59 h. ago Photos capture enduring enthusiasm for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year

Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season with enthusiasm, despite consumer confidence in the U.S. economy falling this month in the aftermath of the federal government shutdown, weak hiring and stubborn inflation.

Economics

4 d. ago Families grapple with shutdown’s lingering effects this Thanksgiving

While Washington operations have resumed, many continue to recover from the shutdown

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4 d. ago Gratitude and doubt: The effects of the shutdown linger as families prepare for Thanksgiving

As Americans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, the gratitude many feel is tempered by doubts caused by the disruptions of the recent government shutdown

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4 d. ago Army intel chief warns enemies are targeting unhappy troops through unsolicited offers on social media

Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale warns America’s adversaries are seeking to exploit members of the military left disaffected by the government shutdown with offers of ‘easy’ money in exchange for sensitive information

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5 d. ago Consumer confidence slides as Americans grow wary of high costs and sluggish job gains

U.S. consumers were much less confident in the economy in November in the aftermath of the government shutdown and amid weak hiring and stubborn inflation

Economics

6 d. ago The shutdown is over. Flights have resumed. Thanksgiving travelers might wonder: What now?

Travelers this Thanksgiving may still feel on edge after the historic government shutdown that caused widespread flight cancellations and delays

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1 week ago US economy added a surprising 119,000 jobs in September, two

The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the report after the longest government shutdown in history

Politics

1 week ago The Latest: Belated jobs report likely shows sluggish hiring

During the 43-day U.S. government shutdown, investors, businesses, policymakers and the Federal Reserve were groping in the dark for clues about the health of the American job market

Politics

1 week ago What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for SNAP

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown

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1 week ago Bipartisan bill aims to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown have inspired a rare act of bipartisanship

Economics

1 week ago Record 82 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

The FAA’s emergency order telling airlines to cut back on flights during the government shutdown has been lifted just a week before Thanksgiving

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1 week ago Tribal colleges face uncertainty after federal cuts and historic shutdown, in photos

Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Although a pre-shutdown funding increase for tribal colleges and universities was welcome news, college leaders are uneasy about the country's financial commitments.

Culture

1 week ago Tribal college leaders are uneasy about US financial commitments despite a funding increase

Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history

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1 week ago Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite | Moira Donegan

Epstein paints Trump as someone he knew intimately. But the documents also reveal how many powerful men confided in himBefore he died, Jeffrey Epstein made it clear that Donald Trump “knew about the girls”.Trump has denied any knowledge of or involvement in Epstein’s longstanding child sex-trafficking operation. But in newly released emails that members of Congress disclosed to the media amid the end of this fall’s government shutdown, the dead child sex trafficker and financier can be seen corresponding on many occasions about Donald Trump, his former close friend and associate, throughout the last few years of his life, as Trump’s rise to prominence in national politics beginning in 2015 drew renewed attention to his relationship with Epstein.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago FAA ends flight restrictions after throttling flights amid the government shutdown leaving passengers stranded

The dramatic reduction of flights was canceled at 6 am, just ten days before Thanksgiving

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2 w. ago FAA lifts order slashing flights, allowing commercial airlines to resume their regular schedules

Summary: The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed during the government shutdown at 40 major U.S. airports

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2 w. ago Chuck Schumer should quit – but would his imaginary friends agree? | Arwa Mahdawi

The US government was shut down for weeks – and then Democrats shrugged their shoulders and gave upChuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has a pair of very sweet imaginary friends. They’re a middle-class couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey and they live on Long Island. At one point the imaginary couple, who feature in Schumer’s 2007 book, Positively American, were called the O’Reillys. According to the Hill, one Schumer aide said the name then was changed because the publisher thought O’Reilly was “too ethnic” for mass consumption. Another aide said that claim was false, and Schumer just wanted a name that “sounded more national”. Naming strategy aside, the key point here is that Schumer has said he runs all his policy decisions by this completely fictional couple. He’s referred to them hundreds of times throughout his political career.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago FAA plans to roll back flight restrictions at major airports imposed during shutdown

The agency says the current mandatory 6 percent flight cuts are being downgraded to 3 percent

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2 w. ago Government will release September jobs report next week, ending data drought from federal shutdown

The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late, marking the beginning of the end of a data drought caused by the 43-day federal government shutdown

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2 w. ago US catholic bishops issues rare condemnation of Trump administration’s immigration enforcement – live

US Conference of Catholic Bishops calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’ in first message of its kind in 12 years Donald Trump has cranked up his intense pressure campaign on congressional Republicans to oppose the full release of the justice department’s files related to Jeffrey Epstein, before a crucial and long-awaited House vote on the matter next week that scores of Republicans are slated to support.The belated swearing-in on Wednesday of the Democratic representative Adelita Grijalva – which the House speaker, Mike Johnson, had refused for almost two months during the government shutdown – brought the number of signatures on Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna’s discharge petition to the 218 needed to force a floor vote on legislation demanding the Department of Justice release all of its investigative files on Epstein within 30 days. Continue reading...

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