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Updated Oct 7, 2025 - Economy

Federal workers erupt over latest White House threat to withhold their pay

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Senate GOP beats Biden's confirmation numbers

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (C) speak alongside Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) outside of the West Wing of the White House

Scoop: Jay Jones cancels Virginia fundraiser amid "two bullets" backlash

Jay Jones at a campaign rally

FBI shuts down corruption group, fires agents after they monitored GOP lawmakers

Kash Patel fixes his tie before the House Judiciary Committee.

Congress erupts over Trump's shutdown back-pay threat

President Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit and sitting in a white and gold chair in front of a white wall and a black bust.
Updated Oct 7, 2025 - Economy

Trump administration cuts federal support for disabled Americans facing homelessness

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"Insurrectionists": Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.
Updated Oct 7, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Bondi dodges senators' questions on Comey, Epstein probes

Pam Bondi seated during testimony
Oct 7, 2025 - Health

Justices appear skeptical of conversion therapy ban

Rainbow umbrella is held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building, which is covered in scaffolding.

"Unprecedented threat": Six former surgeons general sound alarm on RFK Jr.

RFK Jr. looks on in the Oval Office while wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt.
Oct 7, 2025 - Technology

AI video apps are a scammer's goldmine

Illustration of phone with siren emoji.

How Trump could use the Insurrection Act to send troops to American cities

Four National Guard members in their uniforms walk along the National Mall in D.C. toward the Washington Monument.

The San Francisco Fed president's case for more rate cuts

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, during the Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in San Francisco, California
Oct 7, 2025 - World

Scoop: Trump huddles with Kushner and Witkoff ahead of crucial Gaza talks

Men chatting on tarmac
Oct 7, 2025 - Technology

Foreign adversaries are using multiple AI tools to power hacks: OpenAI

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Oct 7, 2025 - The Axios Show

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Conversion therapy case lands at Supreme Court

Jay Jones scandal throws Virginia Democrats into crisis

Jay Jones speaking at a rally

Young adult suicide rates are rising almost nationwide

Oct 7, 2025 - World

How two years of war in Gaza have changed the Middle East forever

Photo illustration of a collage featuring Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump forming a column separating scenes of pro-Palestinian protest in New York, and destruction in Gaza City.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay

Animated illustration of backward running clock hands with a circular arrow around it rotating counter-clockwise, over a background of hundred dollar bills.

Staffing issues see U.S. flights delayed as shutdown persists

A dark, graying haired Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, wearing a black suit and white, open-collar shirt, stands at a podium in front of a US flag and DOT flag, at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, near the baggage carousel.

Scoop: Collier says "lack of accountability" led her to cancel on WNBA chief

Two women are seated on white armchairs on a stage during "a day of unreasonable conversation" event; one woman wears a black outfit with a leg brace, the other in a dark suit, both holding microphones.
Updated Oct 6, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Trump announces U.S. stake in Trilogy Metals, Alaska mining road permits

President Trump, wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin and a gold flag pin on his left lapel, white shirt and red tie, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House.

Trump floats Insurrection Act use amid National Guard standoff with states

Several members of the National Guard stand in front of the U.S. Capitol in uniform.

No more "owning the libs": Ramaswamy pushes sharp break for GOP

This is Vivek Ramaswamy

Mike Johnson faces bipartisan heat over delayed vote on Epstein files

Speaker Johnson speaks at a press conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune behind him
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