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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.
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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.
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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.”…
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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…
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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…
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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
The House and Senate should investigate this attempt to gut their signature patient protection law.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Top storylines and coaches' analysis for the two championship matchups that headline UFC 330 in Philadelphia.
ESPN
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
With the playoffs approaching, Boston and Philly are finishing strong in the East. Here's how all eight line up right now.
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