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Government shutdown: House to vote on last-minute funding bill without debt limit hike
WASHINGTON — With just hours to go before the federal government begins shutting down for lack of funds, House Republicans…
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House GOP tees up vote on bill to avert government shutdown; Democrats’ opposition grows
WASHINGTON — House Republicans agreed Thursday to a short-term federal funding deal that if approved would avert a government shutdown…
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House Republicans race to find a Trump-backed path to avoid government shutdown
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listen during a Hanukkah…
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SEC charges Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump’s Commerce pick, with breaking securities laws
Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of BGC Partners Inc., speaks during the Piper Sandler Global Exchange and FinTech Conference in…
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Dem Washington pol, 30, sued for $750K pressured aide into relationship and forced him to run her errands – including painting house: lawsuit
A county commissioner in Olympia, Washington has been accused of sexually harassing an underling and pressuring him into dating her…
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Appeals court upholds law ordering China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face U.S. ban
A federal appeals court on Friday cited national security concerns as it upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell…
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Wealthy Americans are still ducking the IRS crackdown on non-filers
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of wealthy Americans are not complying with recently revamped Internal Revenue Service efforts to get…
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Secret Service agent opens fire near home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Washington
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act after visiting the site of a new paperless processing…
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Russia says Ukraine attacked it using U.S.-made missiles, signals it’s ready for nuclear response
Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was given permission to attack Russian…
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Bitfinex hacker sentenced to five years in prison for bitcoin money laundering scheme
Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. A man whose 2016 hack of the…
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