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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them
9 hours, 25 minutes ago

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

Associated Press  

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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'Man of the Year' or man of their wallets?
19 hours, 52 minutes ago

'Man of the Year' or man of their wallets?

Raw Story  

— Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Bargain: Buying the White House, One Regulation at a Time. Now it appears that Musk’s $277 million investment in purchasing the White House for Donald Trump is about to pay off big, as Reuters reports: “The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to …

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Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space
1 day, 14 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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Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown
3 days, 2 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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Americans rush to buy cars, appliances before Trump's new tariffs
3 days, 14 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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A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics
4 days ago

A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics

Raw Story  

By Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University “I am definitely not following the news anymore,” one patient told me when I asked about her political news consumption in the weeks before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The politics of fear In my 2023 book, “AFRAID: Understanding the Purpose of Fear, and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety,” I …

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Americans view both Musk and Trump roughly equally favorably, new poll discovers
4 days, 15 hours ago

Americans view both Musk and Trump roughly equally favorably, new poll discovers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The people want change," Musk told the audience of …

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Trump world wants to 'Make America Healthy Again' — but divided on how: report
4 days, 17 hours ago

Trump world wants to 'Make America Healthy Again' — but divided on how: report

Raw Story  

Two people in President-elect Donald Trump's orbit have competing visions about how to address America's obesity epidemic, and whoever wins may have a years-long impact on public health. On the other side, billionaire X owner Elon Musk is calling for Americans to have easier access to weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound. And West Virginia Republican Governor Jim …

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Dem suggests CNN reporter gets pay cut in tense exchange over Congress wage hikes
4 days, 18 hours ago

Dem suggests CNN reporter gets pay cut in tense exchange over Congress wage hikes

Raw Story  

One provision in the recently negotiated federal spending package is a proposed pay increase for members of Congress, which would be the first in over a decade. Rep. Jared Golden told Politico that federal lawmakers already make more than 90% of Americans, and that he would not support the continuing resolution unless language is inserted that would block the pay …

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Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban challenge nine days before it takes effect
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4 days, 19 hours ago

Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban challenge nine days before it takes effect

The Independent  

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Rage has long shadowed American health care. It’s rarely produced big change.
4 days, 22 hours ago

Rage has long shadowed American health care. It’s rarely produced big change.

Raw Story  

Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops in Somalia, an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, and a future Oscar winner about a brilliant mathematician struggling with schizophrenia. But there was nothing new about the anger at health insurers that Thompson’s shooting unleashed online — and which suspect Luigi Mangione expressed in a …

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What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances
5 days, 2 hours ago

What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. That’s why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” as he campaigned alongside Donald Trump caught her attention. “I started wondering where those extra pounds came from.” After hearing Kennedy out, she concluded: “We cannot trust the health organizations …

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Americans get off on hurt, cruelty and revenge — and soulless Trump is their hero
5 days, 2 hours ago

Americans get off on hurt, cruelty and revenge — and soulless Trump is their hero

Raw Story  

Just two weeks before the most consequential election in American history, I decided I’d finally had enough of the hurt and absurdity associated with once again dealing with a racist, America-attacking slob on our presidential ballot. I led the piece this way: “I have heard way more than enough of this grotesque garbage that perhaps we should try to understand …

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Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
5 days, 9 hours ago

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, clad in tuxedo and black tie, took the stage at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort shortly after the election with all the swagger of the winning candidate himself. Musk, whose net worth tops $400 billion, oversees six businesses while continuing to work closely with Trump: electric car manufacturer Tesla, the X social media platform, space technology …

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What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances
5 days, 14 hours ago

What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances

India Today  

WASHINGTON: The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. That’s why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” as he campaigned alongside Donald Trump caught her attention. “I started wondering where those extra pounds came from.” After hearing Kennedy out, she concluded: “We cannot trust the health organizations we’ve …

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Elon Musk, Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans: AP-NORC poll
5 days, 14 hours ago

Elon Musk, Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans: AP-NORC poll

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, clad in tuxedo and black tie, took the stage at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort shortly after the election with all the swagger of the winning candidate himself. It's going to be a revolution.” Musk's attachment to Trump has created an alliance between America's most powerful politician and its richest businessman — and roughly the same percentages …

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Trump’s tax cuts expire soon − study shows devastating effect they had on many
5 days, 18 hours ago

Trump’s tax cuts expire soon − study shows devastating effect they had on many

Raw Story  

By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into law during his first term as president, will expire on Dec. 31, 2024. Just like prior “trickle down” plans, Trump’s corporate tax cuts did not produce higher wages or increased household income. Stock market inequality Trump’s …

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Americans are getting paid to play the Ryder Cup. Now the pressure is on to win: Analysis
6 days ago

Americans are getting paid to play the Ryder Cup. Now the pressure is on to win: Analysis

Associated Press  

Bringing the Ryder Cup to notoriously nasty Bethpage Black already was cause for concern. “I’ve been playing golf my whole life for free and the money’s just a bonus,” Scottie Scheffler said two weeks ago in the Bahamas. “When you can’t show up and play for your country, if playing for your country is not enough, my heart bleeds for …

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How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare
6 days, 4 hours ago

How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare

Raw Story  

In the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Americans are wondering out loud why we’re getting ripped off by giant insurance companies when every other developed country in the world has healthcare as a right and pays an average of about half of what we do — and gets better outcomes. While Black people might have more …

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Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space
6 days, 9 hours ago

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

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The chairs stay occupied at 12 Pell. From New York City, from the metro area, from many states away, they’re coming for what they see on 12 Pell’s lively social media accounts, where the young, predominantly Asian American barbers offer advice to teens and men of all ages and ethnicities with humor, quips, confidence and ease — …

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US Embassy urges Americans to flee Syria amid ‘volatile and unpredictable’ situation
6 days, 9 hours ago

US Embassy urges Americans to flee Syria amid ‘volatile and unpredictable’ situation

Hindustan Times  

The US Embassy in Syria has urged Americans in the country to flee or prepare to "shelter in place for extended periods." US Embassy urges Americans to flee Syria amid ‘volatile and unpredictable’ situation "U.S. citizens should depart Syria if possible. Americans advised not to travel to Syria The embassy’s website says it suspended operations in 2012, "and is not …

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Americans may have to actually brace for stagflation with Trump tariffs
6 days, 14 hours ago

Americans may have to actually brace for stagflation with Trump tariffs

CNN  

New York CNN — Jamie Dimon, head of America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase — and commonly referred to as the ‘president of Wall Street’ — spent much of this past year warning that there’s an elevated risk that the US experiences 1970s-esque stagflation, which is when economic growth stagnates while inflation heats up. His prediction, however, has been pooh-poohed by …

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FBI warns Americans to keep their text messages secure: What to know
6 days, 14 hours ago

FBI warns Americans to keep their text messages secure: What to know

NPR  

FBI warns Americans to keep their text messages secure: What to know toggle caption Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images It's not often that a piece of FBI advice triggers a Snopes fact check. The U.S. believes hackers affiliated with China's government, dubbed Salt Typhoon, are waging a "broad and significant cyber-espionage campaign" to infiltrate commercial telecoms and steal users' data …

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Americans to be paid to play in Ryder Cup for the first time
6 days, 22 hours ago

Americans to be paid to play in Ryder Cup for the first time

The Hindu  

Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a new PGA of America program announced on Monday that gives them a USD 200,000 stipend and USD 300,000 for them to distribute to charity. We’re talking 25 years that it’s been at USD 200,000,” Rea said in a telephone interview, adding that USD 500,000 …

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