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Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy

By KEVIN FREKING
Oct 18, 2025 7:20 pm - The federal government shutdown is quickly approaching the second longest on record with no end in sight. Some lawmakers are predicting it could become the longest, surpassing the 35 days from President Donald Trump's first term.The Trump administration is using the current shutdown to buttress priorities it favors while seeking to dismantle those it doesn't.
‘A little more motivated’: ‘No Kings’ part 2 draws huge crowds in the suburbs, city

By Mick Zawislak
Oct 18, 2025 6:47 pm - “No Kings” rallies across the suburbs Saturday attracted thousands of participants.
Plan to fire artillery over a California highway during JD Vance base visit irks governor

By SARAH RAZA
Oct 18, 2025 6:00 pm - A plan to fire live artillery shells over a major Southern California highway as part of a military showcase attended Saturday by Vice President JD Vance has drawn strong...
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe as GOP calls them ‘hate America’ rallies

By MIKE PESOLI and GARY FIELDS
Oct 18, 2025 2:50 pm - Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities big and small across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations that the president's Republican Party disparaged as “Hate America” rallies.
The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdown

By Peter Whoriskey
Oct 18, 2025 1:44 pm - They are restaurateurs and beauticians, landscapers and mediators, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers. And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
Trump refiles shorter NYT lawsuit judge blasted as too long

By Erik Larson
Oct 17, 2025 7:59 pm - President Donald Trump refiled a shorter version of his $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times after a judge tossed it out for violating court rules requiring “short, plain, direct” claims.
GOP tries to brand anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests as un-American

By Amy B Wang and Katie Tarrant
Oct 17, 2025 7:51 pm - Ahead of thousands of anti-authoritarian “No Kings” protests planned for Saturday across the United States, Republicans are trying to brand the demonstrations as “hate America” rallies, ramping up their rhetoric about the millions of people expected to peacefully protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies as they did in June.
US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

By SIBI ARASU and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Oct 17, 2025 7:43 pm - With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations.
GOP turns Schumer print quotes into AI-generated video of him saying shutdown good for Democrats

By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Oct 17, 2025 7:39 pm - Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown.
US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and LISA MASCARO
Oct 17, 2025 6:44 pm - The United States took survivors into custody after the military struck a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.

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