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    President Trump said twice during Friday's press conference that China is paying billions of dollars to the U.S. Treasury due to tariffs. This is not the case. The tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, not by China's government or by Chinese companies.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it may be necessary to impose taxes rates as high as 70% on the wealthiest Americans in order to fund the policies proposed in the Green New Deal

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Hundreds of TSA agents have called in sick to at least four major airports after being forced to work without pay through the government shutdown, CNN reports

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  5. 9 hours ago

    During a press conference today, Trump told reporters he has considered declaring a national emergency in order to get funding for the border wall

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  6. 10 hours ago

    The grand jury being used by Robert Mueller has been extended for up to another six months, suggesting the special counsel's investigation may not be wrapping up anytime soon

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  7. 10 hours ago

    In an effort to shield itself from billions of dollars in potential liability costs for its role in California's deadly wildfires, utility company PG&E is considering filing for bankruptcy protection, Reuters reports.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Cabinet secretaries, Vice President Pence and other top political appointees will receive pay raises of about $10,000 per year beginning Saturday. Meanwhile, some 800,000 government employees continue to go without pay at all due to the government shutdown

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  9. 11 hours ago

    President Trump said twice during today's press conference that China is paying billions of dollars to the U.S. Treasury due to tariffs. This is not the case. The tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, not by China's government or by Chinese companies.

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    Paul Whelan, the former U.S. marine arrested in Russia on espionage charges, holds four passports and was convicted for trying to steal $10,000 from the U.S. government while deployed in Iraq in 2006.

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  11. 11 hours ago

    A massive trove of personal data from German politicians, sparing officials of the far-right party but targeting all others, has been leaked online

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    From 2006 to 2015, health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers that run Medicare's prescription drug program reaped $9.1 billion in taxpayer funds because they overestimated how much their members would spend on drugs, according to a WSJ investigation

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    For the first time in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps, male and female platoons will be integrated at a boot camp in South Carolina, ABC News reports

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    Beto O'Rourke is "supportive of the concept" of a Green New Deal and "is looking forward to engaging more on the issue," a spokesperson told HuffPost

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    We're entering the third week of the government shutdown that has left hundreds of thousands without paychecks and some government functions largely paralyzed. As it gets longer, things will get worse.

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