By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands … Continued
By Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Ash still clings to the windowsills of the gray home in Altadena, nine months after an inferno ripped the community apart. Related Articles Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone … Continued
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By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students … Continued