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Drake vs. everyone, explained

Vox 

Rapper Drake at “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022, in Atlanta. | Prince Williams/WireImage

Everyone involved in Drake’s latest — and biggest — feud.

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The Republican Plot to Roast Outdoor Workers

The New Republic 

Republicans finally recognize the threat posed by climate change. The threat is that rising temperatures will tempt local governments to impose regulations to mitigate the health effects of extreme heat. The state of Florida moved last week to nip that in the bud.

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Why Attacks on Trump’s Age Will Backfire

The New Republic 

As his attorneys and prosecutors barter over pretrial motions and potential jurors in the first criminal trial of a former president in American history, Donald Trump simply cannot keep his eyes open. On Monday, the defendant appeared to doze off for several minutes as the rules of his trial were being established, only “jolting awake” after his lead attorney passed him several notes. A day later, Trump fell asleep again, this time as potential jurors were being quizzed. “Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. Читать дальше...

The Financial Aid Debacle Affecting Millions of Low-Income Students

The New Republic 

Spring is a heady season for high school seniors. Many universities require accepted prospective students to commit in early May; graduation typically occurs a few weeks later. This year, however, the excitement has been tempered by the botched rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which has left millions of soon-to-be high school graduates uncertain as to whether they can afford to kick off their college education.

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Will a FISA lapse cause a disaster? It depends on who you ask

TheHill.com 

Grumbling in the Senate over how – and when – to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers is renewing questions over whether the foreign spy program may be plunged into a legal gray area. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire April 19, igniting a rush for those concerned...

Impatience over stalled tax deal grows in Senate

TheHill.com 

Supporters of a bipartisan tax deal that sailed through the House in January are growing impatient as the measure stalls in the Senate amid Republican opposition to the bill’s expansion of a credit for working families. The deal, known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, pairs an expansion of the child...

GOP senators: Trump hush money trial won’t move political needle

TheHill.com 

Republican senators, whose hopes of winning the Senate majority are riding on former President Trump’s strength as a general election candidate, say the hush money trial beginning this week in Manhattan will have little impact on the presidential race. Senate Republicans by and large predict that few votes will change in November even if Manhattan...

In surprise, Biden faces real threat from Trump with Hispanic voters

TheHill.com 

When President Biden visited a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix, Ariz., last month, he begged the crowd for their support in his bid for reelection.  “I need you badly,” Biden told the restaurant’s patrons. “I need the help. You’re the reason why, in large part, I beat Donald Trump.” The reason behind the president’s solicitation was...

Boeing braces for back-to-back Senate hearings scrutinizing ‘broken safety culture’

TheHill.com 

Two Senate committees will scrutinize Boeing’s safety culture and new whistleblower allegations Wednesday as the company remains under a microscope. Boeing was thrust into the spotlight in January after the door plug on one of the airline giant's 737 Max 9 planes flew off shortly after an Alaska Airlines flight took off. No passengers died,...

Dems bank on Trump trial boosting Biden

TheHill.com 

Democrats are hopeful that President Biden's freedom to hit the campaign trail while former President Trump is stuck in a New York courtroom for weeks, maybe months, gives his reelection campaign a jolt. The president is spending several days this week covering crucial ground in Pennsylvania, including a visit to his hometown, while Trump sits...

House panel to debate privacy, kids’ safety bills

TheHill.com 

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on a series of tech safety bills aimed at boosting data privacy standards and child online safety. Two of the long-awaited bills for discussion, a newly unveiled comprehensive data privacy bill and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), will be in the spotlight and...

Lobbying World: Nikki Haley heads to the Hudson Institute

TheHill.com 

Former South Carolina Gov. and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley will join the Hudson Institute as the conservative think tank’s next Walter P. Stern chair. The move comes just over a month after she dropped out of the Republican presidential primary race, officially clearing former President Trump’s path to the nomination. “Nikki is a proven,...

The Only Path Forward

The Atlantic  

The question of Israel and Palestine must be reframed and recalibrated.

Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficient

Technology Review  

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I only learned last week that there’s something connecting MSG and computer chips. Inside most laptop and data center chips today, there’s a tiny component called…

Semi-truck driver gets trailer stuck under north Columbus bridge overpass

NBC4i.com 

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – In Durham, North Carolina, there is a famous railroad overpass called The Can Opener Bridge. Standing at 12-feet-4 inches (up from 11-feet, 8-inches since 2020), it is periodically the site where trucks get stuck under or crash into the top of the overpass, 178 times since 2008. Late Monday night in north [...]





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