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Despite the political rhetoric, none of the Trump admin's affordability policies actually do much of anything to help people's finances because Trump doesn't believe affordability is a real problem.
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The @chronicle is hiring a senior reporter to cover political influence in higher education!
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Here's what you need to know about the bipartisan coalition of mostly Democratic-led states and conservative legal advocacy groups looking to block Trump's latest tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepo…
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Apr 13
Hi there! For a story, I’m looking to speak with Black women who were laid off from the federal workforce within the past year and have since found a new job. If that’s you or someone you know feel free to send me a DM! #journorequest
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Apr 8
Yawn bring back the attractions! I cannot only go out and eat 😭
Apr 8
FIRST ON @WTOP: Six Flags site is being bought by investment group that includes NBA All-Star and Prince George's Co native Kevin Durant. Amusement park days are over. Restaurants and housing are coming instead.
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The Labor Department proposed a new rule that'll make it easier for retirement plan managers to invest in risky, volatile assets that could come with higher fees. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/n…
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I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.
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Apr 8
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Apr 7
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Apr 3
Big firms are first in line for tariff refunds, data released by CBP this week suggests.
Smaller firms have either shut down, face disproportionate administrative challenges, or decided getting a refund is more trouble than it's worth, experts told TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/s…
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Federal workers impacted by DOGE cuts are selling their houses to get money, dropping out of pending home sales because of job loss, and depressing the DC housing market.
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Mar 24
Mississippi Department of Public Safety officials discovered Ku Klux Klan items while cleaning out a closet to move to the department’s new headquarters mississippitoday.org/2026/03…
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Mar 25
This is stunning to me because the world at the very least saw him beating the heck outta C*ssie at the VERY least. So what was misrepresented?
Mar 25
Usher tells @JabariJYoung he has nothing negative to say regarding Sean “Diddy” Combs, explaining his “experience was not what the world has seen and how he’s been misrepresented”
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Mar 19
In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers may have been wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/e…
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Mar 16
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Mar 16
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Mar 16
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Mar 16
.@Nicole_Lafond's nightly newsletter Where Things Stand catches readers up on the day's biggest news, keeping tabs on our constitutional crisis, tracking the onslaught of attacks on women vulnerable communities, and decoding what the GOP is up to.
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Mar 16
In addition to co-hosting TPM’s flagship podcast,
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