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Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement Wednesday in the courtyard at the Hotel Matignon in Paris after launching a series of talks with political parties' leaders.

In shock move, French president reappoints prime minister who quit Monday

By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to his post, despite accepting his resignation Monday following the collapse of his overnight government. “The president of the republic has named Mr Sébastien Lecornu prime minister and has charged him with forming a government,” the Élysée Palace

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Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought at the White House September 29.

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown

By Tami Luhby, Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Friday. The filing provides greater insight into an announcement from President Donald Trump’s budget chief

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Some people are dead and several people are unaccounted for after an explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems

18 people dead or missing after massive blast at Tennessee military explosive plant, officials say

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Jason Morris, Caroll Alvarado, Chris Youd, Ray Sanchez, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — Eighteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away. The early-morning explosion at

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First lady Melania Trump delivers remarks in the Grand Foyer at the White House on October 10.

Melania Trump says she has an ‘open channel’ to Putin on Ukrainian children, and some have been reunited with family

By Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump said Friday that Russia has allowed eight Ukrainian children to reunite with their parents, following months of private discussions between Russian officials and the first lady’s office centered on children separated from their families during the war. The first lady revealed that she

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado for keeping ‘the flame of democracy burning’

By Christian Edwards, Char Reck, CNN (CNN) — María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” Machado received the accolade for tirelessly promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and

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