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Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight — “This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill. — WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats …
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Dem Civil War Erupts With ‘Screaming’ and Primary Threats Behind Closed Doors — Democrats are finally fighting amid MAGA 2.0—but it is with each other. President Donald Trump picked a side in the party's burgeoning civil war Friday, praising his longtime foe, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer …
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Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown — Ten Senate Democrats joined with the Republican majority in voting to move forward with a stopgap spending bill Friday — clearing the path to avoid a government shutdown. — Why it matters: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes — Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments. — Senate leaders struck a deal on Friday to pave the way for passage of the House GOP's seven-month stopgap spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.
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Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat — Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision. But the backlash from his party was intense.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown — Where Things Stand — Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure.


‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer's handling of funding fight
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How senators voted on a bill to avert a government shutdown
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Democrats join with Republicans to advance House-passed government spending bill
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10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown

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Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown
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Senate Passes GOP Bill Averting Shutdown With Democratic Support
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Democrats should have shut it down — I've been working hard getting our NCAA Tournament forecasts ready for Selection Sunday.
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Shutdown averted after Schumer caves and backs Trump spending bill
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Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
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‘History will know that day because of what we did’: DOJ prosecutor who worked Jan. 6 cases resigns
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The head of Trump's antisemitism task force just re-posted two antisemitic X accounts — Leo Terrell, the Department of Justice lawyer who heads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, has made multiple appearances on the network and other conservative outlets to unapologetically press …
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Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University — The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …
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As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight
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Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department — For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence. — President Donald Trump on Friday walked into the Department of Justice …
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Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech — President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior.
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Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss — Experts have warned that the president's efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel. — President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm …
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Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg. — President Trump's administration …
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Rubio says South Africa's ambassador no longer welcome in US after criticizing Trump
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Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide — The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were. — Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …
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Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries — A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States. — The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens …
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She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation. … A Rhode Island doctor who traveled home to Lebanon to visit family was prevented by U.S. Customs officials from reentering the country on Thursday at Boston's Logan International Airport …


Boehler withdraws nomination as special presidential envoy for hostages affairs — Adam Boehler, who oversaw unprecedented direct negotiations with Hamas on behalf of President Trump, has withdrawn his nomination for the position of special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, according to two White House officials.
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Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister — Payment for first 16 aircraft already made — Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers …
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Crisis is the solution to the public attention problem — Liberals should not fear crisis in the Trump era. They should understand it is their only tool against him. — The main paradox of modern American politics is that people are more connected to political news and information than ever before …


I was fired by DOGE after I moved across the country for a job with the VA. I've been laid off before, and it was nothing like this. — Ben Gibson moved from Idaho to Washington, DC, to work with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. — In five months, DOGE terminated his job along …


US court allows Trump to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now — A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses …


Kevin Drum, Influential Early Political Blogger, Dies at 66 — Writing on his own and for Washington Monthly and Mother Jones, he earned a reputation as a serious policy thinker. He also invented Friday cat blogging. — Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online …
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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models — A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.” — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) …


Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone — Canadians and Republicans alike are confounded as President Donald Trump increasingly links a trade war to his push to annex America's northern neighbor. — Eight years ago, President Donald Trump spoke about the U.S.-Canada relationship in glowing terms.
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Can Trump Do Anything To Make Putin Accept A Cease-Fire In Ukraine? — While Ukraine has signed up to a US cease-fire plan, Russian President Vladimir Putin has equivocated — effectively saying “yes, but.” — Trump has said it would be “disappointing” if Putin doesn't sign up …


Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of abuse in floor speech — The legal action seeks to carve out an exception from the speech or debate clause of the Constitution. — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by one of the four men she has publicly accused …
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