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Tim Homan
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What happens when the government shuts down?
Most federal departments and agencies have put out guidance on which programs will stay open, and which ones won't, if Congress does not pass a funding bill by the end of Tuesday.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says
The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee, sources say
The defense secretary has talked privately about running a campaign in Tennessee, sources told NBC News. The Pentagon said Hegseth’s “focus remains solely on serving under” Trump.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... by @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social & @raquelco15.bsky.social
Public broadcasters say GOP funding cuts could be 'devastating' to local media and make Americans less safe
Media advocates say the cuts could have an especially harmful impact on rural Americans.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Conservatives in Congress break with Trump on his handling of the Epstein files

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Conservatives in Congress break with Trump on his handling of the Epstein files
Some of of Trump's allies on Capitol Hill have pushed the administration to release more information about the case as the president has downplayed it.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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'Working family tax cuts': Republicans look for new ways to sell the 'big, beautiful bill'
Democrats are poised to contest the Republican talking points at every turn, emphasizing the cuts to Medicaid, as the two parties ready for next year's midterm elections.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... by @ryanobles.bsky.social & @mzannonaa.bsky.social
Lead investigator into Biden's use of an autopen signed letters with a digital signature
House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., used a digital signature to send out letters and subpoena notices related to the Biden autopen investigation.
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July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... by @raquelco15.bsky.social
Republican-led states advance Trump's agenda with new laws taking effect Tuesday
From bans on DEI programs to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, conservative states are officially implementing some of Trump’s policies.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... by @frankthorp.bsky.social & @sahilkapur.bsky.social
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Sorry, Cubs fans: Pope Leo roots for the White Sox, his brother says
Before he became pope, Chicago-born Robert Prevost was raised in a household of Cubs and Cardinals fans. Yet his allegiances were to the Sox.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus... by @yamiche.bsky.social & @ryanjreilly.com
Trump weighs naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor
The president announced earlier Thursday that he would be replacing Ed Martin, a "stop the steal" organizer closely aligned with Jan. 6 defendants, as his nominee for the post.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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NEW: Women's sports bars expected to quadruple across the U.S. in 2025

The boom coincides with the soaring viewership and popularity of professional and college women’s sports.

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Women's sports bars expected to quadruple across the U.S. in 2025
The boom coincides with the soaring viewership and popularity of professional and college women’s sports.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Canadians drop their politeness in the wake of Trump's tariffs
The new tariffs have sown anger and confusion among America’s neighbors to the north who say they feel betrayed by a longtime friend.
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March 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech
Hayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... by @janetimm.bsky.social
Big swings, big misses: DOGE struggles to back up its outsized claims
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump continue to tout their cost-cutting and fraud-finding efforts, but high-profile claims aren't holding up to scrutiny.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."

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CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Everything we know about DOGE
The Department of Government Efficiency has played a key role in some of the major actions of Donald Trump's second administration.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Trump's sweeping agenda is hitting legal roadblocks
Federal judges have temporarily barred several of Trump's directives from taking effect.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Inside the most bizarre Congress in recent memory
The 118th Congress saw three men hold the speaker’s gavel and a president pressured to drop his re-election bid. Those power struggles will reverberate into the new Congress that begins Jan. 3.
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December 31, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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New laws for 2025: AI safeguards, legacy admissions and transgender health care
The coming year’s laws also include measures to enhance data privacy and consumer protections, as well as regulate IDs nationwide.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Leaders in 'uncommitted' and 'abandon Harris' movements reflect on Trump's victory and early moves
A combination of worry and cautious optimism about Trump — and deep anger at the Democratic Party — pervade the groups.
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December 26, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Bill Clinton is hospitalized for observation and testing after developing a fever
A source close to the 42nd president told NBC News that the situation is "not urgent" and that Clinton is "awake and alert."
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December 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Here's what happens if the government shuts down right before the holidays
The government is set to shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Congress currently has no plan to avoid it.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:05 AM