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FEMA contract lapse left rescuers without tornado-tracking tool

A lapsed federal contract has cut emergency weather teams off from a key NOAA tool used to map tornado damage paths and route that data to FEMA for rapid disaster response. The Damage Path Tool, built ...
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Hegseth Bars Reporter Who Revealed Aides’ Reaction to Dead Troops Quip

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is once again cracking down on the journalists who cover it. The Atlantic’s Nancy Youssef disclosed Friday that she had been barred from the day’s press briefing, along with a ...
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Hegseth Goes Off on CNN—and Cheers Planned David Ellison Takeover

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took some potshots at the media Friday during a press conference, and openly salivated over the coming right-wing takeover of CNN. Hegseth railed against what he ...
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GDP Growth Shrank Dramatically Under Trump—While Inflation Rose

U.S. economic growth at the end of 2025 was half as strong as previously estimated. Between October and December, the United States’ gross domestic product grew just 0.7 percent, revised down from 1.4 ...