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Are Federal Stimulus Checks or State Rebate Checks Better for Your Wallet?

Which of the two relief measures, federal stimuli or state rebates, proves better for the average American? (Even though you'd probably prefer to receive both!)

GOBankingRates

FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report - Roll Call

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is set to have a new interim director start next week, ahead of a review on an agency reorganization.

Roll Call

Unemployment could hit 25% among recent grads and trigger 'unprecedented' social disruption thanks to AI, U.S. senator warns

AI could create a generation further burdened with student loan debt—and no job to repay it, according to Sen. Mark Warner.

Fortune

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Bad news for Trump $2,000 checks as Senators balk at price tag and adding to national debt

President has touted massive financial giveaway as the state of economy and affordability issues damage his approval rating

The Independent UK

Senate GOP divided over House push to repeal payout provision - Roll Call

Senate Republicans were divided Wednesday over whether to repeal a controversial provision that could net hefty payouts for senators.

Roll Call

Are New Trump $2,000 Stimulus Payments Coming in 2026? What to Know Now

A promise of $2,000 tariff dividend checks is raising questions and fueling confusion.

Kiplinger

No Federal Stimulus Checks in 2025—Here's What's Actually Happening

Despite viral claims and political proposals, no federal stimulus checks are being issued in 2025. Here's what's real, what's hearsay, and what Americans can expect.

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Trump weighs giving Americans $2,000 from tariff revenues in bid for support

Congressional approval would probably be required for plan to take effect, an idea Trump has floated before

The Guardian - US

New US Senate bill calls for agencies and companies to be forced to report AI-related job cuts

Proposal would require companies and federal agencies to disclose AI-related workforce impacts.

TechRadar

Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years

1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.

Capital & Main

Scoop: Trump readying "living hell" for GOP senators over nuking filibuster

"He will call them at three o'clock in the morning," one adviser told Axios.

Axios

Democrats seize on food stamp funding as latest rallying cry - Roll Call

Republican leaders say Democrats are trying to gain political cover for the shutdown by demanding relief on food stamp issue.

Roll Call

Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child’s suicide

Move comes as lawmakers move to bar minors from using AI companions and require companies to verify users’ age

The Guardian - US

Rent’s due and people will ‘starve’: Congress is racing towards the shutdown cliff

NEWS ANALYSIS: Division within the GOP caucus over food stamps could give Democrats a key opening to ramp up the pressure on Republicans to make concessions and earn their votes to end the shutdown, John Bowden and Eric Garcia report

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Roll Call

Senators unveil bipartisan chatbot child safety bill - Roll Call

The bill would give enforcement power to DOJ and states for its disclosure requirements and ban on AI companions for children.

Roll Call

This week: Senate to weigh in on tariffs, shutdown pay for air traffic controllers - Roll Call

The Senate this week is expected to vote on disapproval resolutions related to Trump's tariffs, in addition to votes related to the shutdown.

Roll Call

USDA says it can't use contingency fund for food stamps - Roll Call

The Agriculture Department says it can’t use a reserve fund to pay food stamp benefits during the partial government shutdown.

Reason

Bernie Sanders Thinks Amazon Warehouse Jobs Are Exploitative. He Still Wants To Save Them From Automation.

Opposition to technological innovation is as mistaken as it is bipartisan.

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Bills to pay federal workers stall, but senators ready to compromise - Roll Call

The Senate blocked dueling bills to pay federal workers during the partial government shutdown, but a compromise could be in the works.

The Independent UK

Go nuclear or ‘go hungry’: GOP senators warm to drastic move of killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record

IN FOCUS: Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate

Fortune

Huge AI data centers are turning local elections into fights over the future of energy

Rising energy bills and growing scrutiny of Big Tech’s political influence are transforming AI data centers from obscure infrastructure into political flashpoints for both progressives and conservatives.

Reason

How Josh Hawley Is Empowering Unions in New York and California

Some blue states are trying to set up their own versions of the NLRB, and Hawley is inadvertently (or deliberately) helping the cause.

The Independent UK

Hardly working: Senate heads home with House already gone as shutdown persists and Americans suffer

ANALYSIS: Everyone knows the shutdown is a loser. But nobody has given the other side a reason to assume good faith, Eric Garcia writes

Reason

Sex Robots Are Here… and It's OK

Calm down, Josh Hawley.

Roll Call

AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals - Roll Call

Congress is caught up in the debate over AI, with lawmakers pitching plans that seek to ensure user safety and address job threats.

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