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Even with DOGE cuts, the U.S. has spent $166 billion more than last yearMay 09, 2025 4:16 pm - Even as President Donald Trump and the efficiency-geared U.S. DOGE Service seek to cut programs and dramatically reduce the size of the government workforce, the federal deficit increased by $196 billion so far this fiscal year, as spending on social safety-net services and defense programs continue to climb.
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Gates accuses Musk of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ with DOGE cutsMay 09, 2025 4:15 pm - The feud between billionaires Bill Gates and Elon Musk ramped up this week, with Gates accusing Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through massive cuts to the...
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Trump claims prices are down. Here’s what the data actually shows.May 09, 2025 11:45 am - President Donald Trump has insisted that prices are falling, even as consumers continually express concern about the economy. The reality is complicated.
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Stow your tray tables and brace for comedy in ‘Fight or Flight’May 09, 2025 8:46 am - In the unrepentant B-movie with a Grade A concept “Fight or Flight,” Josh Hartnett plays a former Secret Service agent who has to find and arrest an unknown terrorist on a plane full of assassins. While it could have been grim, it’s often antic and hilarious instead.
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Carolyn Hax: Fiancé won’t discuss deviating from Mom’s holiday plansMay 09, 2025 6:00 am - Bride-to-be is concerned fiancé won't set holiday boundaries with his controlling mother. Carolyn Hax says she should be concerned, and now is the time to have the discussion.
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Try these simple tricks to improve dark circles and puffy eyesMay 09, 2025 3:34 am - Dark circles and puffy eye bags can be so unwelcome that treatments are popular, including expensive serums, cosmetics and procedures. But home remedies can also be effective.
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Justice Dept. investigating NY attorney general who has targeted TrumpMay 08, 2025 7:19 pm - NEW YORK — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into real estate transactions involving New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a pers...
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EU threatens tariffs on aircraft, car parts if US trade talks failMay 08, 2025 3:56 pm - BRUSSELS — The European Union threatened Thursday to impose tariffs on U.S. aircraft, car parts and other products if talks with Washington break down, as the bloc attemp...
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Shakespeare gets malled in ‘Juliet & Romeo’May 08, 2025 12:07 pm - Panning a movie like “Juliet & Romeo” is a little like kicking a puppy. This maladaption of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” only wants to please its target audience of early-middle-school girls by replacing iambic pentameter with lots and lots of pop songs. This isn’t a movie, it’s a prom theme.
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‘Words of War’ commemorates the courage of a Russian journalistMay 08, 2025 5:15 am - There’s no dazzling CGI in “Words of War.” There’s just one woman: Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who sought to uncover the truths of the Second Chechen War and paid the ultimate price for it.
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