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Why it still takes days for banks to give you your money

If you want to observe a particularly American problem, go open your phone’s Venmo app. Click on “me” and then click on “transfer.” If you...

05.03.2025 10

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The worst thing Trump has done so far

About two and a half months ago, I wrote a piece about what foreign aid might look like in the second Trump term. Reading that piece now feels...

04.02.2025 5

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Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is not, in the scheme of things, a big part of the federal government. It dispersed $43.8 billion...

30.01.2025 5

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Trump Aims to Rescind a Half-Century of Environmental Rules

This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you pick through Donald...

29.01.2025 10

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This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon

Presidents have a lot of Constitutional powers: the power to wage war; the power to veto laws; the power to pardon criminals; the power to appoint...

28.01.2025 8

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Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.

If you pick through Donald Trump’s parade of executive orders upon taking office on January 20, you’ll discover many that revoke orders made by...

27.01.2025 5

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The best thing that Joe Biden did

Joe Biden has had a rough go of things. He leaves the presidency with the worst end-of-first-term approval rating of any president since Jimmy Carter;...

18.01.2025 30

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The president who could not choose

“To govern is to choose, however difficult the choices may be.” —Pierre Mendès France, prime minister of France 1954–’55 If you want to...

14.01.2025 6

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President Biden blocked the sale of US Steel. Why?

It’s hard to think of a more iconically American company than US Steel. It’s right there in the name.  But it’s more than that. The company emerged...

03.01.2025 9

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25 things we think will happen in 2025

For the sixth year in a row, the staff of Future Perfect convened in December to make predictions about major events in the year to come. Will...

01.01.2025 10

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Jimmy Carter’s legacy: A disappointing presidency, a remarkable post-presidency, explained

Jimmy Carter, the one-term Democratic president who presided over a period of economic sluggishness and social malaise but who distinguished...

30.12.2024 50

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The problem with US charity is that it’s not effective enough

In September 1973, the hi-fi sound equipment mogul Avery Fisher made a massive gift of $10 million (about $70 million in today’s dollars) to the...

11.12.2024 7

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I got malaria on purpose and so can you

03.12.2024 4

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Want to help save the most lives possible? Here’s where to give money.

03.12.2024 4

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This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon

02.12.2024 81000

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Why Elon Musk can never balance the budget, in one chart

24.11.2024 5

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Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.

19.11.2024 200

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Trump didn’t gut foreign aid last time. This time could be different.

18.11.2024 2

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I give 10 percent of my income to charity. You should, too.

18.11.2024 20

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Trump proposed big Medicaid and food stamp cuts. Can he pass them?

06.11.2024 2

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Can ranking candidates fix elections?

06.11.2024 2

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The $2 billion election betting craze, explained

25.10.2024 81000

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Why some economists are skeptical of this year’s Nobelists

16.10.2024 81000

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The world’s spending to fight global lead poisoning just doubled

02.10.2024 81000

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Trump and Harris could raise taxes without asking Congress. Congress should stop them.

30.09.2024 3

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41 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war

26.09.2024 4000

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The moral case for paying kidney donors

18.09.2024 3

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Why Harris and Trump don’t want a Japanese company to buy US Steel

12.09.2024 81000

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The case of the nearly 7,000 missing pancreases

21.08.2024 3

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The US government has to start paying for things again

16.08.2024 81000

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What a big experiment giving money to parents reveals

15.07.2024 2

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Trump injured at rally: Here’s what we know.

14.07.2024 80500

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