The weight of the day, collapsing skies,

Headlines grind in a dirge that never dies.

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U.S. government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills

The Senate split, the clock struck down,

No bills passed, the lights shut out.

Federal gates are locked and chained,

Workers furloughed, the system drained.

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Welcome to the shutdown

Agencies stalled in silence cold,

Seven hundred thousand without payroll.

A government closed since midnight’s toll,

This shutdown carves a deeper hole.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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Drug Stock Rally Helps Push Dow and S&P 500 to Records

Markets climb though chaos reigns,

Drug stocks rise with swelling gains.

The Dow ascends, the S&P soars,

Prosperity thrives while the state implores.

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Trump administration freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown “slap”

Funds withheld, a pointed blade,

Eighteen billion denied, a debt unpaid.

Democratic states now face the sting,

Punishment wielded by those who reign king.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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First closure of U.S. government since 2018 begins after funding bill fails

The first closure since years gone by,

A nation waits with a weary sigh.

Health care fights and bitter ground,

Another cycle of loss unbound.

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Heavy hands, the burden falls,

Doom resounds through crumbling halls.

No escape from the weight we bear,

The news is doom, it fills the air.

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The calendar turns, the walls remain,

Every headline carved with pain.

Doom is written, bold and true,

This is the weight of news for you.

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Written and recorded with AI tools. Facts sourced from major publications linked above.