Federal workers fret over their finances as government shutdown drags on. "No pay has me anxious."

Federal workers fret over their finances as government shutdown drags on. “No pay has me anxious.”

Federal workers who are either furloughed or required to keep working without pay during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown express concern about the impact on their finances, their colleagues and the American public. Roughly 750,000 of the more than 2 million federal workers are furloughed during the government closure, which began on Oct. 1, when Congress failed to…

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Anxiety grows in Portland, Oregon, amid Trump's effort to send in National Guard

Anxiety grows in Portland, Oregon, amid Trump’s effort to send in National Guard

Portland, Oregon — Ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city. On one particular October day, Mother’s Bistro and Bar…

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‘Trump 2028’ Is No Joke

‘Trump 2028’ Is No Joke

From the earliest days of his rule, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a regular practice of purging senior members of his country’s military hierarchy. He has invoked corruption in opaque legal proceedings and presided over their public disgrace, banishment from the Chinese Communist Party, and imprisonment. In almost every instance, Xi and the propaganda…

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Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown after being shown migrants' letters

Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump’s immigration crackdown after being shown migrants’ letters

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV, bringing him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration’s tactics grow increasingly combative. El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz…

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