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White suburbanites bear brunt as unemployment surges from Trump-era federal job cuts in D.C. area

Rep. Robyn Kelly, D-Ill., right, speaks with former federal workers who lost their jobs in President Donald Trump's DOGE layoffs, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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Trump administration layoffs of federal workers have driven up unemployment faster among affluent White suburbanites than Black residents in the D.C. area, inverting longstanding trends, a demographic analysis shows.

Trump says there’ll be ‘no choice’ but to kill Hamas terrorists if they continue executions

Hamas gunmen escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arriving in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Trump said Thursday there would be ‘no choice’ but to eliminate members of Hamas if they continue carrying out mass executions in Gaza as the terrorist group desperately tries to retain control of the enclave.

Hamas gunmen escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arriving in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump says there’ll be ‘no choice’ but to kill Hamas terrorists if they continue executions

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With the government shutdown now in its third week, a sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown to last until at least Monday as Senate Democrats reject stopgap bill for 10th time

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AI boom starting to feel ‘bubblicious’ with fears it will burst

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money

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Chat GPT's landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

China’s government was detected using ChatGPT to promote communist rule, suppress dissent

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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Chat GPT's landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

China’s government was detected using ChatGPT to promote communist rule, suppress dissent

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A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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FILE - President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump to meet with Putin in Hungary to find end to Russia-Ukraine war

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Supreme Court takes second shot at ending Democrats’ rigging of modern elections

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Keep U.S. elections free from foreign influence

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Loony lefties go silent after Trump ends war in Middle East

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A proposed WallBuilders ad depicting George Washington kneeling in prayer was rejected by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as controversial, prompting a federal lawsuit backers say may eventually reach the Supreme Court. (Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute, used with permission.)

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Diane Keaton appears at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 Fashion Experience in Pasadena, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Family of late actress Diane Keaton confirms that she died of pneumonia

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California Controller Betty Yee listens during a meeting on June 28, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. Former Controller Yee announced, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, that she'd be running for governor in 2026 to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Democratic hopeful for California governor open to transgender athletes in Olympics

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Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

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An engineer watches a Ukrainian-made quadcopter drone at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) ** FILE **

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U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Technologies and Israel Aerospace Industries agree to a strategic partnership for the joint pursuit of the Israeli Light-Attack Aircraft program. (Screenshot from press release)

L3Harris, Israel Aerospace Industries to develop low-cost surveillance aircraft for Israeli military

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference after the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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After two years of ravaging war and global tension, a new era of peace may be on the horizon in the Middle East.

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Federal law enforcement agents from various agencies including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Park Police, and FBI, question a couple who had been parked outside a legal parking zone while eating McDonald's takeout, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in northwest Washington near Kennedy St. NW. The couple were released after a search of the car. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo, a group of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrators march in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of the previous year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

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Police walk along as people march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Paul Toboni, the Washington Nationals' new president of baseball operations, speaks to reporters after his introductory news conference at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Howard Fendrich)

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