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The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.

The employee, Dr. Jenna Norton, was a key organizer of “The Bethesda Declaration,” a scathing public letter issued in June to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director.

The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an …

Dana Williamson, a top Democratic consultant in California, was accused of conspiring to skim over $200,000 in campaign funds that belonged to a Biden administration official.

Thumbs-down emojis flowed onscreen as Washington-area employees learned they would have to show up five days a week. Their union called the move “callous.”

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The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.

The landscapes by the television host were sold as part of a campaign to help public television stations weather federal funding cuts.