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Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media

By Kevin Liptak, Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance. Trump was participating in an announcement Thursday about cutting prices

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‘People are really hurting’: From airports to grocery stores, shutdown leaves Americans scrambling

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The impacts of the longest federal government shutdown in United States history are reverberating around the country — leaving millions of Americans in limbo and igniting concerns about an economic downturn. Frustrated travelers were scrambling as more than a thousand flights were canceled Friday and thousands more were delayed.

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Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington

Feds move to subpoena former CIA director and others who investigated Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 campaign

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in Florida moved to issue subpoenas to former CIA Director John Brennan and other former officials as the Justice Department investigates the federal government’s counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign and its contacts with Russians, sources told CNN. The subpoenas are likely to fuel

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The US flag flutters at the Pentagon on September 19.

Teachers working without pay in US military schools during shutdown received debt letters

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Teachers and other employees of US military schools who have been working without pay during the government shutdown received letters this week telling them they owed money to the government, CNN has learned. Debt letters outlining that personnel have been “overpaid” by various amounts ranging from several hundred dollars

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The U.S. flag and Department of Education flags whip in the wind outside the department's headquarters on March 6 in Washington

Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. The ruling from US District Judge Christopher Cooper is the latest court rebuke of controversial

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