Senate takes the first step toward ending the government shutdown, SNAP benefits remain caught in the chaos of the shutdown and legal battles, COP30 begins Monday, but the U.S. won't be there.
The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war.
Bucking a push for younger leadership this election season, Sen. Ed Markey, 80, won the Democratic nomination against Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who said that his party needed new leaders.