‘This is their shutdown’: Democrats and Republicans blame each other as government closes down 01. October 2025 (17:45) Democrats say ‘Trump is the one doing it’ while Republicans claim it’s over giving healthcare to ‘illegal aliens’US government shutdown – live updatesNational Democratic leaders vowed on Wednesday to take their message to the American people that the blame for the shutdown crisis lies solely with Donald Trump and the Republicans and their attacks on healthcare provisions, as the US entered the first government shutdown in almost seven years. Republicans squarely blamed their political opponents.Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader in the US Senate, said that his party would fight on several fronts including “TV stations, social media, in picketing, in protesting, every way” to drive the party’s point home. In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe TV show on Wednesday, he said: “We’re going to say, ‘Go tell Trump he’s the one doing it.’ That’s our plan.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
General strike against 13-hour day brings Greece to a halt 01. October 2025 (17:43) Transport systems, hospitals and schools hit, as workers say laws kill hopes of work-life balanceA general strike has paralysed Greece as unions step up industrial action in protest about labour laws introducing a 13-hour work day in a country that already puts in some of the longest hours in Europe.The 24-hour strike brought mass disruption to services across the country on Wednesday as thousands of workers in the public and private sector stopped work and took to the streets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hunter S Thompson's death to be reviewed 20 years on 01. October 2025 (17:32) Investigators will look at the writer's 2005 death, which was ruled a suicide, at the family's request despite no new evidence of foul play.(BBC News)
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