White House begins federal worker layoffs amid government shutdown

Two weeks deep and the shutdown rolls,

Checks on hold as the pressure grows,

Thousands of workers sent home today,

The government stalled with no end in the way.

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Senate passes defense policy bill despite shutdown, troop pay in limbo

The Senate passed a defense bill late,

Pay for the troops still left to fate,

A billion-dollar promise, but not yet signed,

Talks drag on, the clock’s behind.

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Turn on the news, it’s the same old sound,

Money and power spinning round,

Headlines echo, truth in time,

This is the state of the daily grind.

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Trump to announce U.S. drug-pricing deal at White House

The White House vows to cut drug costs,

A pricing deal to reclaim what’s lost,

Tying the rates to global scale,

If companies sign, the plan won’t fail.

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U.S. military expands Caribbean deployment amid Venezuela tensions

The Navy moves to southern seas,

Ships deployed near island keys,

Watching closely as tensions grow,

A warning sent where the trade winds blow.

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Turn on the news, it’s the same old sound,

Money and power spinning round,

Headlines echo, truth in time,

This is the state of the daily grind.

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Ceasefire between Hamas and Israel begins, U.S. role in deal debated

In Gaza’s dark, the guns go still,

A ceasefire holds by fragile will,

After years of rage, a breath, a pause,

Both sides wary but break no laws.

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Turn on the news, it’s the same old sound,

Money and power spinning round,

Headlines echo, truth in time,

This is the state of the daily grind.

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Shutdown strain and silent skies,

Deals and hope in fragile ties.

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The airwaves hum with power and pause,

A ceasefire’s signed but the cost still claws.

Capitols locked, the budget’s gone,

And questions rise from dusk till dawn.

Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan

Israel and Hamas have struck a plan,

Hostages freed from Gaza’s span.

Prisoners traded, troops pulled away,

A fragile peace to end the fray.

Trump claims credit, cameras roll,

But doubts still linger in every soul.

Two courts weigh Trump deployments as National Guard begin Chicago‑area patrols

Troops are stationed near Chicago lines,

Courtrooms weigh on legal signs.

Two judges halt in Portland’s field,

A nation wonders what’s revealed.

The streets are tense, the orders loud,

The Constitution feels the crowd.

Headlines burn in the midnight sky,

Promises made and reasons why.

From Gaza’s gates to D.C. halls,

The nation listens as history calls.

Truth keeps moving, hearts collide,

These are the days where worlds divide.

Government shutdown continues as Senate fails to pass funding bills

Congress fails to fund the fight,

The shutdown rolls another night.

Bills defeated, tempers flare,

Agencies freeze, no pay to spare.

Each side points, no one yields,

The people wait as hope congeals.

Bondi rebukes Democrats as she faces criticism over DOJ leadership

Pam Bondi sits before the floor,

Senators press, the questions roar.

Justice turned to politics’ game,

Accusations, blame, and flame.

She says she’s fixing what’s been lost,

But trust comes heavy, truth has cost.

Headlines burn in the midnight sky,

Promises made and reasons why.

From Gaza’s gates to D.C. halls,

The nation listens as history calls.

Truth keeps moving, hearts collide,

These are the days where worlds divide.

US imposes sanctions on China refinery, others for Iran oil purchases

Washington strikes with sanctions strong,

China’s refineries caught along.

Oil from Tehran fuels the strain,

The markets shift, alliances wane.

Trade wars rise on shifting sand,

Global tempests out of hand.

Headlines burn in the midnight sky,

Promises made and reasons why.

From Gaza’s gates to D.C. halls,

The nation listens as history calls.

Truth keeps moving, hearts collide,

These are the days where worlds divide.

The world keeps spinning, the ink still dries,

From whispered truths to public lies.

Tomorrow brings another page,

The stage is set, we turn the gauge.

News Jams fades, but stories stay—

The rhythm of a restless day.

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We wake up to the morning light,

The country’s buzzing, the headlines tight.

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Trump deploys National Guard to Chicago; judge blocks Portland deployment

National Guard rolls into city streets,

Judge steps in, Portland retreat.

Tensions rise as leaders take their stand,

Safety measures stretch across the land.

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ChatGPT image snares suspect in deadly Pacific Palisades fire

AI tracks down the one they seek,

Images solve a case unique.

A fire claimed lives, but tech led the way,

Authorities move fast, the law holds sway.

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News is moving, hear the sound,

Stories breaking all around.

Keep your ears up, the truth’s in sight,

Every moment, every fight.

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Upcoming deadlines as U.S. government shutdown drags on

Deadlines loom as the shutdown grows,

Federal work paused, the tension shows.

Funds are frozen, decisions wait,

Countdown ticking on the nation’s fate.

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Trump views shutdown as opportunity to push cuts to federal workforce

President speaks, calls it a chance,

Federal workers in a tight dance.

Cuts and reforms he wants to see,

Policies shift as the shutdown be.

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News is moving, hear the sound,

Stories breaking all around.

Keep your ears up, the truth’s in sight,

Every moment, every fight.

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James Comey arraigned on charges tied to Trump-era investigations

Former FBI chief faces the court,

Charges filed, the case reports.

Legal battles in the public eye,

Justice moving, no time to shy.

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News is moving, hear the sound,

Stories breaking all around.

Keep your ears up, the truth’s in sight,

Every moment, every fight.

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We’ve seen the headlines, felt the flow,

Tomorrow’s news is sure to grow.

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Turn on the mic, it’s another day,

Headlines roll in, stories on the way.

From power to protest, the halls to the streets,

Here’s what’s shaking where the nation beats.

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Trump mulls invoking Insurrection Act to deploy military in Democrat-led cities

Trump’s talking force in the city again,

The Insurrection Act, the tool in his hand.

Judges pushing back, the Guard on delay,

Tension building up in the USA.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before Senate over alleged political pressure

Pam Bondi sat before the Senate floor,

Questions flying harder than the day before.

Justice on the line, the pressure is real,

They’re asking if the law can bend or feel.

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It’s the news of the day, coming through your stereo,

Truth and trouble in the morning glow.

We break it down so you can know,

What’s moving fast and what’s too slow.

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U.S. government shutdown enters its second week with no deal in sight

Shutdown stretching into week number two,

Offices empty, paychecks overdue.

Talks keep stalling, no deal’s in sight,

Another long Washington night.

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Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of conversion-therapy bans for minors

The Court’s in session on a freedom fight,

Conversion bans under legal light.

Speech or safety—where’s the line?

Nine robes decide what’s left to define.

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It’s the news of the day, coming through your stereo,

Truth and trouble in the morning glow.

We break it down so you can know,

What’s moving fast and what’s too slow.

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Gaza ceasefire talks inch forward as Israel marks second anniversary of Oct. 7 attack

Across the sea, two years gone past,

Israel remembers the morning blast.

Talks in Cairo, the hostages wait,

Ceasefire whispers still tempt fate.

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It’s the news of the day, coming through your stereo,

Truth and trouble in the morning glow.

We break it down so you can know,

What’s moving fast and what’s too slow.

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The stories fade as the night comes near,

Tomorrow’s headlines are drawing clear.

Stay tuned in, stay wide awake,

News Jams rolls on—no breaks to take.

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Lines drawn in courts, power strained and frayed

We sing today’s news so the facts don’t fade

Government shutdown updates: Senate again fails to pass funding bills

The government stalls — Congress can’t agree

Agencies close, aid on hold, workers in uncertainty

Air traffic controllers work without pay, delays climbing

Food assistance programs, emergency plans, under strain, timing tightening

Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China

Farmers watch their fields, China cuts off trade

Soybean exports collapse, relief plans now being made

The administration readies aid to prop up rural towns

While negotiation fronts shift, pressure bearing down

When law, force, and order clash where they stand

Who shields the guard? Who draws the line in this land?

We sing the facts, unmasked and bare

Law, power, justice — who will care?

Pentagon says it is deploying California National Guard to Portland

Judge blocks Trump’s deployment of National Guard to Oregon, accuses administration of circumventing her order

In Oregon, a federal judge halted guard deployment to Portland — she said the protests didn’t justify military force

Then, when the administration tried sending troops from California and Texas, she warned it violated her earlier ruling

Her court order blocks any Guard units sent under federal control to Oregon for now

States argue federal overreach, courts push back against what feels like a legal loophole

Off Venezuela’s coast a vessel was seized at sea

Trump says U.S. forces struck to stop narcotics trafficking spree

The UN questions lethal force, due process claims arise

Another front in the administration’s wider crackdown lies

When law, force, and order clash where they stand

Who shields the guard? Who draws the line in this land?

We sing the facts, unmasked and bare

Law, power, justice — who will care?

As shutdown extends, essential services strain and fray

Without funding, sudden cuts may follow, federal staff pushed away

Talks stall, tension grows — the battlefield mixes law, lives, and state

In cities, courts, and fields, the nation watches fate

When law, force, and order clash where they stand

Who shields the guard? Who draws the line in this land?

We sing the facts, unmasked and bare

Law, power, justice — who will care?

Here’s the song of today — unfolding, unafraid

Watch what comes next — who enforces what’s made?

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The government is closed, the standoff won’t break,

Services on hold, the nation’s at stake.

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Government Shutdown Deepens

Shutdown deepens, workers sent away,

Federal doors locked, bills left to delay,

Congress divided, no deal in sight,

Americans caught in a partisan fight.

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Trump Pushes Cuts in Shutdown as “Opportunity”

Trump calls it chance to cut what remains,

Programs and offices trimmed from the chains,

He frames the closure as part of his plan,

Reshape the state with a governing hand.

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Locked in a gridlock, the nation waits,

Workers unpaid at the shuttered gates,

Blame and anger on every side,

The people endure while leaders divide.

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Cybersecurity Law Lapses

Cyber defenses lose legal shield,

CISA expires as shutdown’s revealed,

Private and public now left exposed,

A risk in the system that everyone knows.

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New Trump Commemorative Coin Proposal

Treasury floating a Trump-stamped coin,

A dollar design where politics join,

Debates on law and the message it sends,

A symbol contested as history bends.

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Locked in a gridlock, the nation waits,

Workers unpaid at the shuttered gates,

Blame and anger on every side,

The people endure while leaders divide.

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Partisan Messaging and Legal Boundaries

Agencies faulting the other side’s team,

Messages sent with partisan theme,

Critics warn laws may be crossed in the fray,

Hatch Act in question as shutdown holds sway.

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Locked in a gridlock, the nation waits,

Workers unpaid at the shuttered gates,

Blame and anger on every side,

The people endure while leaders divide.

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A country in conflict, decisions delayed,

The cost of inaction, a price to be paid.

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The headlines are here, the stories unfold,

Across the nation, the truth is told.

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First closure of US government since 2018 begins after funding bill fails — as it happened

The U.S. government shut its doors,

Funding stalled, Congress in wars.

Workers furloughed, agencies freeze,

History repeating since twenty-eighteen.

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Trump news at a glance: Funding for Democratic states frozen …

The White House plans selective cuts,

Targeting programs it says are “Democrat’s musts.”

Budgets slashed in a partisan fight,

Critics call it unlawful despite the might.

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Shutdown shadows stretch across the land,

Leaders clash while the people stand.

From deepfake screens to policy fights,

America waits through uncertain nights.

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White House plays racist deepfake videos of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on loop — as it happened

At official events, the screens did play,

Deepfake videos in a constant display.

Leaders distorted in a damaging loop,

Public trust shaken by the White House group.

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2025 US Caribbean naval deployment

A message sent across the seas,

Trump declared new enemies.

Drug cartels marked in a conflict call,

Caribbean waters now watched by all.

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Shutdown shadows stretch across the land,

Leaders clash while the people stand.

From deepfake screens to policy fights,

America waits through uncertain nights.

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US Justice Department fires two who worked for Biden-era official targeted by Trump, sources say

Two prosecutors lost their posts,

Fired by the DOJ, raising ghosts.

Ties to Biden brought them heat,

Accusations of vengeance now repeat.

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Shutdown shadows stretch across the land,

Leaders clash while the people stand.

From deepfake screens to policy fights,

America waits through uncertain nights.

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The day is written, the stories sung,

The nation wonders what’s next to come.

Through trials and turmoil, voices remain,

Tomorrow will bring the news again.

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The weight of the day, collapsing skies,

Headlines grind in a dirge that never dies.

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U.S. government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills

The Senate split, the clock struck down,

No bills passed, the lights shut out.

Federal gates are locked and chained,

Workers furloughed, the system drained.

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Welcome to the shutdown

Agencies stalled in silence cold,

Seven hundred thousand without payroll.

A government closed since midnight’s toll,

This shutdown carves a deeper hole.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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Drug Stock Rally Helps Push Dow and S&P 500 to Records

Markets climb though chaos reigns,

Drug stocks rise with swelling gains.

The Dow ascends, the S&P soars,

Prosperity thrives while the state implores.

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Trump administration freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown “slap”

Funds withheld, a pointed blade,

Eighteen billion denied, a debt unpaid.

Democratic states now face the sting,

Punishment wielded by those who reign king.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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First closure of U.S. government since 2018 begins after funding bill fails

The first closure since years gone by,

A nation waits with a weary sigh.

Health care fights and bitter ground,

Another cycle of loss unbound.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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The calendar turns, the walls remain,

Every headline carved with pain.

Doom is written, bold and true,

This is the weight of news for you.

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