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It looks like CNBC Squawk Box co-anchor Becky Quick is fed up with the Democrats’ hypocritical nonsense over the ongoing government shutdown. Quick skewered House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) during the October 24 edition of Squawk Box. Quick scolded him over Obamacare subsidies: “What you’re asking the Republicans to do right now when they control the White House, the Senate and the House is effectively what the Democrats could not do when they controlled all three heads of government themselves,” The CNBC personality continued, with Jeffries just staring stone-faced: “The three-year set up for the expiration of these credits...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday warned President Trump’s tariffs will destroy New York City’s economy and likely plunge it right into a recession — as he urged the commander in chief to “back off.” The New York Democrat claimed Trump’s “pinball tariff strategy” could result in a nearly $20 billion direct hit to the Big Apple and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs. “President Trump’s pinball tariff strategy will wreak total havoc on New York City and is likely to drive us right into a recession. We’ve crunched the numbers, and what doesn’t look good for the nation,...

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly smuggling gold bars in his rectum. Customs officers at Bandaranaike International Airport stopped the 42-year-old man after noticing that he was walking suspiciously. He had arrived in Sri Lanka at around 1.30am on Tuesday on a flight from Singapore. During an examination officials found 400g of gold, worth about 2m Sri Lankan rupees (£9,351), inside the suspect's rectal cavity. Sri Lanka's The Nation newspaper reports that the gold had been in the form of four slabs. The report also said that the man claims to be the 'Coordinating Secretary to the...