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The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates again this week, but the government shutdown has halted or delayed key data about the economy — meaning the Fed is driving with a cracked windshield, economists say.
Inflation, politics and data blackout collide around Fed’s rate cut decision
A month-long shutdown has obscured policymakers’ vision of the economy, forcing them to rely on patchy data as Trump continues his attacks on the central bank.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates again this week, but the government shutdown has halted or delayed key data about the economy — meaning the Fed is driving with a cracked windshield, economists say.
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Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.
Venezuela declares Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister persona non grata
Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.
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The president had a MRI but won't say why.
He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.
He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.
He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.
How is any of this ok?
He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.
He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.
He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.
How is any of this ok?
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The president had a MRI but won't say why.
He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.
He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.
He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.
How is any of this ok?
He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.
He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.
He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.
How is any of this ok?
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A former adviser to President Biden told investigators he was set to receive a $4 million bonus if Biden had won reelection — a payment House Republicans say incentivized him to downplay what they described as the president’s declining mental fitness.
Biden adviser says he would have received $4 million bonus for 2024 win
Mike Donilon’s total potential pay package was unusually large and outsized compared to the salaries of senior campaign officials working for the president’s reelection.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A former adviser to President Biden told investigators he was set to receive a $4 million bonus if Biden had won reelection — a payment House Republicans say incentivized him to downplay what they described as the president’s declining mental fitness.