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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

WASHINGTON — Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ground spreader. Scott has compared Chinese drones to spy balloons that could “gather data or carry harmful payloads” across America, posing risks to military bases, critical infrastructure …

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14 hours, 46 minutes ago

'Who is doing the vetting for you?' Loyal Trump ally pushes back at president-elect's move

Raw Story

A die-hard Donald Trump ally who has rarely if ever disagreed with the president-elect questioned him on Sunday. Trump earlier in the day announced at a right-wing event that he'd support a run for Arizona Governor by Karrin Taylor Robson. "Hey President Trump, Why did you endorse Karrin Taylor Robson for Governor of Arizona today if you are anti-Ruben Gallego? …

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18 hours, 21 minutes ago

Opinion: Who can claim Ambedkar as their own?

India Today

Various kinds of people could claim Dr BR Ambedkar as their own. Comparing the enormous difference between the monetary contributions made by white Americans for the betterment of blacks with the money collected by Gandhi for his Harijan Sevak Sangh, Ambedkar concluded in an unfinished work, “A People at Bay”, that “Americans have a social conscience while the Hindus have …

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1 day, 16 hours ago

US Congress approves spending extension, avoiding shutdown

Deccan Chronicle

The US Senate passed a spending measure early on Saturday, ensuring that federal government funding will continue through mid-March, the New York Times reported.The 85-to-11 vote came shortly after the midnight deadline, preventing a potential government shutdown that would have disrupted services and services just before the holidays.The bill, which was also approved earlier in the House, provides USD 100 …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space

LA Times

Karho Leung, 33, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, stands for his portrait on Pell Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I am American, but I’m also South Asian,” she says. Born and raised in Las Vegas to a Filipino father and Mexican mother, the spoken word artist says that “it sounds like a different world” to hear …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

'Future generations deserve better': MAGA lawmaker fires warning shot at GOP

Raw Story

A MAGA Republican was none too pleased with his party on Friday night and accused the GOP-led House — which passed a temporary funding bill Friday evening following a week of chaotic negotiations — of shirking its responsibility to "bring down spending." Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland's only Republican in Congress, backed Louisiana’s Mike Johnson for House speaker last year, but …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

Raw Story

A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to temporarily fund the government with a new bill following the collapse of their own revised bill, which became necessary …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

How Merseyside became America’s 51st state

New York Times

Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition. Meanwhile, a third, League Two side Tranmere Rovers, could join them if the English Football League ratifies a takeover by a consortium led by Donald Trump’s …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Psychedelics rejected, Captagon factories and "pink cocaine": The drugs that defined 2024

Salon

In the U.S., about half of the population takes a prescription drug every day, and half of adults have tried illicit drugs at least once. “What the numbers don't show are what I would say are the policy realities and the narratives of the communities that have been the hardest hit.” 02 The FDA rejected MDMA for PTSD This summer, …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Why Trudeau’s Top US Diplomat is Actually ‘Very Pleased’ with Trump’s Posturing on the Northern Border

Politico

The U.S., she says, “is like family.” And Hillman knows the president-elect well. In advance of the election, we were involved in a very systematic effort to get out and reinforce relationships with Republicans and Democrats, traveling the country, making sure that we are making the connections that we need, talking to the people that are advising the Biden team …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

Raw Story

A Republican former lawmaker said Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk appear to be on a "collision course" and warned Americans that another close adviser of Trump's is promising "never-ending chaos." Former Rep. Charlie Dent told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on "The Lead" that Steve Bannon is "essentially promising never-ending chaos." Dent later said he suspects Trump and Musk are …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

'Clearly illegal': Trump megadonors reportedly employ undocumented migrants

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Two of Donald Trump's top megadonors routinely brought reportedly undocumented workers to the U.S. from Mexico to work at their warehouses in Wisconsin and elsewhere. Uline, the office and shipping supply company controlled by billionaire Republican donors Liz and Dick Uihlein, staffed its facilities with Mexican workers using tourist visa and B1 visas meant for employees entering the country temporarily …

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‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

Raw Story

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reportedly plans to bring a third spending bill to the House floor for a vote on Friday morning, just hours before an increasingly likely federal government shutdown at midnight. RELATED: ‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘Unified’ Against Reworked Funding Bill More Favorable to Trump Thursday evening, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans were warned they needed …

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3 days, 2 hours ago

Biden cancels $4.28 bn more in student debt before leaving office

Raw Story

U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday he was canceling student loans for an additional 55,000 Americans, which would amount to wiping out $4.28 billion in debt in his final month in office. US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement that Friday's approval brings the total amount secured during Biden's four years in office to "nearly $180 billion …

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3 days, 6 hours ago

Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

Raw Story

U.S. lawmakers were racing Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk sabotaged a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas. Conservatives immediately voiced frustration over the add-ons in the 1,547-page text and Musk -- Trump's incoming point man on government spending cuts -- spent Wednesday …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Swiss extortionist, three former U.S. soldiers convicted in German farmer’s killing

NL Times

A Swiss businessman and three former U.S. military personnel were convicted on accusations that they took part in a violent extortion scheme that led to the death of 58-year-old German organic farmer Thomas Schwarz in November 2019. The situation escalated when M. slit Schwarz’s throat, a move the court said was unauthorised and far beyond the scope of the original …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Americans rush to buy cars, appliances before Trump's new tariffs

China Daily

NEW YORK -- Americans are scrambling to stock up on cars, appliances and other big-ticket imports in anticipation of new tariffs from the Donald Trump administration, a spending spree that could reignite the very inflation buyers are hoping to avoid, reported The Washington Post on Thursday. "President-elect Trump has vowed to enact widespread tariffs as soon as he takes office …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Trump-backed spending bill voted down as US government shutdown looms

Al Jazeera

US House of Representatives rejects spending bill as US edges closer to partial government shutdown. The United States House of Representatives has rejected a spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump, raising the likelihood of a partial government shutdown as millions of Americans prepare to travel during the holiday season. The Republican-led bill was a last-ditch effort to avert a …

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US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge

China Daily

People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 22, 2023. The US Supreme Court announced on Wednesday it would consider TikTok's challenge to legislation that could force the popular social media platform to be sold to a US company by Jan 19 or face a nationwide ban. …

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US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge

China Daily

People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 22, 2023. The US Supreme Court announced on Wednesday it would consider TikTok's challenge to legislation that could force the popular social media platform to be sold to a US company by Jan 19 or face a nationwide ban. …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Biden scraps plans to cancel widespread student loan debt

Salon

The Biden administration has withdrawn its proposals for large-scale student loan relief programs, closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the remaining weeks of his term. The U.S. Department of Education is rescinding two of its major student loan proposals, which would have considered some amount of loan forgiveness for at least 38 million Americans, according to Politico. In …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

Trump's put himself in a 'big mess' as House Dems sit back and watch GOP 'squirm': report

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump faces the very real possibility of being the first-ever American president to be inaugurated with a shut-down federal government. As Politico reported, the decision by Trump and X owner Elon Musk to kill the bipartisan funding deal to keep the government open has put Trump in a "big mess" at a time when he hoped to be …

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'Insecure': Writer flags telltale signs that Trump fears he's vulnerable

Raw Story

The size of Donald Trump’s election victory has left the president-elect and his allies “insecure,” a columnist wrote Thursday. “The claim was demonstrably ridiculous: He won a second term fair and square, but he clearly did not win by a margin unseen in 129 years,’” he wrote. “Trump suggested he was quoting someone else — a common rhetorical game he …

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Johnson in ‘colossal mess’ with ‘no plan’ to avert shutdown amid rising anger: reports

Raw Story

Speaker Mike Johnson and his Republican majority in the House reportedly have "no plan" to avert a shutdown of the federal government—a shutdown that will begin at 12:01 AM Saturday unless they can draft and pass replacement legislation, convince the Senate to pass it, and get President Joe Biden to sign it into law—all in about 36 hours. Up until …

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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

'Who is doing the vetting for you?' Loyal Trump ally pushes back at president-elect's move

Opinion: Who can claim Ambedkar as their own?

US Congress approves spending extension, avoiding shutdown

Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space

'Future generations deserve better': MAGA lawmaker fires warning shot at GOP

Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

How Merseyside became America’s 51st state

Psychedelics rejected, Captagon factories and "pink cocaine": The drugs that defined 2024

Why Trudeau’s Top US Diplomat is Actually ‘Very Pleased’ with Trump’s Posturing on the Northern Border

'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

'Clearly illegal': Trump megadonors reportedly employ undocumented migrants

‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

Biden cancels $4.28 bn more in student debt before leaving office

Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

Swiss extortionist, three former U.S. soldiers convicted in German farmer’s killing

Americans rush to buy cars, appliances before Trump's new tariffs

Trump-backed spending bill voted down as US government shutdown looms

US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge

US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge

Biden scraps plans to cancel widespread student loan debt

Trump's put himself in a 'big mess' as House Dems sit back and watch GOP 'squirm': report

'Insecure': Writer flags telltale signs that Trump fears he's vulnerable

Johnson in ‘colossal mess’ with ‘no plan’ to avert shutdown amid rising anger: reports