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A memo released this week reveals the Trump administration is considering denying retroactive pay for up to 750,000 federal workers furloughed as part of the federal shutdown. But it turns out this doesn't just violate federal law, it contradicts prior guidelines the Trump administration itself laid out in an earlier memo. 
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As the federal government shutdown rages on, Republicans in Congress have a new headache to worry about as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) clashes with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) about whether to convene to pass an emergency extension of pay for troops. The shutdown has no end in sight...
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A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers and denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to an Axios report published Tuesday.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to deny that President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, accepted $50,000 in cash during an FBI sting operation.
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Around 10,800 air traffic controllers nationwide are working with without pay amid a shutdown of the federal government, but officials said flying remains safe.
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Republicans are trying to pin the blame for the government shutdown while simultaneously cheering the temporary pause on its functions, a New York Times analyst warned Monday.
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5 eye-popping revelations in newly released filing of Smartmatic's case against Fox News - Raw Story
On Friday, a court ruled that Smartmatic could submit a filing with fewer redactions in the interest of public transparency. On Monday, the company did exactly that, revealing new details in a 469-page filing related to its lawsuit against Fox Corp.
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Chief Justice John Roberts' legacy is facing major questions as the U.S. Supreme Court returns from summer recess Monday amid mounting criticism that he's "emboldened Trump."
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The government shutdown, with Republicans controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, is poised to claim more victims — Social Security recipients who depend on their annual cost-of-living increases which allows them to keep pace with inflation.
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Donald Trump saw a legal loss on Saturday when a judge that the president himself appointed granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) ripped President Donald Trump's White House on Friday over his targeting of blue states.
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Now eight and one-half months into his second presidency, Donald Trump is being inundated with polls that show him with weak approval ratings — including 38 percent (Leger), 40 percent (YouGov and Pew Researcher Center) and 41 percent (Marist College).
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'Never seen him this scared': Trump's behavior analyzed amid turmoil and health concerns - Raw Story
A journalist who has closely covered President Donald Trump over the last decade says he's "never seen him this scared" before.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made Republicans' effort to silence Democrats' demands in the federal shutdown much more difficult, Aaron Blake wrote for CNN on Tuesday. On paper, it shouldn't be so.
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Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) shredded President Donald Trump's latest threat to government workers during an appearance on CNN on Tuesday.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took the surprising step of agreeing with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she blasted her own party for failing to deal with rising health care costs.
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Stephen Miller has received brutal assessments from his own family, with more posts surfacing this week from his 75-year-old uncle agreeing with a comment that Miller is a "depraved fiend."
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President Donald Trump claimed to be in "negotiations" with Democrats that he said could lead to "very good things" amid a government shutdown over health care subsidies.During an Oval Office event on Monday, Trump said that "the American people are unable to get good health care."
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'Knew it was coming': Wall Street Journal bashes Trump's 'self-destructive tariff folly' - Raw Story
President Donald Trump's attempts to renegotiate America's trade deals have become a "self-destructive tariff folly," according to the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board.
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, but former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele called him out for his "baloney" around the shutdown.
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On The New Republic podcast "The Daily Blast," Salon's Amanda Marcotte said Monday that President Donald Trump's base is starting to crack as "price of egg voters" who bought into his lies are realizing that they've been duped.
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Stephen Miller dumped by own family as humiliating public putdown resurfaces: 'I grieve' - Raw Story
Stephen Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, has publicly disowned him in a resurfaced emotional Facebook post in which she condemned his role as the architect of the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies.
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GOP strategist Scott Jennings was promptly shut down Saturday during an appearance on CNN after attempting to downplay the blowback from President Donald Trump’s trade policy and its impact on American farmers.
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'Anxiousness and frustration' hits red state as Trump serves 'bitter pill': rural leader - Raw Story
Iowa Soybean Association President Tom Adam urged the Trump administration, in a statement Thursday, to prioritize a trade deal with China and to support soybean farmers who are without their biggest market.
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'Who knew Ikea sofas were a national security threat?' WSJ reams Trump's new tariff plan - Raw Story
The conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board gave President Donald Trump the riot act on Friday over his new emergency tariffs targeting foreign furniture — opening with the withering question, "Who knew that Ikea sofas were a national security threat?"
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