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News Articles: Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters on Tuesday that he expects Republicans will pass a partisan spending bill on Tuesday, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration before the Friday shutdown deadline.

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  • Politics

With deadline looming Speaker predicts GOP can pass spending bill without Democrats

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La, told reporters on Tuesday that he believes Republicans will be able to pass a partisan spending bill without the help of Democrats.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Claudia Grisales
Queen Olori Atuwatse III of Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, is pictured during her visit to the Capitol with House Speaker Jon Burns on March 10, 2025. The queen consort visited to promote her "Elevate Africa" cause. Credit: Georgia House of Representatives

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  • Politics

'Lawmakers' Day 29: Senate focuses on banking; House honors Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

The Senate took on a bill to clean up language in banking and financial laws; House members commemorated the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
President Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, including one to lift 25% tariffs for all goods compliant under USMCA trade agreement.

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  • Economy

As Trump downplays economic fears, this data shows people feel differently

Economists look for signs that a recession may be approaching by monitoring consumer confidence and business sentiment — two indicators of uncertainty.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
My best friend told me if I ever had kids, it would be the end of our friendship.

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  • Arts & Life

Dear Life Kit: My best friend said he'd unfriend me if I ever had kids

A reader is taken aback by her best friend's reaction to the possibility that she might want kids. He says that if she had kids, it would change everything between them. Friendship experts weigh in.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Andee Tagle and
  • Beck Harlan
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on March 10, 2025.

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  • News

Stock markets fall over tariff concerns. And, fentanyl deaths drop in every state

The stock market fell yesterday as investors worry that Trump's tariffs will slow the economy and possibly lead the U.S. into a recession. And, fatal fentanyl overdoses are down in every U.S. state.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Recent moves to disband advisory committees that suggested ways to improve economic data — as well as comments from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — have raised concerns about the reliability of government data.

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  • Economy

How reliable is the government's economic data? Under Trump, there are real concerns

The disbanding of committees that consulted on government data — and comments from a senior official about changing how GDP is calculated — are raising alarm about the reliability of government data.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Keith Thomas, who lives with paralysis, poses with the research team at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research that worked with him for months to restore lasting movement and feeling in his arm and hand. The 'double neural bypass' system uses brain implants and artificial intelligence to allow signals to and from Thomas' brain to bypass the site of his injury.

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  • Science

Scientists are engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed

A man living with paralysis felt his index finger for the first time in three years, thanks to technology that reconnected his brain and body.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Veterans and volunteers with Force Blue use an assembly line to transport stones to build a rubble wall in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.

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  • National

Former Navy SEALs say they're making marine conservation cool

A group called Force Blue, which does conservation work across the country, is providing what they call "mission therapy" to veterans who miss the camaraderie and the sense of purpose of service.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Quil Lawrence
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on March 10, 2025.

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  • Business

Stocks slump yet again as fears grow about tariffs -- and a recession

Investors appear increasingly worried about the impact of tariffs on the U.S. economy.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Reconstruction on D.C.'s Black Lives Matter plaza began on Monday, March 10.

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  • National

City crews have begun painting over the 'Black Lives Matter' street mural in D.C.

In June 2020, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" had been painted on the pavement by the city in uppercase, yellow letters, covering two blocks on 16th Street, about a quarter mile from the White House.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The marquee at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta in September 2020.

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  • Movies

5 years after COVID closed theaters, movies are still struggling to climb back

The pandemic decimated the box office and the reshaped the moviegoing experience. NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello, looks back on how his job changed during the early months of COVID-19.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Elon Musk at <em>The New York Times </em>Dealbook conference in November 2023, when he criticized advertisers for boycotting his social media platform, X, after Media Matters and other groups reported on the rise of extremist content on the platform since his 2022 purchase.

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  • Technology

Media Matters sues Elon Musk's X over 'libel tourism' legal assault

A new suit in an ongoing legal battle between the billionaire and the liberal advocacy group claims Musk's legal attacks are impeding the organization's work.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Hudson's Bay has entered creditor protection, struggling with debt.

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  • Business

Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis

The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Secretary of State Rubio (center) flanked by Doug Burgum, secretary of the interior, and President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Feb. 26. On Monday, Rubio posted on X that 83% of USAID contracts had been canceled following a review.

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  • Global Health

Rubio announces that 83% of USAID contracts will be canceled

In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week review.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
Pro-Palestinian supporters, including Mahmoud Khalil (second from left), demonstrate during a protest at Columbia University in New York in October 2023.

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  • National

Arrest of pro-Palestinian protester shows escalation in Trump deportation efforts

The move is an escalation in President Trump's effort to increase deportations from the U.S. and strip protections from those who violate the new administration's priorities.

March 10, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Adrian Florido
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