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Oct 07 2022
News
Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology
The Biden administration on Friday announced sweeping new limits on the sale of semiconductor technology to China, a step aimed at crippling Beijing’s ability to access critical technologies that are needed for everything from supercomputing to guiding weapons.
The moves are the clearest sign yet that a dangerous standoff between the world’s two major superpowers is increasingly playing
New York Times (News)
Nov 22 2022
News
Elon Musk says Twitter is done with layoffs and ready to hire again
After purging nearly two-thirds of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce in three weeks, Elon Musk is hiring again.
During an all-hands meeting with Twitter employees today, Musk said that the company is done with layoffs and actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales and that employees are encouraged to make referrals, according to two people who attended and a partial recording
The Verge
Nov 22 2022
News
Alabama seeks pause in executions after third failed lethal injection
Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system on Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.
Ivey’s office issued a statement saying she had both asked the attorney general, Steve Marshall, to withdraw motions seeking execution dates for two inmates and requested that the
The Guardian
Nov 22 2022
News
Texas National Guard Takes 'Unprecedented' Steps to Protect Border
Days after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared an invasion over surging illegal immigration numbers, the Texas National Guard is deploying tank-like armored vehicles along the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to documents obtained by the Army Times and Texas Tribune, the M113 armored personnel carrier vehicles will be deployed at 10 positions along the border. Additionally, the Texas National
Townhall
Nov 21 2022
News
Their preemie was already a fighter. Then at 3 weeks old, she caught the virus that’s packing hospitals across the US
As Abhishesh Pokharel carried his 3-week-old daughter into the emergency department, her fingers and toes were turning blue.
Other parts of her tiny body were yellow.
Something was very wrong.
The triage nurse at Greater Baltimore Medical Center knew it, too. She took one look at baby Ayra and gave her father an order:
Across the building he sped, his wife right
CNN (Online News)
Sep 08 2022
News
Justice Department Appeals Cannon’s Order to Appoint Special Master
On Sept. 8, the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal and motion to stay U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to grant former President Trump’s request for a special master to oversee materials seized during the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago residence.
In the motion to stay Cannon’s order, the Justice Department argued that the order would “cause the most immediate and
Lawfare
Nov 21 2022
News
U.S. Grants $1.1 Billion To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open
The Biden administration said on Monday it has approved conditional funding of up to $1.1 billion to prevent the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California, as part of its effort to fight climate change.
The Pacific Gas & Electric plant, which was set to fully shut in 2025, applied for funding in the Department of Energy's (DOE) initial phase of the $6 billion
International Business Times
Nov 21 2022
Opinion
Trump is back, at Republicans' peril
He never really went away, did he? And now he’s back. Donald Trump ’s announcement that he is running for the 2024 Republican nomination is no surprise. All popular reality TV shows return for a second or third run. But the ratings are sliding with each new series. Trump’s routines were once the greatest show on Earth. Now the viewers are turned off.
Trump performed a public service in
Washington Examiner
Mar 17 2021
News
E-commerce will soon be a trillion-dollar industry in the US
E-commerce in the US is approaching a major milestone: In 2022, it will record its first trillion-dollar year, predicts Adobe Analytics, which analyzes online transactions across millions of products.
The pandemic is speeding US online sales to new heights far faster than they would have moved otherwise. Adobe estimates Covid-19 boosted the country’s e-commerce spending by 20%, or about
Quartz
Sep 29 2022
News
Toomey, Manchin accuse Education Department of dragging feet on protecting students from predator teachers
A bipartisan pair of senators accused the Department of Education of dragging its feet when it came to protecting students from sexual predator teachers.
Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter sent by Senators Pat Toomey, R-Penn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona regarding a recent department report entitled "Study of State Policies to Prohibit
Fox News (Online News)