| At the Fed, Kevin Warsh Can’t Referee His Way Out of Inflation
- The success of his chairmanship may rest on an issue that sits outside the traditional purview of monetary policy: the nation’s ongoing fiscal deficits.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:00:15 +0000
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| How Japan Minimized Deaths from a Major Earthquake
- After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:01:15 +0000
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| In Upset, Andy Ogles Loses to a Republican Challenger in Tennessee
- Mr. Ogles, a two-term congressman, had held off primary threats before, despite controversy. But on Thursday, Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, delivered an upset.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:57:56 +0000
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| Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge
- The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:48:36 +0000
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| Fauci Is Far From the First Person to Plead the Fifth Before Congress
- The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:24:02 +0000
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| Blackburn Wins Republican Nomination for Tennessee Governor
- Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:02:26 +0000
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| Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’
- The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:03:06 +0000
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| This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
- Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:30:08 +0000
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| Some House Republicans Are Backing a Challenger in Cory Mills’s Re-election Bid
- Two Republican lawmakers have endorsed a primary opponent of Representative Cory Mills, who has been accused of assault and is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:58:42 +0000
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| The Real Reason Behind Trump’s Yen Intervention
- The U.S. is bolstering the yen, as it did with the Argentine peso. The reasons are not solely economic.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:00:05 +0000
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| After Trump Calls Canadians ‘Nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the Word Fits Trade Talks
- Canada’s prime minister laughed off Trump’s description of Canada but suggested that trade talks between the two countries are acrimonious.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:45:54 +0000
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| Voter-Registration Error Could Cost Immigrants a Shot at a Green Card
- New Jersey improperly added as many as 6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls. Those people could now be forced out of the country.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:21:53 +0000
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| Trump Issues Tariffs on Key Ingredient for Electronics and Solar Panels
- The administration will impose a minimum import price for polysilicon, a key component for semiconductors and solar panels, as well as tariffs for products made with the material.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:53:18 +0000
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| Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
- Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:33:51 +0000
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| Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26
- For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look and live.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:00:52 +0000
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| Mitch McConnell Discharged From Rehabilitation Facility
- The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode. He said he would continue recovering from home.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:55:59 +0000
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| Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start, Antipoverty Program Created Under R.F.K. Jr.’s Uncle
- While administration officials say the changes will save money by lifting onerous requirements, advocates fear the anti-poverty program will be gutted.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:46:52 +0000
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| Fled to America at 11. Stole at 18. Deported to Vietnam at 44.
- The Trump administration is sending back record numbers of Vietnamese, Laotians and Hmong. Many came to the United States as young war refugees and later committed crimes.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:00:44 +0000
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| Alcohol. Manliness. Flushable Wipes. Since When Are These ‘Scams’?
- Americans have been taken with scams for years. Now, the word is being used for any system that ends with somebody profiting at their expense.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:18:56 +0000
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| ‘I Have Cancer,’ the TikTok Star Said. Then Came the Torrent of Hate.
- Sydney Towle’s videos have drawn an enormous audience on TikTok, where her followers praise and support her. On Reddit, an army of skeptics was determined to paint her as a fraud.
Thu, 01 May 2025 23:29:59 +0000
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