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Chavez-DeRemer security staffer placed on leave amid scandal investigation The Labor secretary has been accused of engaging in a romantic relationship with the security staffer, and her top aides have been sidelined.

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Trump’s Greenland Gambit Has Broken Brains Across Washington Whether it’s diplomats or professors, people following Trump’s global moves are starting to lose it.

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RFK Jr. wants states to ban junk food. No one knows what counts. Retailers are scrambling to find out what thousands of foods will no longer be eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program come January.

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Trump admin won't force new SNAP reapplication process Officials will rely on state standards that are already in place to ensure eligibility, despite USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ comments last week.

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25 states sue Trump admin over withholding food aid funding Nearly 42 million low-income Americans will lose their food aid benefits on Saturday barring any federal intervention or funding patch.

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At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November The pause in benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would begin in states from California to Arkansas just before the busy holiday season.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat | Greg Mott New from POLITICO….

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USDA rebuffs Democrats' request for shutdown briefing The Agriculture Department briefed Republicans Wednesday, but rejected Democrats' request.

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China weaponizes ag imports to target Trump and US farmers China’s freeze on U.S. soybean purchases hits a key GOP constituency in the run-up to 2026 midterm elections

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‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers They’re pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

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Farmers' loyalty to Trump is about to be tested The agriculture industry has stuck by the president even as his trade wars have hit their bottom lines. This fall harvest may see the limits of the their patience.

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RFK Jr.'s new MAHA roadmap is finally public The long-awaited document stops short of surprise regulations and leaves pesticides alone.

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Revised figures show US added 900,000 fewer jobs than previously estimated New numbers released by the Labor Department could boost Trump's argument for Federal Reserve rate cuts.

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After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources

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‘We’re the frontline of defense’: Food banks grapple with megabill’s impact Republicans are slashing more than $1 trillion from federal safety net programs, which leaves already struggling food banks to fill in the gap.

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Senate GOP’s plan to push food aid costs onto states axed from megabill The cost-share plan was a critical way for Republicans to trim spending to pay for their massive reconciliation package and farm bill programs.

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‘A Total Sham’: Michelle Obama’s Nutrition Adviser Lets Loose on MAHA Sam Kass on the politics of food, the dangers of MAHA and what Democrats are missing.

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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly China juices trade war with nontariff barriers targeting MAGA-friendly U.S. export sectors.

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Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.

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Kennedy gives food company CEOs an ultimatum on artificial dyes The HHS secretary pressed for commitments to reduce food additives in a closed-door meeting Monday.

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USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.

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Gavin Newsom Jump-Started a Conversation Democrats Need to Have Since losing in November, the party has sidestepped a reckoning on transgender rights.

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To be fair, and I know that social media isn’t a place where people feel obliged to be fair, the writer was saying he was unaware of FDR’s initial impact, not that he didn’t know who he was.

Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong. Here’s why unemployment is higher, wages are lower and growth less robust than government statistics suggest.

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Forest Service plans to lay off 3,400 people as the Trump administration orders mass layoffs of federal workers still within their probationary periods across federal agencies.

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How Democrats lost the DEI war Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter protests.

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Wall Street's messy climate journey

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Lotta passion in that headline!

Happy New Year, everyone. Looking back at 2024, one highlight for me was receiving the Charging Buffalo Award at #BuffaloNite. Singing “New York New York” with Sen. Schumer was never on my bingo card, but it happened.