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Those changes could potentially cut federal spending for the program by more than $2 trillion over the next decade and lead millions to lose their coverage.
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Ryan Levi, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
That includes his promises to end birthright citizenship and begin mass deportations, potentially using the military.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
But TikTok's claims that the divest-or-sell law violated Americans' free speech rights did not supersede the government's compelling national security interest in blocking a foreign adversary like China from potentially using the app to spy on or influence Americans, SCOTUS ruled.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
But that monitoring system can still be improved, Goodman said, potentially with the help of technological advancements.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Levi, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
That includes his promises to end birthright citizenship and begin mass deportations, potentially using the military.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
But TikTok's claims that the divest-or-sell law violated Americans' free speech rights did not supersede the government's compelling national security interest in blocking a foreign adversary like China from potentially using the app to spy on or influence Americans, SCOTUS ruled.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
But that monitoring system can still be improved, Goodman said, potentially with the help of technological advancements.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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The value of the new pact is almost certainly more than $500 million.Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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As artists go, this giant Kansas City Chiefs fan’s name might not be broadly known, but his giant, red, white and gold works — seen around the city by tens of thousands of people daily— certainly are.Eric Adler and, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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One of the things that the world has learned so clearly about decarbonization is that there is no social license for decarbonization pathways that put upward pressure on consumer prices.Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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But a few months on, Pereira is clearly not happy with the options available.Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Takeaway number 2, then, is that Valve is definitely committed to getting SteamOS supported on Nvidia hardware —work that will likely benefit the entire Linux gaming system and the open-source community.Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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At this point, that secret is definitely more secure than the secret of At Attin.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Boris Epshteyn | ⬇ 1 A longtime adviser, his stock surely fell after Trump’s attorneys launched an investigation for allegedly seeking payments from jobseekers, like Bessent, which Epshteyn denies.Joe Walsh, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who’s stumbled into fashion TikTok over the past several months has surely come across seasonal analysis, which designates people into each of the four seasons based on their hair, eye, and skin color.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
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Antar said that with the granite base, the sculpture probably weighs closer to 90 pounds.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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What’s good for one company is probably good for the entire industry.Joel Scutchfield, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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But Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, and the recovery effort will likely sprawl for years to come.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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PayPal customers have likely already seen some of these fraud detection technologies in action, such as the fraud reminder notifications and advice that come part-and-parcel with global invoice and peer-to-peer money requests.Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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TikTok Users and the Five Stages of Grief The reactions across what may possibly serve as the final week of the app's operations in the U.S. have shown every one of the five stages of grief, and on the final day before the shutdown, acceptance is setting in.David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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If the first court convicts him and issues a prison term, Yoon would serve that sentence as the case possibly moves up to the Seoul High Court and Supreme Court.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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But this is Jimmy Butler, so that assuredly won’t happen.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ross assuredly knew that this Dolphins roster lacked the physicality and toughness to compete with Buffalo, Kansas City and Baltimore.Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Potentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potentially. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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