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Democrats wary support may be sliding among typically loyal voters in New Jersey governor’s race

With weeks to go in New Jersey's high-stakes governor's race, key members of Democrats' diverse coalition, including union and Black leaders, have been raising concerns - even when they're not supposed to.

Government set to shut down at midnight; political parties blame each other, seek public support

A government shutdown is here, and the partisan messaging wars over who is to blame are in full swing with no sign of compromise.

Feds to probe Des Moines schools on diversity hiring in wake of illegal immigrant schools chief

The Justice Department opened an investigation Tuesday in the diversity hiring practices of the public school system in Des Moines, Iowa, just days after its superintendent was arrested for being an illegal immigrant.

How the U.S. military went woke: DEI offices, women in combat and drag shows

Plug-in tanks, drag shows and physically unfit leaders promoted to boost diversity have shifted the U.S. military's focus "on the wrong things," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. The previously misdirected focus, critics say, accelerated under Presidents Obama and Biden when they prioritized ideological policies such as diversity, equity and inclusion over military readiness.

Trump administration to spend $50 million in AI research to fight childhood cancer

President Trump on Tuesday directed his administration to spend $50 million in artificial intelligence research to help fight childhood cancer.

Trump threatens ‘irreversible’ cuts to federal programs if government shuts down

President Trump threatened Tuesday to make "irreversible" cuts to federal programs if the government shuts down.

Shutdown hits D.C. tourist destinations, federal workers but essential services persist

Expect some of the best attractions the District has to offer to get shuttered in a government shutdown.

Ian Roberts’s time in Erie under scrutiny

ERIE, Pennsylvania — The Millcreek School District is not fielding any questions about the former school district superintendent, Ian Roberts, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents on Friday for allegedly living and working in the United States illegally. Reached for comment about the school district’s superintendent from July 2020 to 2023, officials […]

Three members of Democratic caucus buck Schumer on government funding vote

Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through Nov. 21, revealing divisions among Democrats about how aggressively to confront the Trump administration. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team,...

OMB issues shutdown order, citing Dems’ ‘insane policy demands’

Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo on Tuesday evening directing government agencies to begin executing their plans "for an orderly shutdown." Vought wrote to agency leaders with just hours to go until government funding lapses at midnight. The OMB director blamed the impending shutdown on "Democrats'...

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