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Air traffic controllers warn of 'tipping point' as U.S. government shutdown drags on The government shutdown is taking a growing toll on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. Staffing shortages led to big delays over the weekend, raising concerns about travel chaos.

The government shutdown is taking a growing toll on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. Staffing shortages led to big delays over the weekend, raising concerns about travel chaos. n.pr/3JGPkWR

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

“I don’t care if it’s toenail cancer,” said Kirby Lewis, a veteran who was diagnosed with breast cancer a dozen years ago and is now Stage 4. “If exposure occurs, they should take care of those people.”

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.”

After Leslie Manookian and her allies helped pass the ban on vaccine mandates, they have a new goal in sight: making the legislation a nationwide standard.

Palantir Plummets 8% Despite Beating Earnings Expectations—As Markets Stumble One analyst suggested stocks may be suffering from “rally exhaustion.”

One analyst suggested stocks may be suffering from “rally exhaustion.”

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

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How Zohran Mamdani rose from Queens lawmaker to mayor of New York The former foreclosure prevention counselor and one-time rapper becomes the city's first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage -- not to mention its youngest mayor in more than a century.

Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage — not to mention its youngest mayor in more than a century. https://to.pbs.org/4hJnohz

Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people.

The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people. n.pr/43eNJ1j

Ano termina com espetáculo no céu: duas Nos dias 5 de novembro e 4 de dezembro o céu ficará mais iluminado que o normal com o fenômeno da

Nos dias 5 de novembro e 4 de dezembro, o céu ficará mais iluminado que o normal com o fenômeno da "superlua"

Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on whether to close agency Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.

BREAKING: Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek says he is consulting with the Justice Department about shutting down the agency.

Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”

10 years ago, when I introduced a bill to make public colleges & universities tuition free, it was called "radical." Not today. Over 100 colleges & universities now offer free tuition to working class students.

Now, we must expand that idea to all public colleges & universities.

THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.

When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich | Common Dreams "The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is not just an economic issue, it is literally a matter of life and death," said Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

A new report from @sanders.senate.gov finds that Americans in the top 1% of earners live seven years longer on average than Americans in the bottom 50%. 

Inequality is eating this country alive.

One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?

They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.

That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.

The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff

Please read and share.

Musk is attempting to blame Ukraine for the X cyberattack, but word has already spread that it was a false flag. What is a false flag? A false flag operation is an act committed to disguise the actual source of responsibility and shift blame onto another party.

A bright light in a dark moment: The price of the critical TB drug bedaquiline has now dropped to $90 per adult treatment course for TB, a 54% reduction since just 2023.

This is a huge win for @tbfighters.org and the TB activism community generally. www.stoptb.org/what-we-do/f... (1/2)...

Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide