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For American companies that rely on specialized metals that aren’t available domestically, tariffs on steel and aluminum doubling to 50 percent set off a fresh scramble to raise prices and rethink hiring and investment.
Businesses brace for steel and aluminum tariffs, which double today
Cars, cans and coffee tins are all poised to get more expensive, as 50 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For American companies that rely on specialized metals that aren’t available domestically, tariffs on steel and aluminum doubling to 50 percent set off a fresh scramble to raise prices and rethink hiring and investment.
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The sweeping Republican bill for President Trump's domestic agenda is projected to add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
GOP bill for Trump's agenda would add $2.4 trillion to the debt, budget office says
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also found that the House-passed legislation would increase the number of people without health insurance by 10.9 million by 2034.
nbcnews.to
June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The sweeping Republican bill for President Trump's domestic agenda is projected to add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand an appeals court decision that allowed a public school in Massachusetts to prohibit a seventh grader from wearing a T-shirt that said “There Are Only Two Genders,” declining to hear the case over heated dissents from two conservative justices.
Justices Allow School to Bar Student From Wearing ‘Only Two Genders’ Shirt
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand an appeals court decision that allowed a public school in Massachusetts to prohibit a seventh grader from wearing a T-shirt that said “There Are Only Two Genders,” declining to hear the case over heated dissents from two conservative justices.
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The world's largest Bitcoin conference is happening in Las Vegas this week. If attendees, vendors, or others want the best complete book on #Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem including investing and trading, I'd be humbled if they checked out my book: reichental.com/crypto
May 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The world's largest Bitcoin conference is happening in Las Vegas this week. If attendees, vendors, or others want the best complete book on #Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem including investing and trading, I'd be humbled if they checked out my book: reichental.com/crypto
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Mediators are seeking to urgently broker a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. But Israel, Hamas and the Trump administration have issued different messages about where efforts to reach a truce stand.
Mediators Urge Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal as Israeli Offensive Looms
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mediators are seeking to urgently broker a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. But Israel, Hamas and the Trump administration have issued different messages about where efforts to reach a truce stand.
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NPR is suing Trump.
Why? Because he slashed their funding just for doing their job—which is political retaliation.
He’s trying to silence public media because they don’t bow down to his ego.
News flash: the First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because you don’t like the coverage, Donnie.
Why? Because he slashed their funding just for doing their job—which is political retaliation.
He’s trying to silence public media because they don’t bow down to his ego.
News flash: the First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because you don’t like the coverage, Donnie.
BREAKING: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NPR is suing Trump.
Why? Because he slashed their funding just for doing their job—which is political retaliation.
He’s trying to silence public media because they don’t bow down to his ego.
News flash: the First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because you don’t like the coverage, Donnie.
Why? Because he slashed their funding just for doing their job—which is political retaliation.
He’s trying to silence public media because they don’t bow down to his ego.
News flash: the First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because you don’t like the coverage, Donnie.
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NPR just sued Trump over his unconstitutional executive order gutting federal funding for public media.
Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.
Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.
Must Watch: Mr. Rogers Testifies Before Congress (1969)
Trump is urging GOP lawmakers to defund PBS "immediately". He's not the first right-wing crook to wage war on public bro
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
NPR just sued Trump over his unconstitutional executive order gutting federal funding for public media.
Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.
Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.
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“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools
President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
www.reuters.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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President Trump and the GOP have vowed to cut off federal benefits for undocumented immigrants and ensure that funding goes to U.S. citizens in need. The changes would be felt by children who are citizens, experts and advocates say, and tighten eligibility for federal health insurance programs.
Republican Crackdown on Aid to Immigrants Would Hit U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
President Trump and the GOP have vowed to cut off federal benefits for undocumented immigrants and ensure that funding goes to U.S. citizens in need. The changes would be felt by children who are citizens, experts and advocates say, and tighten eligibility for federal health insurance programs.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
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Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump’s order targeting WilmerHale, a law firm associated with his political opposition, was unconstitutional.
Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump’s order targeting WilmerHale, a law firm associated with his political opposition, was unconstitutional.
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The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
5 takeaways from the week: Nearing a constitutional crisis?
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
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"The effort, which DOGE has dubbed “Defend the Spend,” has left thousands of payments backed up, including funding for doctors’ and nurses’ salaries at federal health centers for the poor..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review
DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"The effort, which DOGE has dubbed “Defend the Spend,” has left thousands of payments backed up, including funding for doctors’ and nurses’ salaries at federal health centers for the poor..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms.
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms.
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is it.
This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is c...
www.propublica.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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This utopia class is the gift that keeps on giving.
October 3, 2023 at 2:00 AM
This utopia class is the gift that keeps on giving.
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This is what a real hero looks like. There are many, learn to recognize them.
February 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is what a real hero looks like. There are many, learn to recognize them.
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Floyd McKissick, 72, will become chair of the Durham (NC) Committee on the Affairs of Black People in January. He is the son of the late Floyd McKissick Sr., a key leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
Influential NC political group gets new leaders. You may know some of their names.
A Durham attorney from a notable civil rights family is starting a new chapter.
www.newsobserver.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Floyd McKissick, 72, will become chair of the Durham (NC) Committee on the Affairs of Black People in January. He is the son of the late Floyd McKissick Sr., a key leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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I'm SO glad #GreatMigrationPBS included Floyd McKissick and Soul City, NC!!
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm SO glad #GreatMigrationPBS included Floyd McKissick and Soul City, NC!!
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Walter Riley at 18 5 months before I was born on the left 1963 Durham, NC. Floyd McKissick center and hopefully all recognize the man on the right.
January 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Walter Riley at 18 5 months before I was born on the left 1963 Durham, NC. Floyd McKissick center and hopefully all recognize the man on the right.
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My beloved is right about white.
My god, she’s a sight.
My yearning, I cannot fight.
I could do this all night.
PS - Trump is a blight
My god, she’s a sight.
My yearning, I cannot fight.
I could do this all night.
PS - Trump is a blight
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 AM
My beloved is right about white.
My god, she’s a sight.
My yearning, I cannot fight.
I could do this all night.
PS - Trump is a blight
My god, she’s a sight.
My yearning, I cannot fight.
I could do this all night.
PS - Trump is a blight
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Enjoy some sanity. The internet was made for videos like this one.
Feel free to share the love.
Feel free to share the love.
November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Enjoy some sanity. The internet was made for videos like this one.
Feel free to share the love.
Feel free to share the love.