The overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Congress to investigate Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, accusing the central bank chief of lying to Congress. In a …
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Watch live: House takes up Senate version of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe House is set to take up the Senate-passed version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending and tax bill on Wednesday afternoon. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other House leaders …
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Almost 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia, who take 911 calls, collect trash, and perform other duties, went on strike on Tuesday after negotiations over a contract fell through. Blue-collar union, …
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Nate Silver: Mamdani could be vulnerable in general election ‘in theory’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPollster Nate Silver claimed that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani could be vulnerable in the general election “in theory.” “As a New Yorker, I’m not looking forward to …
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The Senate on Tuesday passed a 1,016-page measure that enacts major planks in President Trump’s second-term agenda, from tax cuts to Medicaid regulations, green energy limits to the debt limit. …
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Protecting workers from extreme heat is the only humane approach
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBehind every plant is someone like me, working long hours, often 12-hour shifts during peak season, outdoors or in humid greenhouses, with no ventilation.
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18 GOP senators vote to raise taxes on the rich to pay for rural hospital fund
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEighteen Republican senators, including former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted to advance an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on ultra wealthy income earners …
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Live updates: GOP stalls for time in vote-a-rama while awaiting key ruling on Trump megabill
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Senate is more than 10 hours into a vote-a-rama on the massive GOP policy legislation dubbed the “big, beautiful bill,” and Republicans are stalling for time awaiting a key …
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Arizona voters to decide on terror organization designation for cartels
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesArizona voters will decide next November whether to designate drug cartels operating across the southern border as terrorist organizations after the initiative cleared the state’s Senate Friday. An effort to …
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A lesson on nuclear weapons for Iran, from its neighbor, Pakistan
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHow did Pakistan, a nuclear weapons state, an opponent of Israel and a frenemy of the United States, succeed while Iran is in a fight for its life?