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Why benefit increases prompted by the Social Security Fairness Act may be difficult to implement
A new law will provide Social Security benefit increases for more than 3.2 million individuals. Yet it may take more than a ...
Powell says Trump’s comments won’t affect interest rate decisions by the Fed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest ...
Mace makes allegations of sexual abuse against multiple men from the House floor
As Rep. Nancy Mace prepared to speak, she took out a Bible and — as if she were in a courtroom, instead of on the House floor ...
Milwaukee Independent10d
A clear and present danger: How Elon Musk masterminded a coup to seize the U.S. government
Elon Musk is rapidly and illegally consolidating personal control over large swaths of the federal government with President ...
Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
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US tariffs on Canada, Mexico paused; China hits back with tariffs of its own | The Excerpt
As for the neighbors south of the border ... to roll back and to fold an agency that was created by Congress. Senator Chris ...
Why won’t Congress fulfill the vision of the Founders?
In his first week in office, President Trump displayed an unusually expansive vision of executive authority. He challenged ...
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Hamas hand over two Israeli hostages in southern Gaza
Hamas handed two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel. The militants released Yarden Bibas, 35, and French-Israeli Ofer ...
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US lawmakers raise concerns about Chinese national ballet performance in Washington
Two US lawmakers, including the chairman ... including in the National People’s Congress where members were “hand-picked” by the party.
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Lawmakers to elect heads of Brazil’s two houses of Congress
In addition to their president, the senators will choose two vice-presidents and eight ... In both houses of Congress, in order to be elected in the first round, candidates need to secure an ...
New Jersey Globe15d
Booker starts out 2026 cycle with $11.2 million on-hand
Over the course of the last two years – when most New Jerseyans were focused instead ... and starts out the 2026 cycle with $48,287 on-hand; it’s safe to expect that his fundraising will pick up ...