Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet President Trump at the White House on Monday.

The United States reached a new milestone this week. The ongoing government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history. The government shutdown on October 1, 2025. Dr. Todd Belt with the George Washington University returns to Capitol Review on how both parties are handling the shutdown.

As the government shutdown stretches its way into the record books, Americans are feeling its worsening impacts.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency may need to close "certain parts" of the nation's airspace if the shutdown drags on.

Eva Magdalena Chalco Chango, who has no lawyer, asked a federal judge to free her brother, whom she has cared for throughout his life.

Dozens of conflagrations have raged across more than 5 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in Oregon, California and Washington state since August, laying waste to several small towns, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 35 people.

President Trump is accusing foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation.