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The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 5, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face The Nation. Senator Chuck Schumer is the top Democrat on the other side of the Capitol and he joins us now from New York City. Good morning to you, leader. I want to pick up on something the Speaker of the House was pointing to. He wants this fight to be about illegals, as he said. And I want to be specific here, because we know from our research that…

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[SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Sep 26 to Oct 2, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks with net institutional inflow of S$275 million, partially reversing the S$592 million net institutional outflow for the preceding week.The stocks that saw the highest net institutional inflow included DBS , CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust , OCBC , Keppel , Hongkong Land , SIA Engineering , ST Engineering , Singapore Exchange , Seatrium and City Developments Limited .Meanwhile, Singtel , Singapore Airlines , ComfortDelGro , Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings , Frasers Centrepoint Trust , Suntec Reit , CapitaLand Investment , Sembcorp Industries ,…

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President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities.But the same day, a similar mobilization of 200 National Guard troops in Oregon was temporarily blocked after a federal judge found President Donald Trump was likely overstepping his legal authority in responding to relatively small protests near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.Trump voiced his frustration on Sunday morning about the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who he appointed during…

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the release of hostages from Gaza is the “most emergent and immediate phase” of the peace plan that President Trump outlined last week, which negotiators are set to discuss this week in Cairo.”Let’s discuss through the mediators the logistics and the mechanics behind how that happens, and that has to happen very quickly. That cannot drag on,” Rubio said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”On Friday, Hamas agreed to parts of the peace deal, including the release of all the Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

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You’ve planned out your finances for the next 25 years, lost weekend after weekend to viewings and finally found your dream home.And then, on your first night after getting the keys, you hear it: the muffled boom of drum and bass through paper-thin walls. At 11.23pm. On a Tuesday. Turns out, you’ve spent an obscene amount of money buying a house next to a public nuisance.It’s probably little comfort, but you’re not alone. In a survey of 1,000 homeowners by Good Move, 64% said they’d had “problems” with neighbours and one in 10 said it had got so bad they’d…

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White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett talks to reporters on the West Wing driveway at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 27, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersWhite House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that layoffs for federal employees will begin if President Donald Trump decides that congressional negotiations to end the government shutdown “are absolutely going nowhere.””I think that everybody’s still hopeful that when we get a fresh start at the beginning of the week, that we can get the Democrats to see that it’s just common sense to avoid layoffs like that,” Hassett said on CNN’s “State…

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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations talking place to end what has so far been a five-day shutdown.Leaders in both parties are betting that public sentiment has swung their way, putting pressure on the other side to cave. Democrats are insisting on renewing subsidies to cover health insurance costs for millions of households, while President Donald Trump wants to preserve existing spending levels and threatening to permanently fire federal workers if the government remains closed.The squabble comes at a moment of…

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She has said that the government will take the lead in setting fiscal and monetary policy – and that her priority would be to reflate demand and the broader economy[TOKYO] With Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan’s prime minister, advancing expansionist economic policies, chances have risen that the central bank will avoid raising interest rates this month, though the pause may not last if it batters the yen.Takaichi, likely to become Japan’s first female leader next week after winning the presidency of the ruling party on Saturday, stood out in the race as the only proponent of big spending and…

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This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discusses the federal government’s deployment to U.S. cities, while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker discusses the administration’s plans for Chicago. Plus, World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain discusses the situation in Gaza.

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