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2+ min ago   (709+ words) Puerto Rico’s water crisis is colliding with a broader struggle over who controls the island’s natural resources. As communities face rationing, workers and activists are fighting for water as a public right, against development for the wealthy. The government of…...

3+ min ago   (57+ words) President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was confronted with the latest underperforming jobs numbers on CNBC Thursday — and tried to put a spin on why it no longer even matters how bad America's job creation is."After the deportations…...

11+ min ago   (1108+ words) Senate Democrats are initiating a probe into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth placed one of his own supporters inside the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes. “The placement of an active-duty Public Affairs officer in the senior leadership of an…...

11+ min ago   (1154+ words) The Trump administration’s plan to allow oil and gas extraction near the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is drawing concerns from UNESCO, the United Nations’s heritage organization. The Guardian reports that the organization is alarmed that the…...

11+ min ago   (1079+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants you to think that a weak job market is a good thing. CNBC’s Sara Eisen asked Bessent to comment on recent signs that the job market was cracking. Bessent downplayed the “noisy” numbers suggesting the…...

44+ min ago   (46+ words) In an ominous sign for the GOP this fall, the Cook Political Report shifted four statewide races in Republican-controlled states in Democrats' favor.The storied election forecasting firm shifted the Texas and Iowa U.S. Senate races from Lean Republican to Toss…...

33+ min ago   (206+ words) Newly unsealed court records reveal an Albany woman and FBI informants posing as ISIS operatives trading messages about bombing the New York State Capitol and killing state senators.Albany resident Jessica Bowie, 35, was arrested Wednesday night and charged Thursday with…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (335+ words) President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa. Adeleke arrived at the State House on Thursday and was driven directly to the President’s Office at about 5:20 p.m through…...

29+ min ago   (331+ words) TheWrap magazine: The Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress nominees explain how they navigated Vince Gilligan’s drama about free will “I feel so incredibly grateful to be part of something that makes people talk and makes people sit and actually be…...

29+ min ago   (373+ words) Sean Cocchia will take over Saftler’s duties following a transition period Disney TV acquisitions executive Chuck Saftler is exiting the company after more than 32 years. Saftler, whose last day in the office will be Oct. 16, said in a memo to…...