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‘Really Hurting’: U.S. Job Cuts Surge to Decades-Level High Amid Trump Recession Fears

Employers have cut over one million jobs so far this year, with announced layoffs surging in October to levels not seen in decades. Some experts have been warning about a possible recession. “U.S.
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Democratic Rep. Interrupts Speaker Johnson — Accuses Him of ‘Lies’

A Democratic member of Congress interrupted Speaker Mike Johnson during his outdoor press conference on Wednesday, denouncing his “lies” and demanding that he bring House and Senate leaders together ...
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‘Pass Every Policy We Have Dreamt of’: Trump Again Urges GOP to Kill the Filibuster

As voters head to the polls in Tuesday’s off-year election, President Donald Trump appears to have his eyes on next year’s midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Democrats are widely expected to ...
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‘Date’s Lost’: Thune Undermines Johnson’s Strategy in Quest for Longer Funding Deal

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune may have just changed the calculus that has allowed House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep Republicans in their home districts since mid-September: he no ...
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‘Disturbing’: Johnson Scorched for Saying He’s Starving SNAP to ‘Pressure’ Democrats

As Republican leaders appear to grow increasingly frustrated with the shutdown of the federal government, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson admitted on Thursday that he is refusing to allow ...
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‘We Can Do as We Want’: Trump Boasts He Can Deploy Troops Into U.S. Cities However He Likes

Speaking to troops aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in Japan, President Donald Trump boasted that he can send any branch of America’s armed forces into U.S. cities as part of his anti-crime ...
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GOP Leader Erupts Over Democrat’s Effort to Fund SNAP — Then Blocks Bill

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune launched into a diatribe attacking Democrats when one — Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico — asked unanimous consent to pass legislation to pay the 42 ...
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‘Unequivocally False’: USDA Slammed for Claim It Can’t Fund SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says contingency funds cannot be used to pay SNAP benefits to about 42 million people, despite its own prior guidance that points to “Congressional intent.” The USDA ...
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‘How Authoritarians Rule’: National Security Experts Blast Trump’s New Nuclear ‘Fear Show’

A wide array of national security and intelligence community experts is strongly criticizing President Donald Trump’s new nuclear policy, announced on his social media website, which effectively ...
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Public Turns on GOP as Shutdown Fallout Deepens: Report

Most Americans know the federal government is shut down — and they’re not shrugging it off. Most expect it to hurt them personally, fear it will damage the country even more, and increasingly blame ...
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Trump Suggests He Could Invoke the Insurrection Act — and ‘Courts Wouldn’t Get Involved’

President Donald Trump, who has recently and repeatedly floated invoking the Insurrection Act, implied that the courts would be powerless to prevent it. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as ...