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A federal judge weighing whether to block DOGE access to the US Labor DepartmentFeb 07, 2025 6:23 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge heard arguments Friday over whether to block Trump adviser Elon Musk's team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investi...
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Judge says he will temporarily block Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on paid leaveFeb 07, 2025 6:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Int...
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Book Review: Chris Hayes’ ‘Sirens’ Call’ is a thorough look at the fight for attention in modern ageFeb 07, 2025 5:23 pm - With “The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource,” MSNBC host Chris Hayes is exploring how we got to this point, and the result is a fascinating history of what he calls the attention age.
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Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with JapanFeb 07, 2025 4:28 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White Hou...
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Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stallsFeb 07, 2025 4:06 pm - WASHINGTON — As House Republicans missed another deadline Friday to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending, Senate Republicans jumped ahead, un...
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Recent aviation disasters cause fears about the safety of flyingFeb 07, 2025 2:16 pm - The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying.
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Vance says the DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings should be brought backFeb 07, 2025 2:09 pm - Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency should rehire a staff member who resigned after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism, with President Donald Trump later endorsing his vice president's view.
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Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreakFeb 07, 2025 1:49 pm - All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.
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Ian McEwan’s next novel, ‘What We Can Know,’ is science fiction ‘without the science’Feb 07, 2025 8:20 am - The next novel by Ian McEwan will be a post-apocalyptic story, set in part in the 22nd century and centered on a scholar’s immersion into a poem written during happier times.
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Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with US, upending push to negotiationFeb 07, 2025 7:38 am - Iran's supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran.