WASHINGTON -- Wednesday marks day 22 of the government shutdown, now the second-longest in U.S. history. The longest shutdown lasted 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019 during President Donald Trump's first term.

The Louvre will remain closed for a second day running on Monday, management told the Agence France-Presse, after thieves stole crown jewels from the museum in Paris a day earlier. "The museum is not opening today,

The Senate is scheduled to reconvene on Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. ET. The Senate will then vote on a measure to end the shutdown around 5:30 p.m. ET.

Opposition to Paul Ingrassia followed a Politico report of a group chat that showed him disparaging the holiday honoring Marin Luther King Jr. and describing himself as having “a Nazi streak” at times.

Gold prices dropped in their biggest decline since 2013, a day after notching new record highs. Silver futures, which ended Monday at the second-highest level on record, pulled back even more sharply,

The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security measures at cultural sites across France.

Hours after shutting down potential drama about their respective beauty brands, Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber each stepped out at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala. Gomez, 33, attended the benefit on Saturday, October 18, with husband Benny Blanco, making their first red carpet appearance since tying the knot late last month. Gomez and Blanco, 37,

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the dates of a summit meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump had yet to be set, and added that neither Putin nor Trump wanted to waste time.