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Schumer balks at Trump's pullback in Minneapolis, government shutdown all but inevitable this week
The Senate returned to Washington Tuesday with just a few days to avert a partial government shutdown and an intractable impasse over…
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Minnesota’s Campaign for Interposition and Nullification
More than 200 years after the Kentucky Resolutions, a version of nullification still lives. Source link
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Is social media harmful for kids? Meta and YouTube face trial after TikTok settles suit
TikTok has agreed to settle the first in a series of closely-watched product liability cases, bowing out on the eve of a landmark trial…
Business
UPS to cut another 30,000 jobs as it doubles down on turnaround
United Parcel Service on Tuesday (Jan 27) said it would cut up to 30,000 operational roles in 2026, adding to last year’s job reductions…
Business
Hong Leong Asia proposes spinning off Guangxi Yuchai Marine and GenSet Power on HKEX
But the group cautions that the listing is still subject to requisite approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities Hong Leong Asia…
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In “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” Character Development Returns to Westeros
“A new ‘Game of Thrones’ series!” you might be thinking. “Time to unroll my map of Westeros.” Well, unroll away—but “A Knight of the Seven…
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The Beckhams’ Very Public Family Meltdown
This past week, after the semi-famous Brooklyn Beckham confirmed, via Instagram, a long-simmering rift with his very famous parents,…
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Singapore Cop Fined, Banned from Driving Over Unauthorised U-Turn That Injured Passenger
A 31-year-old police officer was fined S$5,000 and disqualified from driving for five years after causing a road accident in Geylang that…
Politics
As Newsom slams suppression of anti-Trump content, TikTok blames a technical glitch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is investigating reports that TikTok is suppressing anti-Trump content days after the platform…
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Appeals court overturns limits on federal agents' tactics against anti-ICE crowds in Minnesota
A federal appeals court on Monday set aside limits a lower judge had placed on federal agents and their ability to use crowd control…
Business
Shipbuilder Nam Cheong rises 9.3% on US$19.8 million vessel sale
The 11-year-old, 3,000 deadweight tonnage vessel was sold to an Indonesian customer Shares of Nam Cheong rose S$0.10 or 9.3 per cent in…
Politics
Greg Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles leadership of immigration crackdown
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according a person familiar with the matter, as the…
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Rahm Emanuel Wants to Bite the Hand of the Aged Beltway Establishment
He’s advancing the idea that one person’s wisdom garnered through age is another person’s calcified thinking. Source link
Politics
Fire Kristi Noem into the Sun
At a minimum, the DHS secretary should immediately become the least visible member of this administration. Source link
Culture
Alex Honnold and Netflix Team Up for a Corporatized “Free Solo”
In Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s Oscar-winning 2018 documentary, “Free Solo,” the world-class rock climber Alex Honnold…
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Lockheed Martin, PG&E, Salesforce and Wells Fargo team up to help battle wildfires
Lockheed Martin, PG&E Corp., Salesforce and Wells Fargo are teaming up to help firefighters and emergency responders prevent, detect and…
Politics
Trump declines to say if ICE agent acted appropriately in fatal shooting
President Trump declined to say whether the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a man in Minnesota acted…
Business
S&P 500, Dow open slightly higher with big tech results
The S&P 500 and the Dow opened slightly higher on Monday (Jan 26), as investors braced for a heavyweight run of earnings along with a…
Politics
Congress Can Change the Cancer Story with a Vote
An early-detection blood test, if covered by Medicare, could save money and lives. Source link
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“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?
In 2023, the writer Patricia Lockwood chafed at Wallace’s supposed sainthood in a long piece for the London Review of Books. The essay, in…
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Morton Feldman’s Music of Stillness
“I really don’t feel that it’s all necessary anymore,” Morton Feldman told an interviewer in 1972. “And so what I try to bring into my…
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Peter de Sève’s “New York’s Toughest”
For the cover of the February 2, 2026, issue, the artist Peter de Sève celebrates the brave souls who continue to work when the city is…
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Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”
She also formed a bond with a Rapanui prophetess named Angata, the leader of an uprising against the sheep-ranching operation then…
Business
Mapletree Logistics Trust Q3 DPU falls to S$0.01816
Amount distributable to unitholders declines 8.5% year on year to S$92.7 million in Q3 Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) posted a…