Opinion | It’s Hard Not to Protest a Speech Like Trump’s Congress Speech
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Opinion | It’s Hard Not to Protest a Speech Like Trump’s Congress Speech

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It may not have been the best possible day for President Trump to declare to Congress that “America’s momentum is back.” Just before he spoke, the stock market fell almost into correction territory, the result of deep concerns about his bizarre decision to…

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

ByNews Polite

#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

ByNews Polite

#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…

Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
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Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top officials in the Trump administration and allies in Congress, eager to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, have accused the agency of misusing taxpayer funds. But many of their claims were misleading or lacked context. The agency, long a target for…

Trump Administration Escalates D.E.I. Crackdown in Latest Threat to Federal Workers
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Trump Administration Escalates D.E.I. Crackdown in Latest Threat to Federal Workers

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from their agencies. Tens of thousands of workers were put on notice that officials would…

Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer and Village Voice Critic, Dies at 85
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Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer and Village Voice Critic, Dies at 85

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Johnson, a composer and critic whose Village Voice columns documented the renaissance of avant-garde music in downtown New York during the 1970s, and whose own compositions embraced minimalism and mathematical clarity, died on Tuesday at his home in Paris. He was 85….

Johnson’s Reward as Speaker: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump
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Johnson’s Reward as Speaker: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just minutes after Speaker Mike Johnson could exhale, having put down a short-lived conservative revolt and won re-election to his post on Friday, hard-right lawmakers sent him a letter. It was not congratulatory. They had only voted for him, they wrote, “because of…