The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pressed lawmakers to reopen the government late Friday as major airports across the U.S. experience flight delays and cancellations due staffing shortages amid the lapse in funding. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents and nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers are among the federal workers that are deemed essential and have been... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, agreeing to cut tariffs by 10%. He said he did so because China agreed to help address the fentanyl crisis. ... Read full Story
Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber. ... Read full Story
North Carolina Democrat lawmaker Cecil Brockman resigned after facing felony charges for alleged sexual conduct with a minor, ending calls for his removal. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while Republicans demand government reopening first. ... Read full Story
Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Friday slammed the Heritage Foundation after its president, Kevin Roberts, spoke out in support of Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Loomer called out Roberts as a “hypocrite” after his recent interview with host Dana Loesch, where he indirectly condemned comments made by Carlson and Fuentes, and following... ... Read full Story
Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail this weekend in an attempt to shore up support for Democrats, while the government shutdown over his Affordable Care Act marches on. ... Read full Story
A jury acquitted Peter Stinson of soliciting violence after he made assassination threats against President Donald Trump on social media platforms. ... Read full Story
The 'Arctic Frost' subpoenas and gag orders sparked fury from some Republican senators, and criticism of the federal judge who signed them. ... Read full Story
A bipartisan pair of senators demand Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth provide military orders for the Caribbean boat strikes targeting alleged narco-terrorists. ... Read full Story
President Trump's fresh push for Republicans to abandon the Senate filibuster is showing little sign of success, even as lawmakers struggle to find a way out of the ongoing government shutdown. Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to use the “nuclear option” underscores his growing frustration with the government shutdown as it enters its second month. But... ... Read full Story
As the shutdown enters its second month, Democrats dodged questions on whether their hardline stance on extending Obamacare subsidies is worth keeping federal workers without pay. ... Read full Story
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill blocking federal immigration arrests near courthouses and allowing civil lawsuits for constitutional rights violations. ... Read full Story
JD Vance's Halloween meme video goes viral with 13 million views as vice president embraces the trolls, turning online ridicule into social media gold. ... Read full Story
The White House defended a voter citizenship verification order after a judge blocked the requirement, calling it a "commonsense" election integrity measure. ... Read full Story
Trump is seeking a court ruling on SNAP payments during the government shutdown as 42 million Americans face uncertainty over November food stamp benefits. ... Read full Story
In on the joke, Vice President Vance on Friday shared a photo of himself wearing a wig, resembling the viral online meme where he is depicted as bloated and smiling. The photo, shared in a post on the vice president's profile on X, is a close-up of Vance's face, with curly brown locks around his... ... Read full Story
President Trump sat down with CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an interview that will air Sunday on “60 Minutes.” The interview, which took place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, will air Sunday at 7:30pm ET on Sunday. The sit-down is the first time Trump has done an interview with the network... ... Read full Story
President Trump indicated Friday he would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if given "the appropriate legal direction" after a federal judge ordered officials to spend an emergency fund for the program. SNAP benefits are set to lapse Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown, and Trump administration officials have been adamant that they would... ... Read full Story
President shares before-and-after photos of renovated Lincoln Bedroom bathroom on Truth Social, featuring polished statuary marble and gold fixtures. ... Read full Story
"Telling stories with affection and noodging, [comedian Sarah] Silverman has always been encouraged by her family, who embraced rather than ostracized her for revealing family secrets on the way to reaping howls of laughter." — Thelma Adams, The Boston Globe, 19 May 2025
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In ancient Greece, citizens whose power or influence threatened the stability of the state could be exiled by a practice involving voters writing that person's name down on a potsherd—a fragment of earthenware or pottery. Those receiving enough votes would then be subject to temporary exile from the state. Ostracize comes from the Greek verb ostrakízein (itself from the noun óstrakon meaning "potsherd"), used in 5th century Athens for the action of banishing someone by way of such a vote. Someone ostracized today is not exiled, but instead is excluded from a group by the agreement of the group's members.