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Congress is running out of time to pass a December funding deal

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Facing a government shutdown deadline in just over a month, Congress is quickly running out of time to do anything but punt funding levels into next year — unless bipartisan talks begin in earnest. Congressional leaders have yet to announce the start of negotiations over a more comprehensive funding deal…
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NYC officials plan to reraise pride flag at Manhattan’s Stonewall monument after Trump administration removed it

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New York City officials plan to reraise a pride flag at the federal monument at Stonewall in Manhattan, setting up a potential fight with the White House at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement nearly 60 years ago.

Federal officials quietly took the flag down after the Trump administration in January issued guidance drastically limiting the types of flags that could be displayed at sites managed by the National Park Service. But Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in an interview on Tuesday that he and other New York City-area politicians would reraise the flag at the federal monument on Thursday.

“I think it’s important that we speak out and stand up for the community, frankly, just as our forebearers, who exhibited much more courage back in 1969,” he said. “This is not a moment for our community to stand by idly as attempts to undermine our history are put forward by Trump and the federal administration.”

The Stonewall Inn was the site of famous protests in 1969, which were sparked after police raided the New York City gay bar and arrested its patrons. The subsequent uprisings led to greater visibility for gay and lesbian people across the country.

The Inn remains in private hands, but a park across the street is national parkland. Hoylman-Sigal said New York City officials intended to raise the flag on federal land.

The Department of Interior — NPS’ parent agency — confirmed the flag was removed in a statement.

“Under government-wide guidance, including General Services Administration policy and Department of the Interior direction, only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions,” the Department of the Interior said in a statement. “Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance.”

An Interior spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the New York City officials’ plans. The National Park Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Trump administration has made several changes to national parks as the president pushes what he describes as an “anti-DEI” agenda. The agency took down exhibits on slavery at the Philadelphia site of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in January. And last August, NPS announced plans to reinstate a statue of Confederate general Albert Pike in Washington.

Hoylman-Sigal called the latest move “another outrage by the Trump administration directed at the LGBTQ community, whether it’s transgender youth or immigrants or queer people in general.”

Pride flags have continued to fly at the Stonewall Inn and visitor’s center, which are privately owned, according to Brandon Wolf, the national press secretary at the LGBTQ+ rights group Human Rights Campaign.

“We will keep showing up at Stonewall, for each other, and being out and proud,” he said in a statement. “There’s nothing the White House can do about that.”

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Epstein made regular payments to Ohio State head of gynecology, records show

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Epstein made regular payments to Ohio State head of gynecology, records show

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid Ohio State University’s head of gynecology quarterly payments of thousands of dollars, Department of Justice files show…
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Optimism in US at record low: Gallup

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Optimism in US at record low: Gallup

Optimism among U.S. adults has sunk to a record low, according to a new Gallup survey. The poll, released Tuesday, found that less than six in 10 respondents anticipate high-quality lives in five years as of 2025. That marks the lowest rating on the subject since Gallup began surveying Americans on it in 2009 and…
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