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WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHaley Did New Hampshire Right. New Hampshire Didn't Care.   Every four years, there’s at least one candidate who summons every ounce of earnestness and goes all-in to plant a flag in a specific state. You can’t help but admire their gusto and bravada, essentially telling the world that this is their sole focus. And, like clockwork, many of those committed Quixotic campaigns simply cannot get it together just quite right. Pluck alone is often insufficient. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTax cut promises may need to be rolled back - IFS think tank  However, a Conservative Party spokesman said this \"unfunded spending promise will end up meaning thousands of pounds of higher taxes for working people. That\'s because Keir Starmer can\'t say how he would pay for it as he does not have a plan.\" WorkWorkBiden Vetoes Republican Measure to Block Electric Vehicle Charging Stations  The move comes amid a growing political divide over electric vehicles. The Biden administration is aggressively promoting them as an important part of the fight to slow global warming. The landmark climate law signed in 2022 by Mr. Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act, offers incentives to consumers to buy electric vehicles and to manufacturers to build them in the United States. WorkWorkWorkBritain Is Lobbying U.S. Republicans on Ukraine. Here’s Why.  Unlike in the United States, where Ukraine has gotten tied up in a dispute with Republicans over President Biden’s border policy and come under the shadow of a dismissive Mr. Trump, support for Kyiv in Britain has stayed resolute, undiminished, and nonpartisan in the two years since Russia’s invasion. WorkN.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says  In his letter, he wrote that the action against X-Mode Social should be a warning to the intelligence community and asked that Ms. Haines “take action to ensure that U.S. intelligence agencies only purchase data on Americans that has been obtained in a lawful manner.” WorkYellen, Criticizing Trump, Says Biden’s Economy Has Delivered Gains  The Treasury secretary also took the rare step of directly criticizing the policies of Mr. Biden’s predecessor and likely opponent, former President Donald J. Trump. Pointing to Mr. Trump’s repeated pledges to rebuild America’s roads and bridges, she recalled how those promises went unfulfilled. WorkIt’s Boom Times for Obamacare. Will They Last?  President Biden and Democrats in Congress expanded the subsidies for two years as part of a pandemic relief package in 2021, and they later enacted a three-year extension that runs through 2025, meaning that Americans will be able to take advantage of the beefed-up assistance for one more annual open enrollment period. WorkElon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone  Now, his early election-year attacks on a tried-and-true voting method are raising alarms among civil rights lawyers, election administrators and Democrats. They worry that his control over the large social media platform gives him an outsize ability to reignite the doubts about the American election system that were so prevalent in the lead-up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WorkThe Looming Contest Between Two Presidents and Two Americas  Americans do not just disagree with each other, they live in different realities, each with its own self-reinforcing Internet-and-media ecosphere. The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was either an outrageous insurrection in service of an unconstitutional power grab by a proto-fascist or a legitimate protest that may have gotten out of hand but has been exploited by the other side and turned patriots into hostages. WorkWorkAmericans are shopping their way to a stronger economy  Sure, the savings rate remains dismal at 4%, suggesting that whatever actual-factual wage growth is coming in and not being spent on increasingly overdue credit card bills isn’t being socked away for future economic calamity. But hey, the economy needs that money now, while we’re still fighting fears of a recession. WorkWorkTesla’s time in the sun is over as EV imports are soaring  Part of the reason for this is that before the tax credits were implemented, only 10 EV models were available for purchase. But the Treasury’s Dec. 2022 agreement that leased vehicles are exempted from the subsidy’s made-in-America manufacturing requirements has been a boon to non-US based EV makers. WorkWorkLloyds to cut 1,600 jobs in major branch overhaul  Barclays, NatWest, Virgin Money, Ulster Bank and RBS all announced closures in 2023. Metro Bank revealed plans to cut 20% of its workers and Barclays cut thousands of jobs around the world in a huge cost-cutting exercise. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkRussia and Ukraine trade accusations over fatal military plane crash  Conflicting narratives from both sides have become a daily occurrence in a war that is now nearing the end of its second year. Many of Russia’s denials and accusations during the war have proved to be demonstrably untrue, including Moscow’s claims that the country has not targeted civilians in Ukraine. WorkWorkWorkMitt Romney: Trump's call to stonewall Democrats on immigration 'appalling'  On Thursday, Romney said: "The reality is that we have a crisis at the border, the American people are suffering as a result of what's happening at the border, and someone running for president ought to try and get the problem solved, as opposed to saying: 'Hey, save that problem. Don't solve it. Let me take credit for solving it later.'" WorkEx-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in prison  Last year, the US justice department charged Trump on four criminal counts related to his efforts to reverse his 2020 election defeat and impede the transfer of power. Trump was also charged in Georgia for violating the state’s racketeering statute for election interference efforts there. WorkStudy: This Many Americans Actually Retire With a Million Bucks  If you expect Social Security benefits to be part of your retirement picture, it’s important to understand how much you might be able to collect. You can receive your full benefit amount when you retire at your normal retirement age, but it’s possible to take benefits as early as 62. Doing so, however, can shrink the amount you’re able to receive. On the other hand, you can increase your benefit amount by waiting until age 70 to apply. Deciding when to take Social Security benefits is another topic you may want to discuss with your financial advisor. WorkWorkA $58M round for this European Mycelium startup shows the tech is on the cusp of big things | TechCrunch  Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from fungi which has been hailed as something of an answer to everything from food to building materials. In a significant move for both it and what passes for the nascent Mycelium startup sector, IR has now closed a $58 million Series B funding round, making it one of the largest investments in the technology in Europe to date. WorkWhere gut health meets hypergrowth with Ben Goodwin from Olipop  This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, the co-founder and CEO of Olipop, a soda startup making low-sugar pop with probiotics. Goodwin talked about his foray into the soda space after working in kombucha and discovering the positive impacts of paying attention to microbiome health. Goodwin also talked about: WorkSaudi Arabia Foreign Minister Demands Palestinian State  JERUSALEM — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has said the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible pathway to a Palestinian state—a nonstarter for Israel's government. WorkWorkSupreme Court Declines to Stop Nitrogen Execution in Alabama  The execution is scheduled to take place around 6 p.m. Central time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility, though it could be carried out any time until 6 a.m. the next morning. Mr. Smith has recently reported feeling increasingly nauseous as his anxiety grows about the looming execution, raising his lawyers’ fears about a mishap during the execution. Alabama prison officials said this week that they do not plan to allow him to have any food after 10 a.m. on Thursday in an effort to lower the likelihood that he vomits. WorkFlorida Eliminates Sociology as a Core Course at Its Universities  She wrote that the removal of the course would be ”devastating for sociology in Florida,” adding, “enrollments will plummet. The opportunity to recruit majors will almost disappear. Weakened sociology departments are ripe for elimination and, ultimately, layoffs.” WorkWorkSix Bodies Found in Mojave Desert in Southern California  “I’ve been with the department for 25 years, and I haven’t seen that,” she continued. “But it is a pretty large, desolate desert area. There’s no buildings, that I saw. No businesses or anything like that. So, that’s the best I could describe it. It’s just an open area.” WorkHuge market headwinds made house flipper profits less gigantic last year  “In 2024,” he continued, “the stage seems set for more small changes in prices as well as seller gains given the competing forces of interest rates that have headed back down in recent months and home supplies that remain tight, but home ownership costs that remain a serious financial burden for many households.” WorkFrom Opposite Sides of War, a Hunt for Elusive Facts  The work, however, is hard even for seasoned professionals, who faced pushback while fighting false and misleading narratives across multiple elections and a pandemic. In the Mideast, where fact-checking websites and disinformation research are relatively nascent and often poorly funded, the challenges have been compounded. WorkGrounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days  United Airlines said that it would begin inspecting its 79 Max 9 planes under the new guidelines and that it expected to start using them again on flights on Sunday. Alaska Airlines said on its website that it planned to put a “few planes” back into service on Friday, “with more planes added every day as inspections are completed and each aircraft is deemed airworthy.” The airline said it expected to complete inspections on all 65 of its Max 9 planes over the next week. WorkAlabama Set to Carry Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen  Ms. Sennett was stabbed 10 times in the attack by Mr. Smith and another man, according to court documents. Her husband, Charles Sennett Sr., had recruited a man to handle her killing, who in turn recruited Mr. Smith and a third man. Mr. Sennett arranged the murder in part to collect on an insurance policy that he had taken out on his wife, according to court records. He had promised the men $1,000 each for the killing. WorkAre His Parents Responsible? A Mass Shooter’s Mother Goes on Trial.  The most heated exchange of the day came during a midmorning recess after the jury was sent out of the courtroom for a break. Ms. Crumbley had been sobbing audibly as the videos of the shooting were played. Prosecutors complained to the judge, Cheryl A. Matthews, that the defense was not abiding by the instructions to keep emotions in check during the court proceedings. Ms. Smith, the defense lawyer, responded that the videos were horrific. |
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