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September Jobs Report: Hiring Increased in September, but So Did the Unemployment Rate - The New York Times
Employers added 119,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 percent, a sign of weakness that could prompt the Federal Reserve to cut rates in December.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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'Punishable by death': Trump decries Dems as seditionists. What does he mean?

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'Punishable by death': Trump decries Dems as seditionists. What does he mean?
The president accused a group of Democrats of "seditious behavior, punishable by death."
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November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Dick Cheney’s Long, Strange Goodbye | The New Yorker
On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President’s funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Trump plan for Ukraine war would cede territory to Russia | AP News
President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Behind Trump defense of Saudi crown prince, a deeper US shift on human rights - www.reuters.com/world/us/beh...
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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DOJ, FBI probing top Trump administration officials over investigations of president's adversaries: Sources - ABC News
The DOJ is probing the conduct of at least two top administration officials for possibly jeopardizing the criminal investigations of Trump's political foes, sources say.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Inside the lab where scientists are inventing food dyes of the future - The Washington Post
Inside the lab where scientists are inventing food dyes of the future
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November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Democrats’ Video to Military ‘Punishable by Death’
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Mike Johnson defends Trump's 'sedition' attacks on Democrats - Live Updates - POLITICO
Johnson said it was the Democrats who were acting “wildly inappropriate” by suggesting military members should disobey unlawful orders.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols - The Washington Post
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files—and Immediately Freaks Out | The New Republic
Donald Trump is not happy about the impending release of the Epstein files.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Trump says Democrats' video speaking to military is punishable by death | AP News
President Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
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November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Big swings keep rocking Wall Street as US stocks drop sharply after erasing a morning surge | AP News
Big swings keep rocking Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% Thursday after erasing an early surge that initially had it on track for its best day since May.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link in stunning shift under RFK Jr. - The Washington Post
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who voted to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he pledged not to remove language stating vaccines do not cause autism from the CDC website, condemned the change.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
US judge halts Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling - The New York Times
The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Justice Department probing handling of Adam Schiff investigation: reports
The allegations against Schiff followed a pattern of mortgage fraud accusations.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Welcome to Anything Goes America
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from The Economist
Welcome to Anything Goes America
Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
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November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Feds move to drop charges against a Chicago woman who was shot 7 times by a Border Patrol agent | AP News
Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss charges they brought against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent last month amid a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama - The New York Times
The country’s anti-graft agencies have taken a cinematic approach to revealing a scandal that has touched President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Early Signs Point to a Harsh Flu Season in the U.S. - The New York Times
The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Appeals Court Blocks Limits on Federal Agents’ Use of Force in Chicago Area
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The jobs report is here, with data that’s two months late - The Washington Post
September employment data — delayed seven weeks because of the shutdown — is expected to show another month of tepid jobs growth.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM