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DHS shutdown: House GOP rejects Senate bill
- House Republicans passed an eight-week measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Friday night, rejecting a separate deal that the Republican-led Senate passed earlier in the day. The inter-chamber squabble is likely to lead to a continued stalemate over the department, which has gone unfunded since Feb. 14 - leading to long lines at some airports across the country - as Senate Democrats have already ...

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'No Kings' protests live updates: Springsteen performs at Minneapolis rally as millions take to the streets across the U.S.
- Live 'No Kings' protests live updates: Springsteen performs at Minneapolis rally as millions take to the streets across the U.S. Bruce Springsteen, Bernie Sanders and Jane Fonda are at the Minneapolis rally. Tens of thousands more marched through Times Square in NYC and past the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. , Reporter Updated Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruce Springsteen ...

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Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5 million to settle Epstein survivors suit
- Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation who allege the bank enabled and profited from his crimes. The lawsuit, filed last year, alleges that the nation's second-largest bank provided banking services to Epstein and his sex-trafficking operation, along with accounts used by victims and associates — among them Ghislaine Maxwell and Leon Black, ...

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JD Vance says he was 'obsessed' with UFOs, believes aliens are actually 'demons'
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! While discussing the mystery surrounding UFOs, Vice President JD Vance , who is Catholic, said he believes what people think of as aliens are actually "demons." While interviewing Vance, conservative commentator Benny Johnson asked the vice president, "You gonna release all the UFO files?" "Ah, we're workin' on it," Vance said.  He explained that when he took office he ...

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Florida Congresswoman Committed 25 Ethics Violations, House Panel Finds
- While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the ...

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Epstein Survivor Sues US, Google Over Release of Personal Data
- A woman who claims Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her filed a lawsuit claiming the US government and Alphabet Inc. 's Google failed to protect her identity and that of other victims amid the release of millions of pages of records about the disgraced financier. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, claims the Department of Justice violated US law requiring it to remove her personal identifying information ...

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Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airport
- A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in the area when the agent was injured during a "negligent discharge" of his firearm Friday morning, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told The Associated Press. According to initial reports, the agent was ...

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Hegseth removes two women and two Black men from military promotion list: report
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Defense secretary reportedly removed the names of officers himself before list of potential promotions went to the White House Removed from bookmarks is reportedly attempting to block four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a military promotion list to become one-star generals – ...

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Biden's Save student loan plan is officially dead. Here's what's next.
- The Trump administration is giving student loan borrowers enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan an ultimatum: switch to another federal plan or automatically be placed in the most expensive one. There are more than 7 million people in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan , commonly known as Save, which offers lower monthly payments and a faster path to loan forgiveness than other income-driven repayment plans. ...

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