The administration has withheld routine forms of assistance from Taiwan—including by downgrading a defense dialogue with the island, denying Taiwanese President William Lai the ability to briefly visit the United States while traveling elsewhere, and blocking a major arms sales package.
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Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Still, members of Congress continue to collect their $174,000-per-year paychecks, though some Wisconsin lawmakers have requested their pay be withheld until the shutdown ends.
Avant-garde design doesn’t mean the team here has skimped on luxury, however.
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Liam Hess,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
But after ownership skimped on payroll the last two years (then fire-sale’d the roster at the trade deadline), Baldelli took the fall for the poor results.
Sarah retained her Duchess of York title following her divorce.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Under the deal, Microsoft has gained a 27% stake and retained access to OpenAI’s technology through 2032, including any AGI models verified by an independent panel.
After over 100 tips, authorities cleared Wagner of any wrongdoing in 2022, saying all leads had been exhausted, but the case remains open.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Oppenheim exhausted his list of national security resources to figure out a more precise answer to this question, but came away with a split vote about the president’s response.
With the Lakers’ roster being short-handed and depleted in their last two games, a road win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday and a home loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, there’s been a natural search for silver linings.
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Khobi Price,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
The plug-in hybrid now offers an electric-only range of about 80 miles, while overall efficiency improves to the equivalent of 84 miles per gallon once the battery is depleted.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Toru kept a notebook with advice for Shohei One way Toru kept Shohei grounded and focused on his sport was through a journal the two shared where Toru would write down advice for his son.
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Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
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