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US to lose $15B in GDP each week of a shutdown, White House memo says

President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are warning that a prolonged shutdown could lead to serious economic consequences, according to a White House memo obtained by POLITICO.The U.S. could los...

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Shutdown politics ripple into bellwether governors races

With early voting already underway and a month to go before Election Day, the national brawl over government funding has the potential to shake up Virginia's otherwise sleepy race for governor."Tru...

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Senate Democrat: Trump 'doesn't actually understand how the military works'

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) slammed President Trump's suggestion Tuesday that the military use some of the country's "dangerous cities as training grounds." CNN anchor Boris Sanch...

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Trump signs order to protect Qatar after Israeli strike

President Trump signed an executive order bolstering U.S. protections for Qatar in the wake of an Israeli strike there that killed six people. The executive order states the United...

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Supreme Court will hear arguments over firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook — but allows her to stay on the job for now

The Supreme Court is allowing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook to remain on the job for now, but has agreed to hear arguments on an expedited basis on whether President Donald Trump can fire ...

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Let the government shutdown blame games begin

Democrats are entering the government shutdown blaming their rivals for rising health care costs. Republicans are countering by leaning into culture wars and attacking Democrats for pausing paychec...

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Trump to withhold billions of dollars from Gateway tunnel and Second Ave. subway projects

The Trump administration is planning to withhold billions of dollars from one of the nation’s largest public works projects in direct retaliation for the government shutdown, which Republicans are ...

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The blockchain network: Crypto begins to fret over Winklevoss brothers’ embrace of MAGA

A pair of the cryptocurrency industry’s best-known billionaires is going full MAGA. President Donald Trump is thrilled.The rest of the $4 trillion industry? Not so much.Over the past year, Tyler an...

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Trump's peace deal could end the war in Gaza or Netanyahu's career

A 20-point peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump this week could finally conclude the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip and see the return of the 46 hostages still held by Hamas. But it...

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Senators hunt for possible path out of shutdown

A bipartisan group of senators is already looking for a way out of the government shutdown.The talks, which played out on the Senate floor Wednesday as lawmakers again voted down dueling partisan f...

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Democratic leaders bash Trump and Hegseth over 'unhinged' speech to generals

House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals urging an end to “woke” policies at the Penta...

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Vance backs Hegseth's grooming rules but will keep his beard: 'I get to do what I want'

Vice President Vance said he can have a beard in his current role but that he was clean-shaven while in the military, defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for declaring soldiers have ...

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Sherrill says Hegseth 'escalating his war on women in the military'

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), a former Navy pilot running for New Jersey governor, on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of trying to force women out of the military after he ...

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How Democrats Backed Themselves Into a Shutdown

The government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. is the sixth such closure in the past three decades. It was easily the most foreseeable.That congressional Democrats would force this confrontation ...

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Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins kids’ online safety group

SACRAMENTO, California — Vivek Murthy, the former U.S. surgeon general under Joe Biden, has joined the San Francisco-based nonprofit Common Sense Media in a role that aims to vault him back into th...

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1 thing Republicans and Democrats can agree not to shut down: National parks

The government shutdown is forcing Republicans and Democrats alike to balance political point-scoring with keeping up appearances at the country’s iconic national parks.Before the National Park Ser...

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Charlie Kirk’s legacy is the beneficiary of empathy, but he couldn’t stand the term

The grief that attended American political activist Charlie Kirk’s murder was not solely poured out by the political right. Liberal commentators also participated; journalist Ezra Klein expressed g...

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‘High risk optimism’: LA starts convention center renovation with Olympics clock ticking

When Los Angeles officials break ground today on a controversial, $2.6 billion renovation of the city’s convention center, they’ll be putting a lot on the line for the 2028 Olympics.If the conventi...

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Vance says he’ll talk Obamacare premiums with Schumer — but only with government open

Vice President JD Vance has an offer for Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown, he told “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday. Join onto the Republicans’ continuing resolution, and he’ll head to...

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US reducing military mission in Iraq, citing success in fighting ISIS

The U.S. military has begun pulling its forces from Iraq following an agreement signed with the Iraqi government a year ago, officials have confirmed, citing successes in fighting the Isl...

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What Responsibility Does the US Have for the War in Gaza? 

To many Israelis, the war in Gaza is a just cause aimed at destroying a terrorist group and safeguarding their country’s existence. But to a growing number of scholars, analysts and activists, Isra...

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