We Automated Federal Retirements
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Winter fuel was Labour’s administration-defining mistake
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Trump Administration Halts 6 GW Offshore Wind Leases Again
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Trump administration halted 6 gigawatts of offshore wind leases. ✓ This is the latest attempt to delay construction o...
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Opens First Federal EV Chargers
📋 Key Facts ✓ Pennsylvania opened its first federally funded EV charging station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. ✓ The station supports l...
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Federal Cuts Threaten Scientists Saving Southern Resident Orcas
📋 Key Facts ✓ Southern resident killer whales are endangered. ✓ These orcas are fighting for survival. ✓ Scient...
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Federal Reserve minutes highlight deep fissures at US central bank
Policymakers sparred over decision to cut interest rates earlier in December...
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Federal appeals court judge is accused of bullying her clerks
The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan)...
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Net neutrality was back, until it wasn’t
The fight for net neutrality never seems to be truly won or lost. Federal net neutrality rules have been on and off for the past 15 years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the Open I...
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The FCC has probably killed a plan to improve smart home security
The US Cyber Trust Mark Program, an Energy Star-style certification for smart home security, could be winding down less than a year after it launched. Safety testing company UL Solutions has announced...
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Trump Pauses Wind Projects Over Pentagon Security Concerns
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Trump administration paused wind projects including Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind. ✓ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ...
Dec 22CNBCPolitics
Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for larg...
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Meet the retired United captain who flew nearly every Boeing jet and broke barriers as the USAF's first Black woman pilot
A viral TikTok video about retired United captain and USAF veteran Theresa Claiborne comes amid a time when diversity is being threatened in aviation. Courtesy of Retired United Captain Theresa Claibo...
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Free speech’s great leap backwards
In early December, Joshua Aaron, the developer behind the ICEBlock app - designed to let people alert others about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents - filed a federal la...
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Inside the exclusive world of private jet travel — and the superrich who can afford it
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The 5 vacation destinations that will be more expensive to visit in 2026 because of tourist taxes
Thailand is one of the countries with an expected tourist tax increase in 2026. Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes ...
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Several people killed as protests spread across Iran
A volunteer security official was reportedly also killed during the clashes. As Iran slips deeper into economic crisis, the unrest, which began Sunday in Tehran, has spread to other cities....
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‘Several’ people killed in Swiss ski resort fire
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Trump expected to impose new levies if Supreme Court strikes down tariffs
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Is accounting still a profession?
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Several killed in blast at mosque in northeast Nigeria
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri during evening prayers, according to witnesses and securit...
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