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New survey finds rising pessimism among U.S. Hispanics

As the first year of President Donald Trump's second term comes to a close, two new polls from the Pew Research Center find that Hispanic adults are increasingly unhappy with the way his administration is handling the economy and immigration, issues that were key for voters during last year's election.

Dan Driscoll’s profile grows as Trump administration’s ‘serious guy’

As part of a Trump diplomatic team that features heavyweights like Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, it's easy to overlook Dan Driscoll, who at 38 is the youngest secretary of the Army in the nation's history.

New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site

The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a "sacred" memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced.

Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says

The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges health care fix

The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.

The AWS outage exposed the cloud’s flaws: Here’s how to protect it

Monday's massive outage shows just how important it is that cloud companies act now to fix this critical infrastructure. 

Medicare agency recalling thousands of furloughed staffers for open enrollment

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is temporarily calling back all furloughed staff starting next week, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Open enrollment for traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans began Oct. 15, while the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace starts Nov. 1. According to the Department of Health and Human Services shutdown plan, 47 percent of CMS...

Who would be paid and when under Senate GOP shutdown pay bill

The Senate is voting Thursday on legislation sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would pay “excepted” employees, or federal workers who have to stay at work in spite of the funding lapse. The legislation is being considered as the government shutdown goes into its fourth week. Democrats on Wednesday blocked a House-passed bill to...

Fetterman: Harris ‘lost the plot’ when she called Trump a ‘fascist’

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D) says former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2024, “lost the plot” when she called President Trump a “fascist.” Fetterman made his comments during an interview with Fox News’s “Hannity”. Asked by the show’s host, Sean Hannity, why Democrats are comparing Trump to authoritarian leaders...

Live updates: Senate GOP puts Democrats on the spot with military pay bill as shutdown hits Day 23

The Senate on Thursday is scheduled to vote on whether to pay some federal employees, including service members, as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week.  The plight of military families has been central to the GOP’s shutdown strategy, and Republican leaders hope to put Democrats on the spot with the bill sponsored by...

Sanders: Platner probably ‘not the only American to have gone through a dark period’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner's controversial posts on Reddit and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi “totenkopf.” Sanders said there are “more important issues” than Graham’s decision to get a tattoo while serving in the Marines. “He went...

Why Ken Paxton is Democrats’ favorite Republican 

Ken Paxton’s baggage will drain the GOP war chest and cost the Senate majority in 2026.

Watch live: Senate to vote on pay for military, federal workers as shutdown persists

The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week. Democrats have also weighed their own version of a bill that would include...

The Supreme Court could force Congress’s hand on executive discretion

Limited government requires not only laws but also the ambition of the political branches to check each other.

Cornyn calls Hunt ‘fake MAGA’ in new ad

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) launched his first significant attack against his latest primary challenger Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) on Thursday, referring to his fellow Lone Star State lawmaker as “fake MAGA.”  The incumbent senator made the attacks in a new microsite and digital ad, backed by a five-figure investment. “Wesley Hunt says he’s MAGA but the...

Santos ‘looking into’ repaying fraud victims

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) committed to repaying his fraud victims on Wednesday, days after President Trump commuted his sentence and the former lawmaker walked free from prison. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” the New York Republican said his legal team is “looking into” ways to pay restitution, even though his clemency order frees...

From peace to power: How the Nobel Peace Prize turned political

The Oslo-based Nobel Peace Prize committee may have turned down President Trump’s latest bid for glory. Yet by honoring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — at a time when Trump is openly backing efforts to topple the government in Caracas — it has laid bare the extent to which the peace prize has become...

China’s robot revolution foreshadows its looming population collapse

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending demographic collapse. 

Egg recall expands over salmonella concerns

The recalled Black Sheep Egg Company products, labeled “Free Range Large Grade A Brown Eggs,” have “best by” dates between Aug. 22 and Oct. 31.

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