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NYC Transit Just Got Rid of MetroCards for Fares. The Successor Could Put Your Privacy at Risk.

Privacy NYC Transit Just Got Rid of MetroCards for Fares. The Successor Could Put Your Privacy at Risk. Unlike the MetroCard, the...

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Here Are 12 Bills Democrats Just Passed To Trample Gun Rights in Virginia

Gun Control Here Are 12 Bills Democrats Just Passed To Trample Gun Rights in Virginia Some gun-rights activists are blaming...

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Live Nation Settled Its Lawsuit With the Feds. Don't Expect Concert Tickets To Get Any Cheaper.

Free Markets Live Nation Settled Its Lawsuit With the Feds. Don't Expect Concert Tickets To Get Any Cheaper. Fans are responsible...

09.03.2026 3

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California Billionaire Wealth Tax Would Cost the State $25 Billion, New Research Finds

Taxes California Billionaire Wealth Tax Would Cost the State $25 Billion, New Research Finds "If Californians approve this measure...

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Review: The Libertarianism of Stranger Things

Entertainment Review: The Libertarianism of Stranger Things The final season of the Netflix show delivers a message about moral...

06.03.2026 4

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This Bill in New York State Would Protect Lawyers From AI Competition

Artificial Intelligence This Bill in New York State Would Protect Lawyers From AI Competition And a committee in the state Senate...

04.03.2026 4

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Free Speech Trump's FTC Chairman Sends a Threatening Letter to Apple for Not Promoting Enough Conservative Media Chairman Andrew...

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Washington Built Big Health Care. Now It Wants To Break It Up.

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The House Just Reclaimed Its Tariff Power From Trump. Now Congress Can Try To Strike Down His Canada Tariffs.

11.02.2026 3

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San Francisco Public Schoolteachers Make $79,468 for 184 Days of Work. Now They're Striking for Even More.

10.02.2026 4

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Most Americans Hate Trump's Tariffs

07.02.2026 6

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Judge Lets Blade Runner 2049 Copyright Suit Against Elon Musk and Tesla Move Forward

07.02.2026 4

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The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could

05.02.2026 7

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Virginia Democrats Advance 7 Gun Control Bills, Including a Ban on 'Assault' Weapons

31.01.2026 10

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The Real Reason Beef Costs More: Fewer Cows, Not Corporate Greed

28.01.2026 5

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D.C. Public Schools Still Closed as City Struggles To Clear Roads and Sidewalks

28.01.2026 5

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The Greenland Fiasco Shows the Stock Market Is the Ultimate Check on Trump

23.01.2026 20

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The Federal Trade Commission Won't Give Up Its Crusade Against Meta

22.01.2026 20

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Trump Threatens NATO Members With Tariffs Paid Almost Entirely by Americans

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Trump's 25 Percent Tariff on Chip Imports Is Really an Export Tax

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American Quartz Manufacturers Want To Make Kitchen Countertops Even More Expensive

15.01.2026 8

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The Postal Service's 'Next Generation' Electric Delivery Vehicles Cost $22,000 More Than Other Electric Vans

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California Billionaires Are Leaving the State in Response to Proposed Wealth Tax

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Why Insulting Brigitte Macron Online Can Mean Prison Time in France

09.01.2026 8

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Polymarket Returns to U.S. Users After a Nearly 3-Year Hiatus

04.01.2026 30

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A Bipartisan Push to Revive a 1930s Law Could Make Grocery Prices Even Higher

22.12.2025 4

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Can't Afford To Visit New York City for Christmas? Blame the City Government.

19.12.2025 6

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Review: The Sound of Music's Anti-Authoritarianism

19.12.2025 10

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Trump Blames Illegal Immigrants for High Housing Prices. Blame Zoning Instead.

18.12.2025 6

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The Teamsters Want To Keep Transportation Costs Higher

18.12.2025 5

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Trump Said His Tariffs Would Reduce the Trade Deficit and Bring Back Manufacturing. Here's What the Data Show.

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Thanks to Antitrust Officials, iRobot Will Be Acquired by a Chinese Robotics Firm Instead of Amazon

17.12.2025 7

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Donald Trump Tries To Override State AI Regulations via Executive Order

13.12.2025 10

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The Real Villain in Minnesota's $1.5 Billion Fraud Scandal Isn't Somalis—It's the Feds

12.12.2025 10

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Federal Reserve Defers to Donald Trump by Cutting Interest Rates by 25 Points

11.12.2025 9

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Donald Trump Says He'll 'Be Involved' in Choosing Who Gets To Merge With Warner Bros.

09.12.2025 9

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Review: Progressive Myths Rebuts the Left's Histrionic Takes

06.12.2025 10

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Warner Bros. Accepts Netflix's $83 Billion Bid, but Antitrust Threats Still Loom

06.12.2025 6

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Leaving AI Regulation to the States Could Strangle AI

05.12.2025 8

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Bill de Blasio's Diversity Push for These Schools Lowered Admissions Standards—and Didn't Increase Diversity

04.12.2025 7

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This Black Friday, Thank Globalization for Affordable Gifts

28.11.2025 10

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Anthropic's CEO Says AI Needs More Regulation. Conveniently, It's the Kind Anthropic Can Afford.

20.11.2025 7

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Meta's Victory Over the Federal Trade Commission Shows the Market Moves Faster Than Antitrust Enforcement

20.11.2025 6

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AI Art in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Leads Rep. Ro Khanna To Call for More Regulation

18.11.2025 7

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AI Might Help Doctors Be More Efficient and Lower Medical Costs

17.11.2025 6

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Trump Wants Immigrants—Sometimes

13.11.2025 5

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The Trump Administration's Latest Housing 'Fix' Could Inflate Another Bubble

12.11.2025 5

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Trump Baselessly Accuses Meat Packers of 'Criminally Profiting at the Expense of the American People'

11.11.2025 7

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Trump's Lawyer at the Supreme Court Cites a Letter from James Madison That Says Tariffs Are Taxes

07.11.2025 8

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Review: KPop Demon Hunters Teaches Us That Harmony Thwarts Evil

07.11.2025 7

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