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Trump says he's ordered $200 billion mortgage bond purchase

President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing housing costs through lower interest rates. In a Thursday post on Truth Social, the president said he instructed unspecified "Representatives" to buy $200 billion in

Temperatures are rising, but what about humidity?

Heat waves are becoming commonplace, and so too is high humidity, which can strain the electrical grid, hurt the economy, and endanger human health. But the global prevalence of record-breaking humidity events, some of which approach the physiological limit of what humans can

We’re All “Domestic Terrorists” Now

“It was an act of domestic terrorism,” Kristi Noem declared following Wednesday’s killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis. With a straight face and no evident sense of shame, the head of Homeland

Crypto ramps up Senate lobbying ahead of key votes

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Crypto ramps up Senate lobbying ahead of key votes The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up efforts to get market structure legislation past a key hurdle, as two Senate committees are prepared to vote on the bill next week. ©

Hybe America Names Ethiopia Habtemariam President of Music

Hybe America has named former Motown and Universal Publishing top exec Ethiopia Habtemariam as president of music, effective immediately. She will be based in Los Angeles and Atlanta. According to the announcement, in the role, Habtemariam will help advance the company’s

House passes 3-year extension of ObamaCare subsidies

The House passed legislation Thursday to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax credits. The tally, 230 to 196, highlighted the tenuous grip Speaker Mike Johnson

How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE

ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling , harassing , assaulting , detaining , and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits , asylum seekers , permanent residents (people holding “green cards”),

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Lula vetoes entire leniency bill for Jan. 8 rioters

On the third anniversary of the Jan. 8 attempted coup d'état, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva vetoed the entire Bill 2,162 approved by both Houses of Congress, providing for the reduction of sentences of the over 800 people convicted for their involvement in the