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What Government Can and Can’t Do About Birth Rates
A change in marginal incentives can have salutary effects. Source link
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Government to ban Palestine Action, home secretary confirms
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror law. The announcement came as the group…
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Elena Kagan Torches Supreme Court for Undermining Government
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan slammed a decision Friday that empowers the courts to ignore federal agencies by undermining agencies’…
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Government whip Vicky Foxcroft quits over disability benefit cuts
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip over the government's plans to cut disability benefits. In a letter to the prime minister,…
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The Government Is Not Going to Save Hollywood
Subsidizing film and television production only props up an obsolete system. Source link
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OpenAI and Anthropic are getting cozy with government. What could possibly go wrong?
While the world and private enterprise are adopting AI rapidly in their workflows, government isn’t far behind. The U.K. government has…
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Sizewell C nuclear plant gets £14.2bn government investment
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk The government has committed £14.2bn of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant on the…
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Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels
The government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it spends on hotel bills for asylum seekers in the UK, the BBC has learnt.…
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Trump orders federal government to help bulk up U.S. drone industry
President Trump has ordered the federal government to invest in and streamline the U.S. domestic drone industry, which has struggled to…
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Trump Pardoned Proud Boy Leaders. Now They’re Suing the Government.
The group, composed of Enrique Tarrio, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, and Dominic Pezzola, refer to themselves in the filing…
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Here’s How Much the Government Spends Flattering Trump
Grandiose efforts to boost Donald Trump’s ego are costing America a fortune. Trump’s second term is still shy of the six-month mark, but…
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DOGE cut federal IT contracts. Don’t count on the government to pick up the slack
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has wrapped up its cuts to federal job roles and completed its push against consulting…
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Trump’s Vision of Government: Members Only
With Trump’s criminal syndicate running the show, the out-groups are various: liberals, Black people, single women, strong women, the…
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Government accused of blaming record crossings on the weather
Tom Edgington and Rob England BBC Verify Good weather and the willingness of people smugglers to cram more people onto small boats have…
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UK government to spend £1.5bn on six new weapons factories
The government will spend £1.5bn on at least six new munitions and explosives factories to "better deter our adversaries", Defence…
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Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he is leaving his role as a special government employee for the Trump administration, a move that was…
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Judge Rips Government for Acting Illegally in Harvard Scientist Case
“What are you refer—foreign visas for what? Are you talking about for colleges?” Trump asked. The reporter replied in the affirmative, to…
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Nissan plans one trillion yen funding with backing from UK government
Nissan Motor, facing a huge loan repayment wall next year, is seeking to raise more than one trillion yen (S$8.9 billion) from debt and…
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Big Government and Lobbyists Are Crushing the Dream of Home Ownership
If we don’t address the problem, the home-buying hopes of the next generation will be crushed. Source link
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Government delays publication of child poverty strategy
The government's child poverty strategy, which had been due for publication in the spring, has been delayed. The Child Poverty Taskforce…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Breaking Rules to Install Grok in Government
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is letting his glitchy Grok AI chatbot sift through potentially sensitive government…
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RBI’s record US$31.6 billion payout to bolster government finances
A bonanza from the central bank will help meet the government’s 4.4% fiscal deficit target for the current financial year India’s central…
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Iranian Director Saeed Roustayee on Making ‘Woman and Child’ With a Government Permit and Hijabs: I Wouldn’t ‘Have Been Able to Make a Film of This Scale Underground’
Iranian director Saeed Roustayee is back in Cannes with “Woman and Child,” a female empowerment drama premiering in competition. The film…
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Tax rise warning after government borrowing disappoints
Higher-than-expected borrowing figures have increased the prospect of Chancellor Rachel Reeves raising raise taxes in the autumn, experts…