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Oct 2025
46m 8s

Government Shutdown!

CNN
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While you were sleeping, your government shut down, furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers ... Backed into a corner, will Hamas agree to return the remaining hostages and disarm? ... Are US generals okay with the new marching orders from their boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? ... A Democratic congresswoman-elect can't get sworn in, and it ... Show More
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