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Taylor Swift’s exes inspired some of her best work. Behold the heartbreak that came before Travis Kelce

Lisa Respers France October 3, 2025

(CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift meant it when she sang about “never, ever getting back together.” Now that Travis Kelce has put a ring on it, the Swifties have been celebrating their girl finding...

Why Taylor Swift’s newest album may be her most consequential one yet

Lisa Respers France October 3, 2025

(CNN) — This could be Taylor Swift’s most exciting era yet, if that were at all possible. Not only is she newly engaged to professional football player Travis Kelce, but she dropped her 12th studio...

Jane Fonda at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 24.

Nearly 80 years after McCarthyism, Jane Fonda relaunches Committee for the First Amendment: ‘The stakes are too high’

Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN October 1, 2025

(CNN) — Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane...

Rachael Spriggs, accompanied by Sandra Pita, left, and Tikeila Rucker, center, addresses protesters gathered for a march in Memphis on Saturday to protest against the deployment of National Guard troops to the city.

Hundreds of federal law enforcement officers deployed to Memphis amid new safety task force

Karina Tsui, Devon M. Sayers, CNN October 1, 2025

Memphis (CNN) —A Tuesday night town hall in Memphis drew dozens of residents with questions about how a long-threatened federal law enforcement surge in yet another Democratic-run US city will play out. Hours...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30.

Hegseth pushes to remake the military in his preferred image

(CNN) —Before a captive audience of hundreds of senior military officers on Tuesday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted his vision for how the US military will physically look and act,...

	Federal support for public media has officially dried up, months after the Republican-led Congress clawed back funding, despite protests and concerns about local stations that might not survive without it.

PBS and NPR funding cuts are hitting home as government shutdown looms

Brian Stelter, CNN September 30, 2025

(CNN) — Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s...

	A US Park Police officer and National Park Service employees close the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, during the shutdown in October 2013.

What a federal government shutdown might mean for travelers

Jeanne Bonner, Tami Luhby, Maureen O’Hare, CNN September 30, 2025

Editor's note: CNN’s John Fritze, Camila DeChalus and Annie Grayer contributed to this report. (CNN) — If US congressional lawmakers fail to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year,...

	Call center employees surf mobile phones as they gather outside their office building after earthquake tremors at Cebu in central Philippines on September 30.

At least one killed after strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes central Philippines

Brandon Miller, Eve Brennan, Yasmin Coles, CNN September 30, 2025

(CNN) — At least one person has died following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in central Philippines, according to local authorities, as fears rise about considerable destruction. The strong earthquake...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the media outside the Grace Agard-Harewood Older Adult Club in the Brooklyn borough of New York, September 15, 2025.

Andrew Cuomo sees hope in NYC mayor’s race after Eric Adams’ departure. Zohran Mamdani sees Trump’s fingerprints

Gloria Pazmino, CNN September 29, 2025

(CNN) — Andrew Cuomo’s allies are hoping Eric Adams’ exit from the New York City mayoral race will breathe new life into their struggling campaign. Zohran Mamdani is confident that won’t happen. Mamdani...

Market veterans know that shutdowns tend to be minor events for the stock market.

Government shutdowns usually don’t hurt the economy. This time could be different

Matt Egan, CNN September 29, 2025

New York (CNN) — Government shutdowns can be political earthquakes that paralyze Washington, DC. But for the economy, shutdowns are often barely a blip. Whatever economic damage occurs during that...

A firefighter walks down the street where emergency services are responding to a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on September 28, 2025.

How the mass shooting and a devastating fire unfolded at a Michigan church

Danya Gainor, CNN September 29, 2025

(CNN) — Far below the piercing spires atop every Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel is a small sign beckoning those who may want to come in. “Visitors welcome” messages are part...

A tropical system brewing near the Bahamas could bring flooding rain, coastal surge, damaging winds and dangerous surf to the Southeast US as early as Monday.

Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch

Briana Waxman, Andrew Freedman, CNN September 27, 2025

(CNN) — Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and Saturday over the warm, energy-filled water of the open Atlantic Ocean. But there’s quiet threat creeping toward...

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