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Dollar rises to three-month high against euro
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— Sep 30, 2026
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Yuan Hits Three-Year High, PBOC Eases Curbs
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— Sep 21, 2026
Yuan closed at 6.6955 per dollar, strongest since June 2022, as PBOC eased curbs ahead of Trump-Xi summit after Bessent-He talks.
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Priya Raman
Easing those curbs might help the talks on trade and supply chains but I doubt it leads to real concessions from either side.
‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Misses Million-Dollar Answer by 3 Letters
Reporting
— Mar 7, 2023
A contestant on the popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” failed to win a million-dollar prize by just three letters. A contestant named Micki was just three letters away from taking home the million-dollar wedge as well…
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Dollar Hits Three-Week High, Shrugging off Grim US Data
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— May 14, 2020
The dollar rose to a three-week high on Thursday as traders overlooked another week of roughly 3 million new jobless claims, evidence of a second wave of coronavirus-related lay-offs. The Japanese yen <JPY=> and Swiss…
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EXCLUSIVE: Asst. Commerce Secretary Roth Reveals The Issues Facing Classrooms That Rely Too Much On Screens
Sean Moran · 6 min · 1h
Bloomberg’s Big Bet: Can Money Beat Biden’s Momentum?
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— Mar 2, 2020
In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advertising and data-mining juggernaut unlike anything the political world had ever…
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AP Top 25 College Football Teams
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College football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.
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Biden-Harris Admin Threw Over $40 Billion At An Internet Buildout — Three Years Later Not A Single Project Is Underway
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— Oct 5, 2024
President Joe Biden’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) earmarked tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for expanding broadband internet, yet, more than three years later, not a single project is underway. The…
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EPA Slashes Workforce, Reorganizes To Save American Taxpayers
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— Jul 18, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a major staff cut on Friday, citing that the agency’s reorganizational moves are projected to save taxpayers almost three-quarters of a billion dollars. The reduction…
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Electric Vehicle Charging Sparks Multiple House Fires, Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Damage Caused
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— May 10, 2022
About three weeks ago in Ashburn, Virginia, there was an electric vehicle charging malfunction that started a fire in a garage and caused more than $15,000 in damages. That was not the only fire sparked by an electric…
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Analysis: Biden’s Migrant Strategy Clouded by Central American Graft
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— Apr 15, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden wants three Central American countries to crack down on corruption as part of a plan to spend billions of dollars in the region to stem illegal migration. Yet accusations of graft and…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Head Injury From Fight With Drug Lord: Report
Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ head injury over the weekend was the result of a fight with a drug lord, per TMZ. Sources said Combs and a Jamaican drug lord known as “Dudus” had a physical altercation that ended with Diddy sustaining a severe head injury. TMZ reported Combs was taken from the FCI Fort Dix prison in New Jersey around 1 a.m. Saturday to a hospital for treatment. People magazine confirmed he wa
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Biden Sec Behind $7.5 Billion EV Charging Station Flop Suddenly Has Thoughts On Gov’t Efficiency
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— Apr 25, 2025
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whose agency struggled to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers with billions of dollars in three years, criticized the Trump administration’s approach to enhancing…
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Despite Massive Fox News Settlement, Dominion CEO Has Bad News for the Voting System Company
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— May 23, 2023
How, exactly, does a company win a settlement worth more than three-quarters of a billion dollars and still manage to go belly-up? It sounds challenging, but the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems says that’s exactly what’s…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Police Forced to Return Tens of Thousands of Dollars Confiscated from Innocent Trucker in 2020
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— Mar 26, 2023
A North Carolina man’s almost three-year-long battle to get his own money back has reached a victory — but the fight isn’t over yet. Jerry Johnson, a Charlotte resident who owns a small trucking company, flew into…
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McConnell Returns to Senate After Months-Long Absence
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— Sep 14, 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell, hospitalized on June 14 and absent from public view for about three months, continues to receive his $174,000 annual salary and has earned roughly $44,000 during the absence, with his staff also pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Reports vary slightly on total office payouts, but all note that a substantial sum was paid to McConnell and his team while he was away from Capitol Hill.
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Nicole Hardy
It's reasonable to expect some pay adjustment after an extended absence even for health reasons.
Dolphins Lock Jordyn Brooks to 3-Year Extension
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— Jul 21, 2026
The Miami Dolphins signed linebacker Jordyn Brooks to a three-year, 51.3 million-dollar extension with 35 million guaranteed, cementing him as a key playmaker after he led the NFL with 183 tackles last season. The deal makes Brooks a long-term pillar in coach Sean Duggan’s defense and follows a 17-game durability-filled campaign that boosted his value in IDP formats.
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Chinese National Arrested After Poisoning Classmate Engaged In Cutting Edge Cancer Research At US University
Jillian Butler · 4 min · 1h
