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Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn’t take a position yet on creating one
The Federal Reserve on Thursday released its long-awaited study of a digital dollar, exploring the pros and cons of the…
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Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government with Kremlin-friendly regime, U.K. government says, citing intelligence assessment
The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s pro-Western government with a pro-Moscow administration, and said…
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Arizona Democrats censure Sinema for blocking voting-rights bill with filibuster inflexibility
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party’s most influential officials and donors after playing…
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Biden’s in a race against time to get his presidency on track after his first year in office
You know things are bad for President Biden when liberal columnists criticize him, and when the administration itself complains about…
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Ukraine, China and climate change tagged as ‘Doomsday Clock’ holds at 100 seconds to midnight, matching riskiest view ever
With tension building between Russia and the U.S. over Ukraine, new variants of COVID-19 testing the effectiveness of vaccines, and…
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‘Our labor laws are designed to make joining a union as difficult as possible’: Fewer workers are unionized, even as pandemic shines light on poor working conditions
The number of unionized workers in the U.S. slipped in 2021, according to Labor Department numbers released Thursday, continuing a…
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Sandwell Tory leader suspended over internet posts he says are fake
The SandwellConservative leader has been suspended over abusive tweets, but he says the alleged posts come from a fake account.…
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Boris Johnson is ‘unfit for office’, says former Scots Tories leader Davidson
Boris Johnson is “unfit for office”, former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said. The Prime Minister has been under…
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Amazon, Facebook set Washington lobbying spending records
Amazon.com with its subsidiaries and Facebook’s parent company set records in their spending on Washington lobbying last year with outlays…
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Black Lawmakers rebuke McConnell’s voting rights comments: ‘We are American’
Black lawmakers in the U.S. are criticizing a comment this week from Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the…
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