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One TSA worker can barely pay for the gas she needs to get to work.

• Employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, which started Dec. 22. 
• They're already not paid much — less than $20 on average — and they say working without pay puts stress on their already-significant budget constraints. 
• Many of them took to a LinkedIn discussion form on Monday to discuss what missing a paycheck has done to their finances and mental health. 
• We read their comments and included them below... Читать дальше...

"I never, EVER expected this from a publication I respect SO much and have read since I was a child," the activist wrote.

Ruling party wants to keep DMK MLAs happy: TTV

Good for them! Washington Post reports:

Fake editions of The Washington Post claiming that President Trump was leaving office were handed out Wednesday morning at multiple locations in Washington.

The print papers — dated May 1, 2019, and looking strikingly similar to actual copies of The Post — were filled with anti-Trump stories, which also appeared on a website that mimicked the official Post site.

Late Wednesday morning, a group that describes itself as a “trickster... Читать дальше...

1. Dow Jones Lags Nasdaq; 4 Blue Chips Outpace Apple  Investor's Business Daily
2. U.S. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets  The Wall Street Journal
3. Stocks rise after report says US considering easing China tariffs during negotiations  CNBC
4. Trump bucked orthodoxy on China, and it just might work | TheHill  The Hill
5. Trump's tariff war is all self-inflicted pain, and likely no gain  Washington Examiner
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1. US officials debate lifting tariffs on China to get a trade deal: WSJ  CNBC
2. U.S. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets  The Wall Street Journal
3. Dow jumps after report that US mulling lifting China tariffs | TheHill  The Hill
4. Trump bucked orthodoxy on China, and it just might work | TheHill  The Hill
5. U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin weighs lifting tariffs on China: WSJ  Reuters
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Shopko has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a reorganization plan. The retailer, already in the process of closing more than 60 stores, revealed 38 additional store closures with its bankruptcy announcement. Shopko did not confirm how many of its 18,000 employees may be affected by the closures.

Divers in Hawaii spotted several giant great white sharks off the coast of Oahu, including possibly one of the largest on record named Deep Blue.

"...he expected to be a ‘martyr’"

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WADA said that they have "successfully retrieved" data from the Moscow laboratory at the heart of Russia's state-sponsored doping scandal.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders posted a letter that President Donald Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informing her that her upcoming “public relations” trip to Afghanistan, Egypt, and Brussels has been postponed so that she can stay in DC and negotiate with him. Pelosi was told to fly commercial on her own […]

The EU is to slap sanctions on two suspected Russian agents accused of carrying out a deadly nerve agent attack in the British city of Salisbury, officials told AFP Thursday.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is expecting to have his new puppy arrive this weekend, in time for the Chiefs AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday January 17, 2019. … Click to Continue »

Louis CK began his latest standup act by joking directly and unapologetically about the sexual misconduct scandal that derailed his career.

A senior Tory has demanded a free vote on a second Brexit referendum so the “very, very many” ministers who back it can express their support in the Commons.

President Trump wrote a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter canceling her trip to Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan during the shutdown. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

Treasury yields are turning higher Thursday after a stronger-than-expected reading from a regional manufacturing gauge helped to offset fresh worries about U.S.-China relations.

Without that information, it’s impossible to tell how much of the ferry’s annual subsidy — it’s projected to receive $10.9 million for 2018 — is paid to Bay Ferries for simply being in charge of the service.

Pueblo eighth grader is Queen (Spelling) Bee Pueblo Chieftain With the same carefree and guileless attitude that served her well throughout the first eight rounds of competition, Alyssa Durning pract

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents apparently applied for a job online the day that Jayme escaped, calling himself an "honest guy" even though his resume contains inaccuracies about his work experience. Jake Patterson is charged in an Oct. 15 home invasion at the Closs home near Barron in northwestern Wisconsin. According to a criminal complaint, Patterson told investigators that he broke into the house in the middle of the night... Читать дальше...