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While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you.

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The New York Times published an investigation Friday into an eyebrow-raising claim by top Federal Emergency Management Agency official Gregg Phillips, who claimed that he once teleported to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.