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Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Sullivan touted his Bycatch Reduction Act, a bill intended to reduce excess fish caught by large commercial trawlers.
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Matthew Choi The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2026
The donation is intended to benefit children age 10 and under who aren’t eligible for the federal government’s separate $1,000 contribution for children born between 2025 and 2028.
Its shots weren’t falling, and its defense looked weary under Atlanta’s offensive pressure.
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Micahya Costen,
AJC.com,
22 Oct. 2026
There were moments during the Heats’ season-opening 131-106 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves where the product looked sloppy, and the effort was lackluster.
In 2024, the CFPB proposed a rule that would require the disclosure of tips and fees as finance charges as an APR, or the total yearly cost of borrowing money.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2026
The owners initially proposed a salary cap of $245 million for next year.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Oct. 2026
The right to demonstrate is protected by the French Constitution, and bans on demonstrations planned for Thursday in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble were seen by some as an infringement on French people's right to protest.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said protests not organized by trade unions would be banned, as the Élysée braces for further unrest ahead of demonstrations planned for Saturday.
But inside was a solid-state transformer, or SST—an array of power electronics that was meant to do the work of several pieces of that gear—and hopefully much more.
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Alex Pasternack,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2026
China has backed its ambitions with extensive reforms that are explicitly meant to strengthen intellectual property protections.