Author: Myles Ulwelling

– 202402Donald Trump Joe Biden 02.24

Former President Trump narrowly beat President Biden in a new national poll by only 1 point. The Emerson College survey, released Thursday, found that 46 percent of voters support the former president, compared to Biden’s 45 percent. Roughly 8 percent of respondents said they were undecided ahead of the November’s general election. Trump’s razor-thin lead is…

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– 202404China US Yellen 58377 1

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has arrived in China for five days of meetings in a country that is eager to avoid direct conflict with the United States. However, the world's two largest economies still seem to be working out the rules for competing against each other. There are tensions over Chinese government support for the production of electric vehicles and solar panels, as the U.S. government increases its own support for these tech sectors. There are also disagreements on trade, ownership of TikTok, access to computer chips, and national security. Yellen emphasizes the need for a fair competition.

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– 202307gavel claimte change getty

The University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC) has agreed to pay up to $4.14 million to student-athletes who were subjected to sexual abuse and discrimination by a former swim coach for a long time, as stated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The settlement agreement was reached after the DOJ discovered that Chad Cradock, the former head coach for…

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– 202404AP21055689612757

A three-judge appeals panel in Texas ruled Wednesday that winter storm lawsuits against transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward. The ruling came from Texas’s 14th Court of Appeals in Houston and will allow lawsuits related to the deadly 2021 winter storm to proceed on allegations of negligence against defendants CenterPoint Energy, Oncor Electric…

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