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Colorado sues to block Trump administration from cutting public health grants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified Congress it wouldn’t pay $600 million worth of grants already awarded in Colorado, California, Illinois and Minnesota.

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Feb 11 • 7:18 PM EST • Health • denverpost.com
Six House Republicans defy Trump to block his Canada tariffs

In a vote that GOP leaders fought hard to avoid, a half dozen Republicans sent a blunt message to President Donald Trump that they do not support the tariff regime that he has made the centerpiece of his second term.

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Feb 11 • 6:24 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Commentary: Newsom has the power to stop ICE from wearing masks, but it comes with a risk

California's mask ban for law enforcement exempted state officers, which prompted a judge to block it. It is unclear whether Newsom will back a rewritten version that lacks that carve-out.

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Feb 11 • 5:26 PM EST • Politics • latimes.com
Current acquire Bethune from Spirit in blockbuster NWSL move

Croix Bethune set to join the 2025 NWSL Sheild winners ahead of the 2026 season

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Feb 11 • 3:41 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Who are the building blocks for Robert Saleh’s Titans defense?

Identifying the building blocks for Robert Saleh and his Tennessee Titans defense in 2026.

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Feb 11 • 7:30 AM EST • Sports • musiccitymiracles.com
Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs

Speaker Mike Johnson failed to reinstate a ban on lawmakers’ ability to challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs when three Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats.

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Feb 10 • 11:17 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Fact check: What Trump got wrong and left out while threatening to block the new US-Canada bridge

President Donald Trump threatened in a Monday social media post to block the opening of a major new US-Canada bridge over the Detroit River.

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Feb 10 • 6:35 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump threatens to block opening of new US-Canada bridge

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to block the opening of a new bridge connecting the US and Canada, again lashing out at his country’s northern neighbor over a range of economic issues as the rift between Washington and Ottawa deepens.

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Feb 10 • 2:18 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Analysis: New roadblocks slow US reckoning over Epstein as Europe races ahead

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged last month that the Justice Department was not covering up for anyone — least of all Donald Trump.

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Feb 10 • 12:06 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Federal court blocks California’s law enforcement mask ban

A federal judge in California on Monday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations.

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Feb 9 • 8:56 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Iowa lawmakers advance bill blocking local civil rights protections for transgender Iowans

House Study Bill 664 would block local governments from enforcing civil rights protections that go beyond what is written into state law.

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Feb 9 • 8:16 PM EST • Politics • kcci.com
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Dueling AIs Reconstruct Rules of Mysterious Roman-Era Board Game

Seems like Europeans were playing blocking games centuries earlier than previously thought.

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Feb 9 • 7:01 PM EST • Technology • gizmodo.com
I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.

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Feb 8 • 9:16 PM EST • Technology • zdnet.com
Ancient Chinese medicine may hold the key to hair regrowth

A centuries-old Chinese medicinal root is getting new scientific attention as a potential game-changer for common hair loss. Polygonum multiflorum, long believed to restore dark, healthy hair, appears to work on multiple fronts at once—blocking hair-shrinking hormones, protecting follicles from damage, activating natural regrowth signals, and boosting blood flow to the scalp.

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Feb 8 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Man with Mental Health Condition Missing from Valinda is Located

A 63-year-old man with a mental health condition who went missing from Valinda has been located, authorities said Sunday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not release where or when Walter Joaquin Posada was located. Posada had last been seen at about 4:30 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of Indian Summer Avenue, according […]

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Feb 8 • 4:42 PM EST • Health • mynewsla.com
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Politics chat: Trump defends posting racist clip, Judge rules on Hudson River project

President Trump explains how a racist video clip made it into his Truth Social post. A judge rules that his administration cannot block funds for a massive tunnel project under the Hudson river.

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Feb 8 • 8:44 AM EST • Politics • kuow.org
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Threadripper PRO 9995WX $12,000 mod turns heat spreader into a water block, stays under 50°C at 1,550W

Geekerwan machines custom IHS as a waterblock for Threadripper PRO 9995WX Geekerwan has published a new build video on AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper PRO

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Feb 8 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
Harness The Wisdom Of The Crowd To Help Your Business

In 2001, Pixar was preparing to release the film "Finding Nemo." Given Pixar's track record of blockbusters, everyone expected another hit.

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Feb 6 • 2:45 PM EST • Business • investors.com
Aurora James And Fifteen Percent Pledge Return To Honor Black Business Owners At 2026 Gala And Block Party

James and her organization are continuing to support and advance equity for Black-owned businesses by hosting their annual Fifteen Percent Pledge Fundraising Gala as part of the 15th Street Block Party Weekend at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on February 7- 8.

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Feb 6 • 12:59 PM EST • Business • forbes.com
Michigan House votes to ban foreign cash in ballot campaigns, election administration

The Michigan House voted in favor of a measure that would block foreign contributions to Michigan ballot campaigns and election administration.

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Feb 6 • 11:14 AM EST • Politics • detroitnews.com
Colombia Consumer Loyalty Business Report 2026: Market Size & Forecast by Spend Value Across 100+ KPIs by Program Type, Channel Mix, Sector, Embedded Loyalty Penetration, and Platform Spend 2021-2030

Colombia's loyalty market is rapidly expanding with a focus on diverse program models such as points, cashback, and gamification. Opportunities include leveraging AI and blockchain for personalized experiences, expanding in key sectors like retail and financial services, and enhancing digital and embedded loyalty schemes. Colombian Loyalty Market Colombian Loyalty Market Dublin, Feb. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Colombia Loyalty Market Size & Forecast by Spend Value Across 100+ KPIs by Prog

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Feb 6 • 8:28 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Scientists found a hidden fat switch and turned it off

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown enzyme that plays a crucial role in fat production. By blocking it, they stopped weight gain, reduced liver damage, and lowered harmful cholesterol levels in animal studies. The finding opens the door to a new kind of medication that could tackle obesity, fatty liver disease, and cardiovascular disease all at once.

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Feb 6 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Poland Consumer Loyalty Business Report 2026: A $2.2 Billion Market by 2030 from $1.23 Billion in 2025 - 100+ KPIs by Program Type, Channel Mix, Sector, Embedded Loyalty Penetration, Platform Spend

The Polish loyalty market is thriving, projected to grow annually at 14%. Key opportunities lie in AI and blockchain integration, diverse program models like points and cashback, and sector-specific strategies in retail, finance, and travel. Channels like in-store and mobile are vital for reaching B2B and B2C consumers. Polish Loyalty Market Polish Loyalty Market Dublin, Feb. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Poland Loyalty Market Size & Forecast by Spend Value Across 100+ KPIs by Program Type,

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Feb 6 • 6:42 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
2 Broncos players snubbed for NFL's newest award

Broncos LT Garett Bolles did not allow a single sack in 2025 and he received the best pass-blocking grade (90.8) from PFF.

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Feb 5 • 9:32 PM EST • Sports • broncoswire.usatoday.com
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Virginia Democrats Propose New Congressional Maps Ahead of Midterms

As they appeal a ruling blocking their redistricting efforts, the state’s Democrats proposed redrawing districts in a way that would strongly favor them.

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Feb 5 • 7:21 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Qualcomm Rumored To Apply Samsung’s Heat Pass Block Technology To The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 This Year, As Vapor Chambers Are Reaching Their Thermal Limits

As vapor chambers reach their limits, Qualcomm is now rumored to apply Samsung’s Heat Pass Block to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

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Feb 5 • 10:22 AM EST • Technology • wccftech.com
Asking Eric: Concern for friend’s mental health leads to blocking her online

The niece phoned her and said I made contact to “check up on her.” The anger from my friend “interfering in her life” was vitriolic.

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Feb 5 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • mlive.com
Social media reacts to Warriors-Hawks blockbuster trade

Social media exploded with reactions after reports of the Warriors trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis.

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Feb 5 • 3:06 AM EST • Sports • warriorswire.usatoday.com
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Sports legends join Super Bowl block party in San Francisco’s Chinatown

The Super Bowl festivities continue in San Francisco with a block party taking place in the city’s historic Chinatown.

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Feb 5 • 2:22 AM EST • Sports • nbcbayarea.com
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Mobile is fastest growing part of interactive entertainment business: Take-Two CEO

CNBC’s Jim Cramer sits down with Take-Two Interactive CEO and chairman Strauss Zelnick to discuss the company's latest earnings report, the potential of artificial intelligence in video gaming, outlook for the industry and more.

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Feb 4 • 7:46 PM EST • Entertainment • cnbc.com
Mobile is fastest growing part of interactive entertainment business: Take-Two CEO

CNBC’s Jim Cramer sits down with Take-Two Interactive CEO and chairman Strauss Zelnick to discuss the company's latest earnings report, the potential of artificial intelligence in video gaming, outlook for the industry and more.

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Feb 4 • 7:46 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
SAMHSA Distributes Nearly $800 Million in Block Grants Nationwide for Community-Based Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs

SAMHSA, recently distributed $794 million in block grant funding across the United States and territories for community mental health services and substance abuse treatment and prevention.

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Feb 4 • 2:58 PM EST • Health • hhs.gov
Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map

The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.

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Feb 4 • 2:00 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Supreme Court refuses to block new California congressional districts

Filing for congressional primaries in California begins Feb. 9

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Feb 4 • 1:59 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
How Colorado’s immigrant communities — and their health care providers — are bracing for impact under Trump’s budget bill

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as H.R. 1, will block refugees and asylees from Medicare and Medicaid, among other restrictions

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Feb 4 • 5:31 AM EST • Health • coloradosun.com
NBA trade deadline chaos: Giannis rumors, early blockbusters, what's next

Blockbuster trades turned Tuesday into a dress rehearsal for Thursday's deadline, with Giannis Antetokounmpo looming over what happens next.

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Feb 3 • 9:54 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Woman shot, killed in UI Health parking garage in Little Italy

A woman on her way to a medical appointment Tuesday was shot to death on the third floor of a parking garage in the 1100 block of South Wood Street, authorities say. Police say the attack may be domestic related.

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Feb 3 • 6:03 PM EST • Health • chicago.suntimes.com
NCSHP helicopter delivers critical blood platelets to ECU Health amid North Carolina snowstorm

Heavy snowfall in North Carolina blocked road deliveries of critical blood platelets, leaving ECU Health in Greenville facing an urgent supply shortage.

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Feb 3 • 4:08 PM EST • Health • wral.com
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Shields calls out Price for blockbuster fight

Three-weight world champion Claressa Shields calls out Lauren Price for a blockbuster fight at middleweight.

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Feb 3 • 2:19 PM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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How is Susan Lucci doing? Star shares health update after near-fatal blockages.

Susan Lucci is more than her "All My Children" role; she's now a women's heart health ambassador. She gives an update on her own heart health.

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Feb 3 • 12:07 PM EST • Health • usatoday.com
Five NBA trade deadline bold predictions, including a Knicks blockbuster

CBS Sports' NBA experts are getting bold ahead of Thursday's trade deadline

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Feb 3 • 10:08 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians

A federal judge has paused for now the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians. The status, known as TPS, allows holders to live and work in the US and was set to expire after Tuesday.

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Edward Longe: Don’t hit pause — why the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger should proceed

Antitrust scrutiny should protect consumers, not block voluntary media consolidation

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Feb 2 • 7:31 PM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Maryland Moves to Give Democrats Extra House Seat, but Big Hurdles Remain

The state’s House of Delegates passed a new map that would be likely to eliminate Maryland’s lone remaining Republican seat in the U.S. House, but the State Senate may well block the measure.

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Feb 2 • 7:09 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Tester, bipartisan group push plan to block corporate dark money in Montana politics

About 800 people attended an event in Billings to promote the ballot initiative.

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Feb 2 • 6:53 PM EST • Politics • bozemandailychronicle.com
Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind

It's the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them in December.

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Feb 2 • 5:00 PM EST • Politics • ny1.com
NBA trade deadline: Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Knicks? 5 blockbuster trades we'd like to see
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Feb 2 • 2:52 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A Charming Curiosity Comes to Secret Lair's Chaos Vault

Four Magic artists have brought a woodblock-inspired take on Lorwyn-Shadowmoor's ever-shifting world, and it's available now!

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Feb 2 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • magic.wizards.com
I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.

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Feb 2 • 9:30 AM EST • Technology • zdnet.com
PENN District poised to grow by another block, replacing ‘junky...
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Feb 1 • 4:34 PM EST • Business • nypost.com
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Musk confirms SpaceX success in preventing Russian military from accessing stolen Starlink units

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says his company successfully blocked Russia's "unauthorized" use of captured Starlink terminals in Ukraine on Sunday.

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Feb 1 • 11:06 AM EST • Business • foxbusiness.com
A spider's web reminds me that wonder endures

Last December, in the quiet week between Christmas and January, I walked a few blocks to my office and put away the holiday decorations for another year. I knew the

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Feb 1 • 7:00 AM EST • Entertainment • theadvocate.com
Howie Carr: Just another chip from Massachusetts’ anti-business block

Most of the production had long since been transferred to free American states, but Cape Cod Potato Chips left a footprint behind, in Hyannis. The little factory used to be a decent-sized tourist a…

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Feb 1 • 5:37 AM EST • Business • bostonherald.com
Labour party chair says Zack Polanski ‘cowardly’ for not fighting Gorton by-election

The party is trying to shift conversation after the NEC blocked Andy Burnham from fighting the seat

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Cloud storage payment scam floods inboxes with fake renewals

Over the past few months, a large-scale cloud storage subscription scam campaign has been targeting users worldwide with repeated emails falsely warning recipients that their photos, files, and accounts are about to be blocked or deleted due to an alleged payment failure.

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Jan 31 • 11:21 AM EST • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in latest setback to Trump's election executive order

A federal judge has blocked certain federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms

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Jan 30 • 7:59 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
US Senate scrambles to reach funding deal as partial shutdown deadline looms

Killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good prompted Democrats to block passage of a measure funding DHS

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Jan 30 • 12:35 PM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Santa Monica's Downtown Drinking Zone Could Triple in Size

Santa Monica's downtown Entertainment Zone could expand from its current 3-block area to include Fourth Street to Ocean Avenue and from Wilshire to Colorado, following DTSM approval.

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Jan 30 • 6:00 AM EST • Entertainment • smdp.com
“It was insane to see”: Owner reacts after car crashes into Kansas City, Kansas, business

A car crashed into a Kansas City, Kansas, business Thursday morning, sending debris across the block and leaving the storefront boarded up.

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Jan 29 • 10:18 PM EST • Business • kmbc.com
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Senate blocks federal funding bills as deadline to avert shutdown looms

The funding package failed 55 to 45, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats to block the bills

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Jan 29 • 4:44 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue

With about 36 hours to go before a shutdown deadline, the funding legislation stalled while Democrats sought a deal with President Trump to rein in his immigration crackdown.

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Jan 29 • 12:24 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Senate blocks massive funding bill, with critical talks underway to avoid government shutdown

Bipartisan senators blocked a massive spending bill Thursday, as eleventh-hour talks continue to avoid a costly partial government shutdown that looms at the week’s end.

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Tesla’s energy storage business is growing faster than any other part of the company

Energy storage products like the Megapack, Megablock, and Powerwall drove

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Jan 29 • 9:58 AM EST • Business • techcrunch.com
VA reorganization aims to shift health care workforce to hubs with growing veteran population

Congress directed the VA to make similar changes under the first Trump administration, but blocked it from implementing them under the Biden administration.

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Jan 28 • 6:46 PM EST • Health • federalnewsnetwork.com
Chicago mother claims unsafe conditions in apartment are harming her children's health

A mother of four living in a subsidized housing apartment on the 4800 block of North Avers says unsafe conditions inside her unit are putting her children’s health at risk — and despite months of repair requests, she says little has changed.

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Jan 28 • 5:42 PM EST • Health • fox32chicago.com
As More Founders Aim To Build Billion-Dollar, One-Person Businesses, New Research Points To High-Potential Niches

A new report points to areas where it is possible for solo founders to grow to $1 billion in revenue using AI, blockchain and a global team of freelancers.

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Jan 28 • 9:17 AM EST • Business • forbes.com
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Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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