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Firings and resignations roil US attorney’s office prosecuting ComeyOct 02, 2025 7:23 pm - Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting former FBI director James B. Comey are unnerved by what they see as an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump to inject politics into their staffing and charging decisions, according to three people familiar with the matter, a strategy they say could jeopardize national security investigations.
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‘The Smashing Machine’ shows a different facet (and face) of the RockOct 02, 2025 9:46 am - “The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring Dwayne Johnson, no less, and brought to us by writer-director Benny Safdie, the film shows a different facet of the Rock.
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Health care is key for Democrats in shutdown fight. Here’s what to know.Oct 01, 2025 7:23 pm - The federal government shut down early Wednesday following an acrimonious deadlock in Congress over spending in which Democrats have sought to put a spotlight on health care subsidies and who is eligible to receive coverage.Senate Democrats rejected a Republican-led proposal that would have extended funding at current levels until Nov. 21, voting nearly along party lines. The shutdown is the first since January 2019, when President Donald Trump was previously in office.
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Shutdown fight halts $18B for New York’s largest subway, rail projectsOct 01, 2025 7:07 pm - The Trump administration announced it would pause roughly $18 billion in federal funds for two major New York transportation projects — a move that appeared aimed at punishing Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for their refusal to back a Republican plan that would have averted a government shutdown.
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White House fires much of the National Council on the HumanitiesOct 01, 2025 7:02 pm - The White House on Wednesday abruptly fired a large share of the council members advising the National Endowment for the Humanities, retaining only four appointees of President Donald Trump, according to terminated members reached by The Washington Post and an updated list on the agency’s website.
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Vance downplays Trump post of Jeffries in sombrero: ‘I think it’s funny’Oct 01, 2025 6:57 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday downplayed criticism over a fake video of Democratic lawmakers that the president posted online, saying the depiction of one party leader in a sombrero and another seeming to deliver a profanity-laced tirade was “funny.”
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Why is the Ivy League’s best player taking a year off from playing basketball?Oct 01, 2025 4:42 pm - Why is Glenbard West graduate Caden Pierce -- the best basketball player in the Ivy League -- taking a year off from playing basketball at Princeton?
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Mormons raise nearly $200,000 for family of gunman who attacked their churchOct 01, 2025 3:51 pm - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were in deep grief after a gunman ambushed a worship service in Michigan on Sunday, killing four people and wounding eight others.They started fundraisers for the victims. Then they did something remarkable: They began donating money to the wife and son of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man who police say carried out the attack.
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Instant ramen is a pantry superhero that can turbocharge your cookingOct 01, 2025 5:50 am - This upgrade to instant ramen is inspired by Mexican stewed beans and requires only a handful of ingredients. It’s “an excellent canvas for a wide range of garnishes, allowing you to take it in numerous directions based on whatever you have on hand,” writes Peter J. Kim in his “Instant Ramen Kitchen” cookbook.
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Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog groupSep 30, 2025 7:28 pm - The Trump administration plans to end funding starting Wednesday for an oversight group that helps inspectors general root out waste, fraud and abuse, marking the latest example of President Donald Trump’s drive to limit federal watchdog activities.