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Beyond Congress: How the Blue States Can Lead the Trump Resistance
Supercharge state attorneys general. Democratic A.G.s are already fighting and winning in court to stop or slow down some of the most…
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Trump Announces Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Foreign Copper
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, to begin an investigation into whether…
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FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to lead ATF
Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting director of…
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Hong Kong and Singapore lead Asia’s drive to cash in on crypto boom
Hong Kong and Singapore are the front-runners in a push by Asian governments to become cryptocurrency hubs as they look to capitalise on…
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Asia: Tech rally helps Hong Kong lead markets higher
HONG Kong resumed its tech-led rally on a healthy day for Asian markets on Tuesday (Feb 18) as a meeting between President Xi Jinping and…
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Ford Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs
Ford Motor could be forced to lay off employees if the Trump administration ends subsidies and other financial support for electric…
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S-Reits, industrials lead institutional outflow
OVER the five trading sessions from Jan 31 to Feb 6, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, leading to net institutional…
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Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office over Democratic protests
The Senate on Thursday evening confirmed Russell Vought to return as President Trump's budget chief, despite a drumbeat of Democrats…
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Singapore investors lead Asean peers with 22% surge in purchase of gold bars, coins in 2024
SINGAPORE investors did not shy away from physical gold despite its soaring prices in 2024, leading the demand growth in Asean region with…
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Conservative Merz vows to 'lead Germany forward' amid huge backlash
Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday he is ready to "lead Germany forward" as his…
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Conservative Merz vows to 'lead Germany forward' at party conference
Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday he is ready to "lead Germany forward" as his…
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SoftBank in talks to lead OpenAI funding round at US$300 billion valuation, sources say
SOFTBANK is in talks to lead a funding round of up to US$40 billion in OpenAI at a post-money valuation of US$300 billion, sources told…
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Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and fitness to lead HHS in fiery hearing
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human…
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Trump picks Jan 6 rioters' lawyer to lead office that prosecuted them
President Donald Trump has chosen a lawyer who defended January 6 rioters, denied the results of the 2020 election, and was present…
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TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok…
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TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
TIKTOK owner ByteDance on Wednesday (Jan 22) released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s…
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Who Is Sean Curran? The Trusted Secret Service Agent Appointed to Lead After Heroic Actions at Trump's Campaign Rally
Donald Trump, the US President-elect, has appointed Sean Curran as the new director of the US Secret Service. Curran played a pivotal role…
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Industrial stocks lead the way in 2024; analysts upbeat on banking, tech sectors this year
The benchmark STI has risen 16.9% in 2024, marking its best year since 2017, though market watchers believe there is more room to grow…
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California Fires Lead to Prices Hikes on Some L.A. Rentals
Laura Kate Jones, a real estate agent in Los Angeles, is trying to find an apartment for a client whose Pacific Palisades home turned to…
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STI ends up 1.5%; banks, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding lead gains
SINGAPORE shares ended higher on Wednesday (Jan 8), led by gains in the local banks and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The Straits Times Index…
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Melting snow, heavy rain lead Germany's Moselle river to overflow
Persistent heavy rain and melting snow due to milder temperatures caused Germany's Moselle river to overflow on Monday. The flood…
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Who is Jared Moskowitz? Democrat who might lead FEMA for Trump
What's New Representative Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, is among President-elect Donald Trump's picks to lead the Federal Emergency…
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Telco consolidation may not necessarily lead to recovery in mobile revenues
COMPETITION for mobile revenues among Singapore’s telcos has been intense, and it appears that prices for mobile phone plans have yet to…
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Putin critics lead a march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and an end to war in Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian…