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The shutdown would last at least through next week, though leaders advised their rank and file to be ready to return to Washington in the event of a deal that still appeared far off. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Shutdown would last at least through next week

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3 months ago
Should funding lapse on Saturday morning, it would be the third time in five months that parts of the government have come to a halt because of a congressional standoff. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Government

Simplified: Funding lapse on Saturday morning would be third time in five months government came to halt

2 sources

3 months ago
The House and the Senate both dismissed lawmakers who are scheduled for a weeklong recess, all but guaranteeing a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: House and Senate dismissed lawmakers guaranteeing shutdown of Homeland Security Department

2 sources

3 months ago
It makes no sense for taxpayers to foot the bill for private gains. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Blog Post 🏷️ Finance , Government

Simplified: Taxpayers should not foot the bill for private gains

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3 months ago
The CFDA was first published in 1965 and listed 263 programs. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Blog Post 🏷️ Government

Simplified: CFDA was first published in 1965 and listed 263 programs

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3 months ago
Earmarks generally refer to items slipped into legislation by individual lawmakers to benefit particular activities in their home states. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Legislation

Simplified: Earmarks refer to items slipped into legislation by lawmakers to benefit activities in their home states

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3 months ago
Taxpayers can research who receives all the subsidies at websites such as www.usaspending.gov, and use the information to complain to their members of Congress. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Taxpayers can research who receives subsidies at websites like wwwusaspendinggov and complain to Congress

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3 months ago
In an age of massive federal deficits, members should be proactively combing through the list of 1,800 subsidy programs themselves and terminating hundreds of lower-priority activities. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Members should proactively comb through 1800 subsidy programs and terminate lower-priority activities

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3 months ago
The CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs for state and local governments, individuals, businesses, and nonprofit groups. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government

Simplified: CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs

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3 months ago
By 1970, there were 1,019 federal subsidy programs, as shown in Figure 1. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government

Simplified: 1970 had 1019 federal subsidy programs

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3 months ago
Many federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups of individuals and businesses while harming taxpayers and damaging the overall economy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Economy

Simplified: Federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups and businesses harming taxpayers and damaging the economy

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3 months ago
The federal government has greatly expanded in size in recent years, and it now spends more than $3.5 trillion annually. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Federal government spends more than $3.5 trillion annually

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3 months ago
China has made them national priorities while Trump has tried to cut our spending on important government functions like basic research. 0.900

👤 Steven Rattner 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ China , Government , Research

Simplified: China has made government functions national priorities while Trump has tried to cut spending on basic research.

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3 months ago
In one execution spree in 1988, Khomeini’s government put to death thousands of political prisoners. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Magazine Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: Khomeini’s government put to death thousands of political prisoners in 1988

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3 months ago
One of the previous acting commissioners, an I.R.S. agent named Gary Shapley, was replaced within just a few days this spring after Mr. Bessent protested to Mr. Trump that Elon Musk had installed the... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government

Simplified: Gary Shapley was replaced within a few days this spring

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3 months ago
More than 25,000 people have left the agency under Mr. Trump, roughly a quarter of the staff it had at the start of January, according to the Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government

Simplified: More than 25000 people have left the agency under Trump

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3 months ago
The Defense Department declined to comment on the new directive. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Government

Simplified: The Defense Department declined to comment on the new directive

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3 months ago
It is unclear what White House, Pentagon and State Department lawyers have said about the new directive or whether the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has produced an authoritative opinio... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Government

Simplified: It is unclear what White House Pentagon and State Department lawyers have said about the new directive or whether the Justice Department’s Office of L...

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3 months ago
The agriculture ministry has said that it hopes the industry can recover in part by marketing Malaysian durian as a premium product instead of chasing high-volume sales. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Agriculture

Simplified: The agriculture ministry hopes the industry can recover by marketing Malaysian durian as a premium product

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3 months ago
The government has also intervened, buying some of the excess fruit in a bid to help keep farmers afloat. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Agriculture

Simplified: The government has also intervened buying some of the excess fruit to help keep farmers afloat

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3 months ago