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Trump’s Deal To Avert Government Shutdown Hits Snags As Senators Block Quick
Vote
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The odds of a government shutdown have surged back up to 70% (according to
prediction markets), after a bipartisan deal brokered by President Donald Trump
and Senate leaders to avert a partial government shutdown ran into trouble late
on Jan. 29 as objections from lawmakers prevented a quick vote. The Senate had
been hoping to vote […]
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Climate Change Weekly # 569—Climate Change Front and Center at Heartland’s
World Prosperity Forum
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IN THIS ISSUE: Climate Change Front and Center at Heartland’s World Prosperity
Forum Solar Power Problems Keep Increasing Climate Change Front and Center at
Heartland’s World Prosperity Forum HSB Note: I had planned for this week’s
issue to cover The Heartland Institute’s World Prosperity Forum (WPF), held in
Zurich, Switzerland last week as a counterpoint […]
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Inside The TikTok Deal – The Dispatch
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The new ownership features three managing partners that each hold a 15 percent
stake: tech giant Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and the UAE
government-owned AI investment firm MGX. Oracle’s cloud computing network has
stored TikTok user data on its servers since 2022. Below the trio of managing
firms are eight companies that collectively […]
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“Ready For De-Escalation”: Zelensky Ready To Accept Energy Ceasefire If Putin
Will
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Shortly after President Donald Trump said Thursday afternoon that Russia had
agreed to pause strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities for a week,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said overnight that Ukraine is prepared
to halt drone and missile attacks on Russia’s critical energy infrastructure,
provided Putin honors a weeklong truce and refrains from launching […]
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Saudi Arabia Presses Royal Families To Bankroll Faltering Megaprojects
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Via The Cradle Saudi Arabia has begun pressing the kingdom’s wealthiest
families to inject more capital into domestic ventures as flagship Vision 2030
megaprojects are scaled back or shelved, Bloomberg reported this week. The
report said the Public Investment Fund (PIF), alongside the Ministry of
Investment and other state bodies, convened a closed-door meeting on the Red […]
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