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Trump's workforce purge batters DC's job market and leads to rise in homes for sale, report finds

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Sep 24, 2025 2:14 pm - The Department of Government Efficiency's remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress, according to a report released Wednesday.
Democratic congressional candidate mocked Charlie Kirk’s assassination

By Russell Lissau
Sep 24, 2025 1:06 pm - A Democratic congressional hopeful from Evanston mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk on social media hours after the right-wing activist’s death.
Ukraine’s president says the world is in ‘the most destructive arms race in history’

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Sep 24, 2025 11:11 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history” and called on the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe.
Oath Keepers founder, Jan. 6 planner speaks at Elgin church after 3 other venues cancel amid outcry

By Brenda Schory
Sep 24, 2025 10:16 am - A Geneva-based conservative group successfully scrambled Tuesday to find a venue to host Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer.
The economy was a strength for Trump in his first term. Not anymore, according to recent polling

By LINLEY SANDERS
Sep 24, 2025 9:53 am - President Donald Trump’s second-term strengths look different from his first, according to new polling.
Ukrainians cautious after Trump shifts his stance, saying they can win the war against Russia

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and ALEX BABENKO
Sep 24, 2025 8:04 am - Ukrainians were cautious Wednesday in their response to a surprise pivot in U.S. President Donald Trump’s views on their prospects for defeating Russia’s invasion, after he said they could win the three-year war and retake land captured by Moscow.
Jimmy Kimmel returns to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension

By DAVID BAUDER
Sep 23, 2025 8:58 pm - Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump's ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics.
Trump cancels meetings with Democrats, bringing shutdown closer

By Riley Beggin and Marianna Sotomayor
Sep 23, 2025 7:58 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders to avoid a shutdown over government funding, arguing it could not “possibly be ...
‘Are there sharks?’ Schakowsky aide tries to win votes in tropical ‘Survivor’ premiere

By Marni Pyke
Sep 23, 2025 7:44 pm - Among the 18 contestants competing for $1 million on the new season of “Survivor” is U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s communications director, Alex Moore. Set in Fiji, the reality show’s 49th season debuts Wednesday.
After cost-cutting blitz, Trump administration rehires hundreds of laid-off employees

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and RYAN J. FOLEY
Sep 23, 2025 7:27 pm - Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.

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