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DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials

By Marianne LeVine and Gerrit De Vynck
Oct 18, 2025 8:04 pm - The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi L. Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department amid shutdown

By Laura Meckler and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Oct 18, 2025 7:58 pm - The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressi...
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.

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