trump's ability to wield energy as a negotiating tool in the future, they added. This is going t

In President Donald Trump 's latest move to restrict certain news outlets' access from covering him, CNN was not permitted to join the president on Air Force One on Saturday, Sept. 26 as he traveled to a football game at the University of Tennessee. I want real news. I love an open, free press, Trump said on Saturday morning to reporters when asked about the bar. What I don't like is the fake press, where a group like CNN, with few people watching, or MSDNC, the name that he calls MSNOW, formerl

A powerful nor'easter is battering the East Coast this weekend, bringing major coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rain from the Carolinas to southern New England. More than 20 million people from Virginia to New Jersey are under coastal flood warnings, according to The Weather Channel , and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill have both issued emergency declarations. Tens of thousands of customers across the New York City area had lost power by Saturday morning,

By Joshua McElwee and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-lyses in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things, at the biggest event of his visit to France, an outdoor Mass with an estimated 800,000 people. Chants of Leo, Leo and Long live the Pope echoed down the roughly 2 km (1.2 miles) tree-lined boulevard, from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, as people pressed agai

Meta launched Muse, its new AI agent, earlier this month and it's already claiming to help some consumers save money. At the 2026 Meta Connect conference, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang spoke about Muse's ability to shop for products online, manage travel plans, save money on insurance costs, negotiate utility bills, and more. Now, he's challenging people to use Muse to save them $1,000 in what he's dubbed the #MuseMoneyChallenge on X. With the agent's help, users can do everything from cr

A new ad campaign glorifying President Trump is on the air on national cable and national networks including CBS beginning Thursday, and it's being paid for by American taxpayers. The first ad, which hit the airwaves Wednesday and aired on Fox News Channel, opens with Mr. Trump vowing, We will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America. Set over a soundtrack of JMSN's song Love Me, flash-cut random shots from the president's second administration appear with text on screen. The photos sh

Washington The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News. Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly

In a single day in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent more money than it had on any other day in either of President Trump's terms, federal spending records show. The agency advanced billions to Chicago Title Insurance in escrow to acquire detention facilities, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. Over the next two months, ICE used $1.07 billion of the funds to purchase 11 warehouses it planned to convert to detention megacenters, seven of which the agency

Watch: The worlds two most powerful men just met. How did it go? US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping exchanged warm words at a lavish White House state dinner but gave little indication of progress on pressing issues. Xi stressed that they should ensure AI remain under human control and act as responsible major countries, while Trump toasted a future of harmony, peace and success for both nations. But tensions remain despite the diplomatic niceties, including over Taiwan -

By Timour Azhari and Hatem Maher RIYADH/CAIRO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to discuss help for Saudi Arabia as it faces attacks by Yemen's Houthis, while Iraq further curtailed Iranian flights on Friday in line with US pressure, and an Iranian official threatened retaliation. The Houthis have launched strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world's largest energy exporter, as pa

A computer model forecast of the storm's location and wind speeds on Saturday evening. - CNN Weather An early fall noreaster is gathering strength along the central East Coast, pounding beaches in several states with heavy surf and threatening to bring coastal flooding, wind and rain to parts of the Northeast through the weekend. In the areas at risk? Track the storm, find out your local risk and get more detailed timing from meteorologists in the CNN Weather app The noreaster, named for the

Journalists for CNN and MS Now were denied access to the White House state dinner in honor of Xi Jinping, Chinas president, on Thursday evening, hours after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must allow them in after imposing a ban last week. About an hour before Xis arrival was scheduled, the White House said CNN could cover the event, but only with a photojournalist and audio technician, notably excluding the networks editorial team consisting of a reporter and producer, CNN report

Topline President Donald Trump hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a state dinner Thursday night, where theyll be joined by billionaire tech moguls collectively worth trillions of dollars amid a backdrop of warnings about AI potentially threatening human civilization. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on Sept. 4 2025. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Key Facts Trump sai

Tel Aviv Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as his country faces broad condemnation and growing isolation over Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank . As Netanyahu took the stage, many attendees walked out. If there are any other moral cowards who haven't yet left this hall, please do so now, Netanyahu began. Netanyahu arrived in New York early Thursday morning and is due to leave just a few hours after his

Shahid Beheshti University in the Velenjak district of Tehran, Iran, after a US military strike on 6 April. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting 49-50 against a House-passed war powers resolution as the conflict passed the 200-day mark, with 19 American service members killed. The measure passed the House earlier with bipartisan support. Senate Democrats, led by the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, and the

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the embattled US FDA, told senators on Thursday that all vaccines on the US market are safe and effective, as the health committee's Republican chairman pressed her on immunization at her confirmation hearing. In his opening statement, US Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana pressed Overton to affirm the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and to commit to keeping politics out o

A fifth teacher and her student died during a field trip to an Iowa nature reserve this week, investigators and school officials said. Hannah Jorgensen, 24, a fifth-grade teacher at Borlaug Elementary School in Coralville, and Ahmed Osman, 10, died while on the trip at the MacBride Nature Recreation Area on Tuesday, the Iowa City Community School Districtsaid in a statement. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office received a call around noon of two persons in the water near the Coralville Reservoir