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Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns

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After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the Trump administration now warns that further federal employee layoffs are imminent. It’s unclear which agencies will move forward with potential layoffs, beyond at least one agency — the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — that on Wednesday issued layoff notices. Vice President JD Vance doubled down on the Office of Management and Budget’s last week’s directive to terminate more federal employees in the case of a government shutdown. “If this thing drags on for another few…

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Congress returns soon — but not for very long

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When Congress returns next week after a long summer recess. It will only have 13 working days in September, before the end of the federal fiscal year. For a preview of what they’re likely to do, Bloomberg Government congressional reporter Maeve Sheehey joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin When Congress returns next week after a long summer recess, it will only have 13 working days in September before the end of the federal fiscal year. For a preview of what they’re likely to do, Bloomberg…

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From the Perspective of the Embryo, IVF Is Not Very Pro-Life

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The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held a hearing on in vitro fertilization and the future of reproductive rights. One witness, a female doctor from Texas, went so far as to say that she supported abortion with no restrictions. WATCH: Democrat witness says the quiet part out loud.@SenJohnKennedy: Are you suggesting that Texas law should allow abortion with no restrictions? Witness: “If I could change Texas’s laws, I would be able to take care of my patients, if they’re in need, without restriction.” pic.twitter.com/K0XLpWhvGW — Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) March…

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The Courtroom Is a Very Unhappy Place for Donald Trump

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No one wants to appear before a judge as a criminal defendant. But court is a particularly inhospitable place for Donald Trump, who conceptualizes the value of truth only in terms of whether it is convenient to him. His approach to the world is paradigmatic of what the late philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined as bullshit: Trump doesn’t merely obscure the truth through strategic lies, but rather speaks “without any regard for how things really are.” This is at odds with the nature of law, a system carefully designed to evaluate…

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Leftist Anti-Trump ‘Doonesbury’ Cartoonist Finally Takes on a Biden—But Only Very Gently

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Back in early August, fully 18 months into the presidency of Democrat Joe Biden, we noted with curiosity how the liberal newspaper editorial cartoon “Doonesbury” still had not even mentioned Biden, much less ridiculed or lampooned anything about his administration. That was despite the president’s numerous lies and innumerable speaking gaffes, and in spite of his many policy failures—especially the abrupt military pullout from Afghanistan that gifted the Taliban with $ 80 billion in armaments, the economic policies fueling skyrocketing inflation and leaving Americans poorer, or his open-borders policies allowing…

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