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Today — 28 October 2025Main stream
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The government shutdown staring contest will finally get real this week: Who blinks first?

27 October 2025 at 20:34

Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown’s effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.

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Trump live: President threatens to send National Guard into more cities – ‘We can do as we want’

President Trump met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative nationalist, in Tokyo and inked a deal to strengthen US access to rare earth minerals

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Trump’s latest Time Magazine cover is a chilling homage to a portrait of a war criminal, report says

25 October 2025 at 02:01

The image shows the president with hands clasped leaning over the Resolute Desk in a pose some have suggested is reminiscent of a famous portrait of a notorious war criminal – something Time has denied

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Why Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries finally broke down and endorsed Zohran Mamdani

25 October 2025 at 00:48

The House minority leader’s endorsement of the socialist upstart says as much about Jeffries’ stewardship of Democrats in Washington as it does New York, Eric Garcia writes

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