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> The Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota has… more
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> On a Depression-era dinner table sat a can of milk that wasn’t quite milk. It… more
> Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian… more
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> Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, whom the Department of… more
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> Under the agreement, participating states will receive "discounts and… more
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> [L]awyers say that LLMs are a long way from reasoning well enough to replace… more
> The clearest tragedy during the early desegregation process was the… more
> Mr Lee, a left-winger who became president in June, is trying to be more… more
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> Last week, President Trump signed a new law, the Internal Revenue Service… more
> Before 2006, the Takeover Panel had no statutory authority at all, but… more
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> Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, said… more
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> Sergey Brin gave away more than $1.1 billion worth of Alphabet Inc. stock… more
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> Working closely with Good Ventures — the foundation built by Facebook and… more
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> Earlier in the day, the House voted to reopen federal agencies — the first… more
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> The company’s application remains largely similar to its original plan, but… more