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Everyday Americans are feeling the pain as the government shutdown drags on

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/14/2025 5:01 AM

Political dysfunction over government shutdowns harms working families while proposed Medicaid cuts threaten healthcare for vulnerable Americans. ... Read full Story

opinion

KT McFARLAND: How Trump's relentless Middle East gamble finally flipped the script

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/14/2025 5:01 AM

Here's how President Donald Trump successfully negotiated a Gaza peace plan by building relationships with younger Gulf Arab leaders and isolating Hamas from its allies. ... Read full Story

opinion

The New Jersey governor’s race could show the GOP how to win in midterms

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/14/2025 5:00 AM

New Jersey's gubernatorial contest between Jack Ciattarelli and U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill tightens as Republicans target Biden policies on energy and spending. ... Read full Story

opinion

Beijing’s crackdown on ‘underground’ churches is a damning sign of weakness

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 10/13/2025 8:24 PM

If Xi Jinping's rule of China is so fragile that he feels mortally threatened by independent religious institutions, it's hard to see how any Western nation can trust his word on anything. ... Read full Story

opinion

New York’s anti-police ‘privacy’ loons are intent on endangering NYCHA tenants

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 10/13/2025 8:24 PM

It may infuriate the anti-cop “privacy” loons, but news that the NYPD has direct access to cameras in public areas in public-housing projects is excellent. ... Read full Story

opinion

Jon Stewart’s faux outrage shows how Democrats lost the plot on patriotism

By New York Post | Isaac Schorr | 10/13/2025 8:18 PM

Stewart’s shtick has been the same for years: Present yourself as a down-the-middle everyman disgusted by America’s political landscape — and then spend 90% of your time mocking only 50% of the culprits. ... Read full Story

opinion

Remembering Hollywood legend Diane Keaton in her own words

By New York Post | Cindy Adams | 10/13/2025 8:00 PM

Iconic actress Diane Keaton passed away on Saturday at the age of 79. ... Read full Story

opinion

Tremendous start, but challenges ahead for Trump’s peace plan

By New York Post | James Jay Carafano | 10/13/2025 7:35 PM

One of the truest truisms of war is the next war starts, or doesn’t, because of what is done after the war before. ... Read full Story

opinion

Car-crash autopsies expose weed’s deadly risk: Driving high can kill you

By New York Post | Kevin Sabet | 10/13/2025 6:42 PM

A major study in Ohio showed that more than 40% of drivers killed in car crashes tested positive for high levels of THC — that is, “harmless” marijuana is anything but. ... Read full Story

opinion

DR. MARC SIEGEL: From Horror to Hope: What Gaza's freed hostages teach a weary world

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/13/2025 6:41 PM

Twenty living hostages were finally released from captivity in Gaza on Monday. They demonstrate courage and survival, echoing historical stories of faith during the Holocaust. ... Read full Story

opinion

Trump’s peace triumph, horror was the plan and other commentary

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 10/13/2025 6:08 PM

“The Israeli hostages were held 296 days longer than the Iranian regime held the American hostages in 1979-1981,” notes National Review’s Jim Geraghty. ... Read full Story

opinion

How Trump worked a Mideast miracle with his two-sided ‘America First’ doctrine

By New York Post | Batya Ungar-Sargon | 10/13/2025 5:48 PM

President Trump wants his tariffs to reshore manufacturing and end the fleecing of America, but he’s simultaneously using them to accomplish all manner of policy wins — including Mideast peace. ... Read full Story

opinion

AG Letitia James’ indictment: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 14, 2025

By New York Post | Post readers | 10/13/2025 5:42 PM

NY Post readers discuss New York Attorney General Letitia James’ indictment for federal mortgage fraud. ... Read full Story

opinion

A day of joy for Israel, and hope for the entire Middle East

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 10/13/2025 5:25 PM

The road ahead may be uncertain, but real hope for peace is truly on the table. ... Read full Story

opinion

HUGH HEWITT: The World doubted, but Trump delivered: Hostages freed, terror defeated, hope restored

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/13/2025 3:19 PM

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a cease-fire deal on Monday that freed 20 hostages and brought hope for Middle East peace after two years of conflict. ... Read full Story

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Trump’s Knesset rally — a ringing endorsement of Israel and a US pledge for peace

By New York Post | Rich Lowry | 10/13/2025 2:46 PM

Donald Trump’s speech was a raucous, celebratory affair as lawmakers in Jerusalem showered him with adulation — and he delivered the most lavishly pro-Israel message any US president has given. ... Read full Story

opinion

Trump has done the impossible in Gaza, and the media still sneer

By New York Post | Andrea Peyser | 10/13/2025 2:28 PM

G-d bless President Donald Trump. ... Read full Story

opinion

Jimmy Kimmel should emulate ‘Tonight Show’ creator Steve Allen — on late-night TV AND politics

By New York Post | Daniel J. Flynn | 10/13/2025 12:10 PM

Jimmy Kimmel could learn how to disagree without being so disagreeable from the comedian who launched late-night television. Letters from “The Tonight Show” founding host Steve Allen I discovered in a warehouse during research for “The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer” illustrate his passion for dialogue with conservatives rather... ... Read full Story

opinion

Columbus was a hero who heightened humanity’s horizons — Mamdani, show some respect

By New York Post | John Ketcham | 10/13/2025 11:21 AM

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he wants the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate two Christopher Columbus statues. He deserves thanks for agreeing to take a long-overdue step to preserve the explorer’s central place in American history and Italian American identity. It’s a stark contrast from mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, who in 2020 tweeted an... ... Read full Story

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Let Columbus Day inspire you to discover the courage to seize opportunities and fulfill your potential

By Opinion on Fox News | | 10/13/2025 5:01 AM

Christopher Columbus's journey to the Americas demonstrates how courage can overcome fear and uncertainty in both exploration and personal growth. ... Read full Story

connecticut

How the biggest health systems in CT are using AI in patient care

by CT Mirror | Oct 14 2025

entertainment

Kiernan Shipka's Halloween Essentials Include Horror Flicks, Candy, and Beauty Sleep Before a Costume Party

by ET Online | Oct 13 2025

exercise

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

by thehealthy.com | Aug 28 2025

fashion

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

by NY Post | Oct 10 2025

FFNEWS

Container Atlas gets granular

by FreightWaves | Oct 13 2025

finance

Can I put my RMD into my Roth IRA?

by MarketWatch.com | Oct 14 2025

game

Dissidia Final Fantasy Revealed, Has One Major Difference From Predecessors

by GameSpot | Oct 14 2025

how_to

The 5 Bad Wine Habits You Need to Break, According to an Expert

by CNET | Oct 14 2025

knowledge

Here’s the Real Reason Why Psychiatrists Are Called Shrinks—And It’s a Weird One!

by Reader's Digest | Oct 14 2025

long_island

This Long Island pizzeria named among Top 50 in U.S. by DoorDash

by greaterlongisland.com | Oct 14 2025

new_jersey

Hispanic business leaders navigate growth, anxiety amid shifting policies

by NJ Spotlight | Oct 14 2025

odd_fun

Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

by United Press International, Inc. | Oct 13 2025

real_estate

Ellen Barkin’s former West Village townhouse with I.M. Pei addition hits the market

by NY Post | Oct 14 2025

shopping

America’s Best Full-Size SUV Gets Even Better with a Fresh Face and Is the First with EREV Power

by Gear Patrol | Oct 14 2025

technology

Anker’s awesome 10-in-1 power strip with USB ports is on sale for $20

by PCWorld | Oct 14 2025

Word of the Day

utopia

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 14, 2025 is:

utopia • \yoo-TOH-pee-uh\ • noun

Utopia refers to an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect; a utopia is a place of ideal perfection.

// It’s a nice place to live, but it’s no utopia.

See the entry >

Examples:

“Despite the rest of the group arguing with and (mostly) disagreeing with him for half the evening, my colleague stuck to his guns: it would be handy to have robots writing poetry for people. … But at the heart of my colleague’s provocative position was a utopian ideal: of a future in which technology was advanced enough to ‘do everything,’ even write poetry, so that no one needed to work. Yet this position wasn’t convincing either. His utopia sounded more than a little dull, and nobody wants to be bored out of their minds.” — Surekha Davies, Humans: A Monstrous History, 2025

Did you know?

There’s quite literally no place like utopia. In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled Utopia, which compared social and economic conditions in Europe with those of an ideal society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas. More wanted to imply that the perfect conditions on his fictional island could never really exist, so he called it “Utopia,” a name he created by combining the Greek words ou (“not, no”) and topos (“place”). The earliest generic use of utopia was for an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. The current use of utopia, referring to an ideal place or society, was inspired by More’s description of Utopia’s perfection.

Everyday Americans are feeling the pain as the government shutdown drags on

KT McFARLAND: How Trump's relentless Middle East gamble finally flipped the script

The New Jersey governor’s race could show the GOP how to win in midterms

Beijing’s crackdown on ‘underground’ churches is a damning sign of weakness

New York’s anti-police ‘privacy’ loons are intent on endangering NYCHA tenants

Jon Stewart’s faux outrage shows how Democrats lost the plot on patriotism

Remembering Hollywood legend Diane Keaton in her own words

Tremendous start, but challenges ahead for Trump’s peace plan

Car-crash autopsies expose weed’s deadly risk: Driving high can kill you

DR. MARC SIEGEL: From Horror to Hope: What Gaza's freed hostages teach a weary world

Trump’s peace triumph, horror was the plan and other commentary

How Trump worked a Mideast miracle with his two-sided ‘America First’ doctrine

AG Letitia James’ indictment: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 14, 2025

A day of joy for Israel, and hope for the entire Middle East

HUGH HEWITT: The World doubted, but Trump delivered: Hostages freed, terror defeated, hope restored

Trump’s Knesset rally — a ringing endorsement of Israel and a US pledge for peace

Trump has done the impossible in Gaza, and the media still sneer

Jimmy Kimmel should emulate ‘Tonight Show’ creator Steve Allen — on late-night TV AND politics

Columbus was a hero who heightened humanity’s horizons — Mamdani, show some respect

Let Columbus Day inspire you to discover the courage to seize opportunities and fulfill your potential

How the biggest health systems in CT are using AI in patient care

Kiernan Shipka's Halloween Essentials Include Horror Flicks, Candy, and Beauty Sleep Before a Costume Party

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

Container Atlas gets granular

Can I put my RMD into my Roth IRA?

Dissidia Final Fantasy Revealed, Has One Major Difference From Predecessors

The 5 Bad Wine Habits You Need to Break, According to an Expert

Here’s the Real Reason Why Psychiatrists Are Called Shrinks—And It’s a Weird One!

This Long Island pizzeria named among Top 50 in U.S. by DoorDash

Hispanic business leaders navigate growth, anxiety amid shifting policies

Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

Ellen Barkin’s former West Village townhouse with I.M. Pei addition hits the market

America’s Best Full-Size SUV Gets Even Better with a Fresh Face and Is the First with EREV Power

Anker’s awesome 10-in-1 power strip with USB ports is on sale for $20

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

2.Look: Firefighters help round up escaped bull named Carl in Massachusetts

3.David Rush breaks fist-bumping record on sidelines of '99 to Beat'

4.Watch: Cat stows away for 100 miles atop family's vehicle

5.Look: Marine rescuers save dolphin calf caught in fishing line

6.British farm boasts world's tallest donkey, another with longest ears

7.Watch: Struggling jaguar rescued from Brazilian river

8.Watch: Ohio police chase runaway inflatable pumpkin

9.Watch: Kentucky man's Halloween display aims for Guinness World Record

10.Watch: Mystery cow roped by cowboy on horseback on Pennsylvania highway