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But the Supreme Court put off ruling on a challenge to Trump's 2020 effort to to exclude undocumented immigrants from the numbers used for apportioning congressional seats.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Newsom said the move to defer the funding and repay it at a later, unspecified point is necessary to create a cushion for uncertain state revenue projections and to avoid potentially allocating more money to schools than is actually available, since the budget isn’t finalized until the summer.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rather than cutting funding to other businesses to focus on AI, Jassy seems to be also allocating resources to the same businesses that AI threatens to disrupt.—
Sean Conlon,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.—
Jonathan M. Alexander,
Houston Chronicle,
9 Feb. 2026
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The trailer then came apart, dispensing much of the cargo of iced tea beverages on the road, as the truck bounced off the wall and across the other lane of traffic into and through the guardrail.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the Chicago area, Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes screens, tests and processes donated milk before dispensing it to hospitals.—
Alexander Crider,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Iranian banks started distributing a 10-million rial bill last month, the largest denomination note in its history, as authorities sought to contain inflation and meet demands for hard cash.—
Anniek Bao,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Remote power panels are next in line, distributing power to smaller sets of racks.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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These differences reflect uncertainty about the size of the tax base, the challenges of administering the tax, and how buyers and sellers will respond.—
Martha E. Stark,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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School districts throughout Pennsylvania experienced hiccups while administering the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams on April 21, 2026.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ebus added that interest in Venezuela is already dividing potential investors, with smaller risk-taking firms eager to enter while major companies remain cautious.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much of the play is dedicated to Asaf trying to figure out this conflict between his progressive views and his faith and sense of history, and also to airing the arguments about Israel that were dividing the left in the George Floyd era and continue to do so in 2026.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Cities were ranked by the relative different of the cost of renting a one-pedroom apartment and splitting rental costs for a two-bedroom unit equally with a roommate.—
Julia Hawkins,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2026
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Families like the ones served by Knightsbridge may be operating at a different scale, but the underlying pattern—uprooting a household, splitting a family across time zones, reorganizing daily life around one child’s athletic trajectory—is hardly confined to the ultra-wealthy.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Reapportioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportioning. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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