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The federal government will stop producing key economic data if government funding elapses Wednesday, depriving policymakers and investors of crucial information amid deep concerns about the job market. If President Trump and Democratic lawmakers fail to reach a funding deal before a Wednesday deadline, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will shutter until the shutdown…
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Less than a quarter of Palestinian and Israeli respondents believe lasting peace will be achieved in the region, according to a Gallup survey. The poll, conducted from June through August and released Monday, found that only 21 percent of Israeli adults said they believe peace with Palestine will be reached; 63 percent said it will…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Monday that Democrats won’t accept any Republican spending bill that makes life more expensive for working class people, pointing specifically to looming health care cuts as a “five-alarm fire” that must be addressed to win his party’s support for legislation preventing a shutdown. Just hours before he and…
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) over a statement praising New York City Mayor Eric Adams following Adams’s decision to end his reelection bid. “Are you kidding me? Eric Adams is corrupt and cut a corrupt deal with Trump to save himself,” Kinzinger said in a post…
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President Trump alluded Monday to assured conflict with Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani if the assemblyman is elected New York’s 111th mayor. “Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party,” Trump said on…
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he is putting Hungary’s national interests first in rejecting a call by President Trump for all NATO allies to halt the purchase of Russian fossil fuels.  Orbán, in remarks to state radio and reported by the Associated Press, said he told Trump that ending Russian oil imports…
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The “Wicked” star’s post may be popular with at least one side of the aisle anyway.

President Trump announced “substantial tariffs” on imported furniture Monday, without providing details, in an effort to promote North Carolina manufacturers. “In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned Monday that government layoffs are coming if Democrats don’t prevent a shutdown by Tuesday, days after President Trump’s budget office directed agencies to prepare for mass firings. “There will be if Democrats don’t keep the government open,” Leavitt said when asked if there will be layoffs as a…
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Related Video: James Comey NOT AFRAID Of Trump’s DOJ, Denies ALL CHARGES Against Him | TRENDING Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he has “no faith in Donald Trump’s judicial system.” During an interview with Schumer on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker noted former FBI Director James Comey’s recent indictment.…
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In 1796, an exhausted George Washington did a truly remarkable thing — he announced that he would not seek a third term as president, a term he could have easily won.   Washington enlisted Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to draft a farewell address which, among other things, focused on explaining to his countrymen the privileges…
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President Trump has high-stakes topics on his agenda Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, just ahead of top congressional Democrats. Trump and Netanyahu are expected to discuss a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Israeli leader said Sunday that details were still being worked out. Arab officials briefed…
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The suspect in the Sunday shooting at a Michigan church was a Marine who served in Iraq, according to military officials. Authorities identified the suspect as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, who died on the scene. The Marine Corps in a statement obtained by NewsNation said Sanford was a sergeant who served between 2004 and 2008…
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More than 30 years ago, the U.S. became the first industrialized country to ratify the world’s first climate treaty. Since then, Congress has done little to honor that commitment. Now, climate change is not just an environmental issue — it has become a quality-of-life issue affecting every American city and family. Climate impacts are most…
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Hundreds of Oregon National Guard troops have been called up following President Trump saying over the weekend that he was sending troops to Portland, the state’s attorney general said. In a post on the social platform X Sunday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) said that “the Secretary of Defense sent a memo to Governor…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon, a move strongly opposed by the governor that immediately prompted a lawsuit saying Trump overstepped his authority. The latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement and military presence in U.S.…
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The Boss had plenty to say about “dangerous times” at the New York Film Festival screening of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

Other critics slammed the post the president posted and then deleted as “particularly insane” and “bizarre.”

The “Last Week Tonight” host asked a blunt question of Israel’s prime minister.

Ty Cobb also revealed what “scares me the most” right now.

“MAGA’s ‘alpha’ routine is a giant tell,” said the former GOP lawmaker.

The golfers chanted at Trump as they beat Team USA to take home the trophy.

The Trump loyalist revived a salacious and discredited rumor about the president.

“This is for my people, my culture, and our history,” said the musician, who’ll headline the halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.