The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day of a shutdown, with the total daily cost of their compensation at roughly $400 million, ...
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The 1600: Shutdown Showdown

Editor's note: This is a preview of The 1600, Newsweek's daily newsletter where politics and culture director Carlo Versano makes sense of Beltway politics for people outside the Beltway.
I am a lifelong Democrat, and I will not stay silent while Andrew Cuomo tries to rewrite history and sell himself as our savior. He is not the answer. He was the architect of many of the crises we ...
In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. But he refused to patent his invention, instead advocating for openness and equitable access to the web. Now, in the era of misinformation, addictive ...
Some believe politics is about division: dividing voters, dividing voices, dividing people who don’t fit a mold. I believe differently. Politics, when it’s done right, is about multiplication.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to drop out of the mayor's race on Sunday, sources tell CBS News New York.
It’s astonishing how quickly the world finds its moral compass when it wants to. Some causes, it seems, are destined for grand declarations at the U.N. and trending hashtags. Others, like the Turkish ...
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Obstructionist Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are pushing the government to the brink of a shutdown that could harm everyday Americans.
By the 1930s and 1940s, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was described as “a march toward fascism,” and his court-packing plan condemned as dictatorial. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson’s campaign painted Barry ...
Elon Musk steps back into British politics after speaking at a rally led by controversial right-winger Tommy Robinson, as he continues criticizing Nigel Farage amid voter frustration.
Although charters straddle a careful divide as privately run schools receiving public funding, they’re within the jurisdiction of the NLRB. Under nonprofit law in New York, charters can require staff ...