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If You Spot a Painted Purple Fence, This Is What It Means
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Lawmakers Forced Into Regular Airport Lines During Shutdown — And It Didn’t Go Unnoticed
During the shutdown, airport security never fully broke, but it flexed to its breaking point. TSA officers kept showing up without paychecks, holding the line while morale and staffing thinned. Passengers felt it in every extra minute of waiting, in every delay that no one could neatly explain. The strain was visible, but the system […]
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Fears World War 3 could start today as Trump hints at using nuclear weapon to wipe out Iran
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