Media | Staff layoffs impacting operations at two Virginia newspapers
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Layoffs at the Davenport, Iowa,-based Lee Enterprises are impacting operations at two Virginia newspapers, and, who knows, perhaps more.
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Government shutdown | National Parks would likely close, furlough 68 percent of staff
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If National Park employees are furloughed due to a government shutdown, keeping sites open would be “reckless,” experts say.
TikTok| Buyer consortium purchases social media app to prevent U.S. ban
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A ban of TikTok in the United States has been avoided with a presidential executive order to allow a buyer consortium to purchase the app.
Virginia grand jury returns questionable indictment against former FBI Director Comey
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The insurance lawyer installed by Donald Trump as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has done the one job she was put there to do – secure an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
Trump dumps U.S. Attorney who refuses to prosecute Letitia James
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Erik Siebert, the interim U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, couldn’t find anything to use to bring criminal charges against the New York attorney general, Letitia James, so Siebert is now out of a job.
Jimmy Kimmel drama | The biggest losers: Disney, ABC, ESPN, Marvel, Hulu, Trump?
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Jimmy Kimmel has doubts about the official story from the MAGA prosecutor handling the Charlie Kirk murder. So does Steve Bannon, among many others, but Bannon is also a MAGA, and a bit of a crank, so he’s safe.
EPA | The push to rescind Endangerment Finding: ‘Extreme science denialism’
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President Donald Trump and his administration seek to eliminate standards that have guided vehicle emissions, greenhouse gas emissions and the majority of any climate regulations by the EPA, the agency Americans trust to protect them from pollution.
Congress | Tim Kaine revives bill aimed at rescinding dumb Trump tariffs on Canada
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Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have an unlikely ally – would you believe, Rand Paul – in their effort to get the U.S. Senate to address Donald Trump’s dumb tariffs on Canada. The trio is partnering with do-nothing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Amy Klobuchar in reintroducing a bill to undo the Trump tariffs…
Congress | Senate Democrats introduce bill to reverse Trump/Musk Social Security cuts
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A group of 29 Senate Democrats are trying, probably in vain, but still, to reverse the DOGE cuts to Social Security implemented earlier this year.
The Dems can’t fit us into their schedule | AFP isn’t just ‘fringe’ to the sports folks
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People who read AFP for our sports coverage know that I got the label “fringe media” from a mainstream sportswriter last year, and decided to adopt what was meant as an insult as a badge of honor.
