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Start your week smart: Trump’s tariff chaos, deadly tornadoes, government shutdown averted, news quiz, Selection Sunday

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The finances of low-income Americans are getting worse, and more shoppers are going without basic necessities. That’s according to Dollar General, whose “core customers” earn less than $40,000 a year. The discount chain is considered a bellwether of low and middle-income shoppers’ spending. Here’s what else you need

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Hundreds gather outside Tesla showrooms in backlash to Elon Musk’s role with DOGE

CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered nationwide outside Tesla showrooms Saturday amid heightened criticism against CEO Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting role in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and after Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to crack down on vandalism against Tesla. The demonstrations are part of the

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Former Internal Revenue Service workers leave their office after being laid off in downtown Denver

‘‘Delete’ is one of their favorite terms’: Inside DOGE’s IRS takeover ahead of tax season

CNN By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Within minutes of showing up, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

CNN By Lauren Fox and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming. Schumer’s declaration Thursday night that he

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Players Championship: Camilo ‘Spider-Man’ Villegas rolls back the years to swing into surprise early co-lead

CNN By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — With great putting comes great responsibility – “Spider-Man” is back to his best at The Players Championship. Colombia’s Camilo Villegas, nicknamed after the web-slinging superhero for his unorthodox style of reading greens, swung into a surprise share of the early lead at the 51st edition of the PGA

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