Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
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Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader tries to delegitimize judges, sideline autonomous government agencies and muzzle the media. President…

Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
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Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate on Friday cleared a critical hurdle to avert a government shutdown at midnight, after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and nine other members of his caucus joined Republicans in voting to advance a stopgap spending bill, effectively…

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Why Democrats Must Not Allow the Government to Shut Down
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Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Why Democrats Must Not Allow the Government to Shut Down

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over by a nihilist. President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon. Most Republicans in Congress, meanwhile,…

House Republicans Work to Hold Together in Vote on Spending Bill
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House Republicans Work to Hold Together in Vote on Spending Bill

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump were working on Tuesday to tamp down Republican defections ahead of a vote on a bill to fund the government through Sept. 30 and avert a shutdown at the end of the week. A vote was expected…

PCE Report Showed Inflation Eased Slightly in January
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PCE Report Showed Inflation Eased Slightly in January

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Getting inflation under control since the worst surge in decades has been a bumpy process in recent months. New data on Friday showed a little progress, but also an unexpected pullback in consumer spending, complicating the path forward for the Federal Reserve as…

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
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What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House passed a budget resolution Tuesday night after the speaker, Mike Johnson, persuaded several Republican lawmakers, including those who have expressed reservations about possible Medicaid cuts, to support the bill. In theory, the budget, which kicks off the process of passing an…

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
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House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing the way for major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda. The nearly party-line…

Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment
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Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Republican Party is all too often effective at campaigning and winning elections, but there’s another fact about it that a lot of Americans forget: The Republican Party flat out sucks at governing. Even Tucker Carlson agrees with this. For all the huffing…

Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats against allies and foes alike, and haggling over how to get a Republican budget through a narrowly divided Congress. Business leaders and corporate…

As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
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As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations. It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this…