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A decline in the U.S. labor force driven by immigration policies and demographic shifts is weakening economic growth, prompting calls for a new immigration strategy focused on meeting national labor demands.
The Hill
As Congress enters its August recess, lawmakers are racing to reconcile different continuing appropriations resolutions to prevent a government shutdown before the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline and subsequent midterm elections.
The Hill
Iran’s central bank chief said Thursday that the country is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank.
CNBC
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley denied Wednesday he dealt the progressive movement a setback by beating democratic socialist Francesca Hong in this week’s Democratic primary. When host Kaitlan Collins asked Crowley whether it was fair for The Wall Street Journal to characterize him as the “man who halted progressive momentum,” Crowley replied, “Absolutely not.”…
The Hill
Political personality Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday railed against left-wing Democrats amid their recent wins in primaries. “I mean, once you get into that zone, the regular folks, not the ideological zombies, OK, they’re not going to go for you. Doesn’t matter what party you’re in,” O’Reilly said, referencing comments from Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca…
The Hill
President Trump reupped his pressure on the Senate on Wednesday evening to pass a bill making daylight saving time permanent. In a Truth Social post nearly identical to one he shared earlier this month, the president urged Republicans in the upper chamber to pass the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025. This legislation, approved by the…
The Hill
The congresswoman’s decision is an assertion of women’s freedom and dignity at a time when our status is rapidly eroding “Don’t be weird about this,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive star and rumored 2028 presidential contender, said on her live video broadcast as she raised her shirt to angle the syringe into her abdomen. Then, with resignation, “even though I know all of you will be.” The New York Democrat is 36 years old, and this week she revealed that she is…
The Guardian
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent departed from the NATO summit in Turkey last month aboard the same plane President Trump had been secretly moved off of before takeoff, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Rubio was aware of the switch and the potential…
The Hill
The House and Senate should investigate this attempt to gut their signature patient protection law.
The Hill
Former Trump spokesperson Mike Dubke said Wednesday he is “very surprised” that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role without a replacement named.  “I’m very surprised by it, because generally, when you have a transition from one press secretary to the other, you’ve got a — we’ve got somebody waiting in the…
The Hill
How pre-election surveys failed to predict David Crowley’s upset in Wisconsin’s Democratic governor primary.
NBC News
Wineries in both Ontario and south of the border say they would welcome having American wines back on the shelves if it would help ease the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
Global News
Two Fort Hood soldiers were killed after an Army helicopter crashed Wednesday in Central Texas, local authorities and military officials said. The aircraft, an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, crashed in Salado, Texas, a village in Bell County, according to a press release. Officials from the Army base confirmed that two soldiers died but noted they…
The Hill
Correction: An earlier version of this file misstated Sen. Pete Ricketts’s (R-Neb.) lead over independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn in recent polling. Osborn led Ricketts in the poll. With 85 days left until the midterm elections, Democrats are increasingly eyeing the possibility of making significant gains in the Senate. While the Senate map still favors…
The Hill
The two candidates in the Texas Senate race are neck in neck less than three months out from the midterm election, according to a new poll released Thursday.  An Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey found Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) polling at 47 percent support and state Rep. James Talarico (D) polling at 46…
The Hill
Top storylines and coaches' analysis for the two championship matchups that headline UFC 330 in Philadelphia.
ESPN
In online focus groups, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters said they wouldn't automatically think negatively of a politician who identifies with socialism.
NPR
Move blocking funds through Medicaid and Chip to make it harder for vulnerable children to get healthcare, experts say The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday to end gender-affirming care through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chip), a move that will make it harder for vulnerable children to access healthcare and that eschews evidence to advance an anti-transgender ideology, opponents say. The rule is set to take effect on 13 October – but legal challenges…
The Guardian
Progressive and democratic socialist politicians are recanting pandemic-era statements on police and prison abolition The north may not remember, but 9 August this year marked the 12th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr in Ferguson, Missouri. That day, the US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reassured an ABC news anchor that she, like other progressive politicians and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates, had “moved away” from statements they made during…
The Guardian
Iran is the root cause of conflict throughout the Middle East. The White House needs to stop trying to negotiate with it.
The Hill
The Trump administration abruptly declined to renew a contract for a cybersecurity firm it hired to examine voting equipment in Puerto Rico after the company didn’t echo administration officials’ false claims of voter fraud, the firm’s executives said in their first extensive public remarks on the episode.
CNN
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June’s job numbers were revised downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. As if this weren’t bad enough, wage growth has also slowed. Average hourly earnings rose by just 0.1% from June.…
The Guardian
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was asked Sunday about some of the more inflammatory comments and positions from the left flank of the Democratic Party, the congresswoman quoted a New York City Council member to make her point.  “Woke 1 was crazy,” Ocasio-Cortez said, echoing what the council member, Chi Ossé, has said, before laughing along with…
The Hill
It's the second time in just over a week that polls and prediction markets' odds were off, following a miss in the Democratic U.S. senate primary in Michigan.
CNBC
Police in Tacoma, Washington, say they have rescued 60 cats and kittens from an abandoned sailboat that was found anchored off a city beach last week.
CBS News
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