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The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment 10/02/2025 08:56pm • President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting ���irreversible��� cuts to programs important to Democrats. Rather than simply furlough employees, as is usuall Brazil���s lower house approves an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people 10/02/2025 08:37pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil's lower house has approved exempting up to 5,000 reais ($940) a month from income taxes, which would more than double the current exemption and meet a key priority of President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva 's 2022 election campaign. The bill passed the House unanimously The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown 10/02/2025 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Army veteran Samuel Port couldn���t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It blamed Senate Democrats for the federal shutdown, saying they were blocking a stopgap bill to fund the government ���due to unrel Musk reports Tesla sales jump after months of boycotts, but experts suspect more pain is in store 10/02/2025 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration to the relief of Tesla investors worried about boycotts, the world's richest man has announced some good news: Sales of Tesla cars are back. Well, maybe. The electric vehicle maker run by Musk reported Thursday that car sales ju Federal shutdowns usually don't do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this one 10/02/2025 03:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Shutdowns of the federal government usually don't leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is threatening to use the standoff to permanently eliminate thousands of government jobs and the state of the e Montgomery Co. accountant sent to federal prison for $24 million COVID relief fraud scheme 10/02/2025 01:33pm • A Gaithersburg, Maryland, accountant has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent loan applications for various COVID-19 relief benefits. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Ma Ryan Brehm shares lead in Dunhill Links debut; Ryder Cup quartet on a victory lap 10/02/2025 01:16pm • ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) ��� Ryan Brehm made his Dunhill Links Championship debut with a 63 on the only course he didn't play in practice to share the lead. Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood and a Ryder Cup quartet of stars played on fumes and held up quite nicely Thursday. The other surprise from t Eiffel Tower closed as nationwide strikes held across France against austerity 10/02/2025 12:55pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Protesters took to the streets of more than 200 towns and cities across France on Thursday to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the rich. In Paris, thousands of workers, retirees and students marched on Thursday afternoon from Place d'Italie. The Eiffel Tower informed Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united? 10/02/2025 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. ���We want to protect hardworking federal workers,��� House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday morning, before critici Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool 10/02/2025 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess. ���You have to get people in a room, and you have to just make deals for the good of the country,��� Trump remarked. The year was 2013, and Trump Journalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure 10/01/2025 10:40pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� El Salvador���s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year that was seen as a way to pressure critical voices in the Central American nation. Founded in 1936, the association sa The Latest: Vote to end government shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands 10/01/2025 10:10pm • The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party���s demands to New Mexico legislators rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cuts 10/01/2025 08:57pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� New Mexico legislators pushed to shore up safety-net spending Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump���s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance. State legislators in the Democratic majority Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care 10/01/2025 05:26pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine said Wednesday it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers. President Donald Trump���s policy and tax bill, known as the ��� big beautiful bi WorldPride DC 2025 brought color, celebration and major economic boost 10/01/2025 04:55pm • It was an almost monthlong celebration that brought members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies from around the world to D.C. in May. While the final turnout fell short of what organizers had hoped, WorldPride 2025 still delivered a major economic boost to the region, according to a newly released im