March 10, 2025

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Law:

Trump Using Exec Orders To 'Scare' Law Firms Away From Representing His Rivals, Former US Attorney Says Trump’s orders targeting law firms raise constitutional concerns, experts say Trump Law Firm Attacks Inflict Pain, Even on Shaky Legal Ground Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat Revoking Security Clearances: How Bad Could It Get for Lawyers? Trump signs executive order yanking security clearances of lawyers from Perkins Coie Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms Trump name-checks Hillary Clinton in order targeting law firm that worked with Democrats Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes Trump Signs Executive Order Calling Out Top 50 Biglaw Firm, With Intent To Wage War Against Other ‘Leading Law Firms’ Over Their DEI Policies Trump v. Big Law: Vivia Chen Believes the Industry Needs to Fight Back
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Republicans call for Trump to cut off American Bar Association Trump Attacks on ABA Threaten Group's Funding and Membership
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Trade War Energizes Big Law but Long-Term Revenue Threats Lurk
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M&A, Restructuring Bankers Spar at Perella Weinberg Trial
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Why The General Counsel-Legal Ops Partnership Is More Critical Than Ever
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Big Law’s Boom: Cash Reserves Surge Amid Uncertain Economy
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Full-Court Press: Two South Carolina lawyers focus the spotlight on Alex Murdaugh—and themselves
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El Chapo's attorney also sings for her clients
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This lawyer-turned-wrangler helped save 200 horses from a wildfire
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Top banking lawyer who referred to colleagues as ‘Jabba the Hutt’ and ‘The idiot’ fined Ex-BNP Paribas Lawyer Fined for Offensive Nicknames and Language
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Does your professional liability insurance cover AI mistakes? Don't be so sure
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Some law firms are thinking about AI all wrong
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Hogan Lovells rings in record results as turnover nears $3bn
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Catholic University Rebukes Trump DOJ Demand: 'This Threat Is Clear'
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US Threatens Georgetown Law Over DEI Georgetown Law To Ed Martin: F All The Way Off
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The Legal Job Market Is Going Nuts Right Now
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DOJ scoffs at SCOTUS lawyer who allegedly hid 'millions' but doesn't want devices watched
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Partners Shouldn’t Guilt Associates To Bill More Hours
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Trump Orders DOJ to Demand Money Bonds From Challengers in Court
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New MAGA FBI Chief Unveils Bonkers Paranoid Demands
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Trump Justice Department fires more career officials
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AI adoption is growing, but some are hesitant, new ABA tech survey finds
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Eric Adams charges should be dropped permanently, court-appointed lawyer tells judge
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Trump’s Bribery-Law Order Starts Upending Criminal Cases
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Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge
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Climate group sues EPA over frozen billions in bank accounts
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Bar Bid by Attorney General's Brother Draws Lawyer Concerns
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From high-powered lawyer to high-profile public figure, Usha Vance settles into a new role
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DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers
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Drop In US Border Crossings Goes Deeper Than Trump Trump Takes a Victory Lap as Border Crossings Plunge Greg Abbott won't rule out bounty hunters to apprehend illegal immigrants Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States Trump supporter wrongly detained by ICE now questions his vote ICE Agents Targeting Children — What We Know Legal immigration agency employees asked to volunteer to help ICE operations Panama releases detained deportees from the U.S. after human rights criticism Ecuador will not receive deported migrants of other nationalities, president says Nearly 100 immigration court staff retiring, resigning amid swelling backlog Haitian immigrants grapple with uncertainty as TPS end date looms Fort Bliss to Hold Immigrants for Deportation
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Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
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Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
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Gene Hackman died at home a week after wife Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus, authorities say What is hantavirus, the infection that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife? A Haunting Coda: The 7 Days Gene Hackman’s Wife Could No Longer Care for Him
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14-year-old charged with murder in Newark police officer shooting
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Husband says he killed wife after she "rambled" at him for 7 hours
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NYPD Internal Affairs boss repeatedly hit on sergeant, told her she had a ‘nice rack’ and demanded lap dance: suit
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Chatty murder suspect accused of dismembering teen questions judge about co-defendant
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Boyfriend 'jealous' of 5-year-old getting 'too much attention' beat him to death: Police
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Teen was inspired to kill mom after seeing Netflix show about the Menendez brothers: Cops
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Texas girl, 18, faces years behind bars after being arrested for forcing bar goers to watch her sex tape
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Man asked Google 'can I kill an illegal human' before murdering undocumented fiance: Cops
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How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer
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What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
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Sam Altman Says Sister Defamed Him With Sex Abuse Claims
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Judges:

Ex-Oil Barge CEO's Judge Romance Suit Moves to Bankruptcy Court
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As Kentucky Criminalizes Urban Camping, ‘Homeless Court’ Aims to Offer Alternatives to Punishment
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With Threats On The Rise, Safety Concerns Are Becoming All Too Real For Federal Judges
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Judges and world leaders defy Trump as Congress sits on sidelines
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Divided By Principle: How Justices Barrett And Jackson Are Shaping The Future Of Constitutional Law
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Federal judge rejects request to block DOGE staff from Treasury system
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Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
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Judge rubbishes Trump for describing himself as 'king' and reinstates Biden appointee
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Courts grapple with ‘King’ Trump
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Trump’s Shockingly Lawless Second Term
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First Amendment experts implore judge to side with AP in dispute over White House access
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Donald Trump suffers two legal blows hours apart
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Judge orders USAID payments to some foreign aid groups by Monday Trump admin says injunction barring spending freeze was actually very limited US foreign aid orgs say they are owed more than $671 million by Monday deadline
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How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority
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Judge Signals Musk’s DOGE Should Be Preserving Its Work Records
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Supreme Court just indicated it "won't give in" to Donald Trump—Attorney
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Aileen Cannon questions lawyers' gun "theory" in Trump case
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Will Trump put a Fox News host on the US supreme court?
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Alito ‘Stunned’ By Court Exercising Judicial Power He Championed & Expanded Just Months Ago What Alito’s Dissent Fails to Understand
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Texas Chief Justice Tells State Bar To Keep It Classy In Judiciary Address
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Judges Without JDs: In the United States, judges are not always required to be lawyers
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Wall Street:

Stock futures fall on Monday morning after the S&P 500′s worst week since September
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Wall Street Suffers Another Losing Session Amid Trump's Shifting Tariff Policy
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Nasdaq 100 Tumbles Into a Correction as Tech Selloff Intensifies
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S&P 500 to sink 5% on growth risks: Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson
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Traders Who Bought Trump’s ‘Pro Growth’ Plan Now Pay for It
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‘Trump Put’ Undercut as Tariff Flip-Flops Frazzle Stock Traders
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Market uncertainty grows as Wall Street awaits critical inflation data this week.
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The Bond Market’s Trump Trade Is Looking Like a Recession Trade
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Chaotic Market Burns Hedge Fund Strategies In February
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U.S. markets are trailing the world as aura of ‘America First’ fades
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Investors seek tarot readers for insight on Trump's next move
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Layoffs:

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
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Attorneys file class action appeals to federal board for thousands of workers Trump fired Multistate lawsuit seeks to reverse Trump administration purge of federal workers
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Letitia James Hits Trump With Lawsuit Over Federal Cuts: 'Illegally Fired'
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Pentagon is placing probationary employees on leave in advance of mass firings
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'You lose all hope': Federal workers gripped by mental health distress amid Trump cuts
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Ex-NSA Cyber Chief Warns Of ‘Devastating Impact’ Of Potential DOGE-Inspired Firings
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DOGE rolling out an AI chatbot to automate government tasks DOGE Is Replacing Fired Workers With a Chatbot
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'There is literally no one': The fallout coming to Lake Tahoe after forest service gutted
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All HHS workers given $25,000 voluntary buyout offer, source says
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VA Secretary: 'The federal government does not exist to employ people'
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200 layoffs suddenly announced at Fargo Case New Holland plant
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How To Hedge Against AI Stealing Your Job
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Wayfair lays off 340 tech employees Retailer slashes Texas workforce after closing technology center
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Massive Layoffs At Audacy In the Midst of Bankruptcy Cuts — 300+ Employees Laid Off
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Politics:

Trump’s Own Declaration of Independence Trump Asked For The Real Declaration Of Independence Be Moved Into His Office, 'Alarming' Aides: Report
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Trump's populist platform gives way to billionaires' agenda
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George Will: This is American greatness only if you’re blind to cowardice
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Is this what you voted for?
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Tea Party movement finds a new champion in Trump
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Donald Trump approval rating: update for March 8 as numbers slump Donald Trump's support among swing voters eroding—Data
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The Project 2025 contributors helming the Trump administration
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Stephen Miller's outside army
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‘Gut punch’: Democrats decry Trump’s plan to cut 80,000 at Veterans Affairs US veterans department to start mass layoffs in June Trump Was Always Going to Betray Veterans 5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts
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Anger at Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companies Companies warn investors that DOGE’s federal cuts might hurt business Tiny Independent Agency Punches DOGE In The Nose Watchdog group says DOGE is 'black box' of secrets as agency claims exemption from FOIA Trump shifts tone on Musk as tensions rise with Cabinet Rick Scott says Elon Musk ‘does not have the power to fire people’ Musk-Rubio clash heightens scrutiny on Trump’s approach Trump wants his Cabinet and Musk to play nice on DOGE cuts ‘I don’t trust a word of it’: Federal workers deeply skeptical that Trump will rein in Musk Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target House GOP campaign chairman says voters will ‘reward us’ for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts DOGE Drags IKEA Beds To Federal Office Buildings As Young Team Sets Up Camp How DOGE cuts threaten California's critical water safety After Amy Gleason’s sudden rise to prominence, mystery surrounds DOGE acting administrator Trump admin scoffs at DOGE challenge by likening agency head to Hillary Clinton DOGE’s $1 spending card limit touches everything from military research to trash pickup The House districts most exposed to DOGE cuts DOGE says $312M in loans were given to children during COVID pandemic Elon Musk's empire 'may be starting to wobble': Harvard Business School professor
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Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
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Trump’s immigration policy: ‘Give me your oligarchs, your rich…’ Trump's 'Ludicrous' Gold Card Visa Program Fuels Oligarchy Rhetoric, Scholar Argues
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Donald Trump says ‘monster’ nukes could be ‘end of the world’ in stark nuclear war warning over missile stockpiles
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Social Security chief reverses course on ending contracts affecting Maine: ‘I apologize’
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5 notable images flagged in Pentagon’s purge
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RFK Jr. poised for awkward face-to-face with food companies
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Trump names Walt Nauta, co-defendant in classified documents case, other allies to Naval Academy board
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Gavin Newsom Jump-Started a Conversation Democrats Need to Have Gavin Newsom's Podcast Remarks Spark Backlash From Democrats Newsom Orders Redo of California’s Landmark Anti-Plastic Rules, Citing Cost
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Tim Walz has some sharp critiques on the Dem 2024 campaign
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Hegseth Has All the Wrong Enemies
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California Democrats find unusual ally in Melania Trump
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Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like
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McConnell Takes Rare Stance Against MAGA
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Trump Golf Weekends’ Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 Million
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Kristi Noem says she plans to use "every single one" of "broad and extensive" authorities as DHS secretary
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A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
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Dems' growing divide over trans rights, DEI Newsom's comments on trans athletes gets muted rebuke from Democrats
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Trump's open door to white South Africans buys into conspiracy theory
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Lindsey Graham brutally mocked on MSNBC over his 'unconstitutional' Trump proposal
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Economy:

US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
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Trump downplays business concerns about uncertainty from his tariffs and prospect of higher prices Trump brushes off CEOs' calls for clarity on tariffs
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Trump sees "period of transition" as recession fears rise
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Trump's economic shock therapy
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Top economics professor warns U.S. economy ‘going off the cliff’
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The U.S. dollar is still the world's currency - but maybe not for much longer
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Fox Business host on ‘shocking decline’ in consumer spending: ‘The boom times are over’
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Most Americans can't afford life anymore - and they just don't matter to the economy like they once did
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Without Federal Spending, What's Left Of U.S. GDP Growth?
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Who holds US national debt?
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US Consumer Borrowing Growth Slows After Near-Record Surge
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US Hiring Misses Expectations In February As Jobs Market Faces Pressure
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America's birth rate is falling. Here's how many kids Americans have vs. how many they want.
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Trump Team Is Pivoting to No Pain, No Gain as Economic Message
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says Americans shouldn't brace for a recession
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Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets
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Bessent Warns of ‘Detox Period’ for Economy, Touts Trump ‘Call’
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Fox News Host Presses Donald Trump on 'Rising Worries' About Recession
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Recession fears are being blown out of proportion. Worry about inflation instead
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US Fed Chair Flags Policy Uncertainty But In No Rush To Adjust Rates
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Fed’s Bowman Says Economy’s Neutral Rate Higher Since Covid
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Fed’s Bostic Says Clarity on Economy Unlikely Before Late Spring
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US Inflation Set to Stay Sticky as Tariff Risk Looms
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US Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs In February As Unemployment Hits 4.1%
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America's job market is eerily similar to the 1990s dot-com boom - just before the bust
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How people quitting their jobs changed in Trump's first month in office
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Wall Street Journal: ‘Someone should sue’ Trump over tariffs Trump’s On-Again, Off-Again Tariff Strategy Sows Confusion Trump’s tariffs and job cuts fuel Main Street uncertainty As Tariff Chaos Reigns, What Is Trump Actually Trying to Do? The Trump Tariff Roller Coaster Trump says he wanted to ‘help’ Mexico and Canada ‘to a certain extent’ by pausing tariffs Pence whacks Trump’s tariffs Tariffs Are Bad. Tariff Uncertainty Is Even Worse. The Case Against Tariffs Is Getting Stronger Trump Tariffs: Bad Policy Or 'Art Of The Deal?' Economist Weighs In Trump's Tariff Rollback Brings Limited Respite As New Levies Loom Mexico Says Up to 90% of Exports to US Can Enjoy Tariff Relief ‘Ice Queen’ No More: Sheinbaum Charms Trump on Tariffs Mexico President Says 'Dialogue Prevailed' In Trump Tariff Dispute At Mass Rally, Mexico President Says Confident Trump Tariffs Resolved Canada's Final US Energy Tariff Warning to Donald Trump Trump Says Dairy, Lumber Tariffs On Canada May Come Soon Trump Says Canada, Mexico Tariffs ‘Could Go Up’ Over Time Donald Trump Accuses Canada of 'Cheating' Amid Tariff War China imposes retaliatory tariffs on Canadian farm and food products China Will 'Firmly Counter' US Trade Pressure: Top Diplomat Here’s why some US companies are looking forward to tariffs Fox Host challenges Donald Trump on tariffs: "That's not clarity" Trump economic adviser: US ‘launched a drug war, not a trade war’ with Mexico, Canada Trump will not ease up on fentanyl-related tariffs, US commerce secretary says How much fentanyl comes into the US from Canada, really? Trump announces new 250% tariff on Canada starting almost immediately India Signals Readiness to Make Deeper Tariff Cuts, Trump Says Japan to Send Trade Minister Muto to US Amid Tariff Tensions China Had Record $540 Billion of Exports in Rush to Beat Tariffs Spooked China Exporters Say US Consumers Will Share Tariff Pain Canadian Crude Wins Reprieve From Trump’s Tariffs on Neighbors Tariffs could deal a blow to Chinatowns that have no choice but to import cultural goods Noem aware Mexican, Canadian leaders have own ‘political environments,’ but Trump ‘means business’ on tariffs How one small business is navigating Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada ‘could go up,’ declines to rule out possible recession Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, but That Won’t Matter Trump’s tariff whipsaw is handing European stocks another win
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DOJ opens investigation into egg companies for price-fixing Trump Admin Struggling To Import Eggs As It Seeks To Bring Their Price Down $70,000 more a year for eggs: How price hikes hurting small businesses The Real Cost of Backyard Eggs
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‘America First’ policies are threatening American exceptionalism as the economy and markets flash warning signs
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Trump-backed plan to fund government raises GOP concerns on defense 3 groups to watch in the final push to fund the government Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears House Republicans unveil last-minute stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs Sen. Elissa Slotkin wants assurances Trump will spend money 'the way Congress intends' Hakeem Jeffries rejects Mike Johnson's shutdown plan
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Social Security Administration To Recover 100% Of Overpayments Made To Beneficiaries Social Security Announces Major Clampdown to Save $7 Billion
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AT&T Drops Pronoun Pins, Cancels Pride Programs in DEI Unwind The future of corporate DEI initiatives: legal uncertainty, enforcement risks, and strategic adaptation
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Electricity prices surge under Trump
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Texas Governor Mandates State Employees Back to the Office
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The New Retirement Vision Is Not Really Retiring, Survey Says
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Manhattan Office Leasing Posts Strongest Start Since 2014
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Gambling on Las Vegas? Sin City Housing Market Softens as It Suffers Affordability Crisis
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Donald Trump's Silence on US Housing Crisis
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Landlord made to pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants
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Is Gen Z in Too Much Debt To Ever Own a Home?
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Boomers are setting up a showdown with millennials, aging in place and plunking down hundreds of thousands on renovating their homes
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How Giant White Houses Took Over America
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Municipalities:

Detroit systems reveal amounts, time for retirees' bonus payments or '13th checks' Detroit retirees who lost money in the city's bankruptcy now set to get one extra check
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Trump pressured to make Puerto Rico independent to save America $617 billion
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Trump Administration Moves Offices From Six Sanctuary Cities
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Oil/Gas:

US Energy Chief Will Seek $20 Billion to Refill Oil Reserve
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Trump’s policies are driving down oil prices, will cost jobs, hurt the Texas economy
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Top oil executives reckon with downturn even as Trump cheers them on
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Agribusiness:

Trump Tariffs Throw US-Canada Food Supply Chain Into Chaos
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Farmers are struggling in Europe — don’t let RFK Jr. do the same to America
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Trump Tariffs Threaten Big Shift to Corn as Inputs Get Pricier
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Kennedy and influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists
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Student Debt:

Delinquency rates soar as borrowers slow to repay student loans
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Trump signs executive order limiting eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Trump student loan executive order: Who's excluded from forgiveness
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Education:

Advocates gear up for fight to preserve Education Department
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US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University
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Fetterman: ‘Columbia pays for its failure’ with $400M in grants axed Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding
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A look inside the ‘damage control’ at one of top US medical schools amid NIH cuts
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This charter school superintendent makes $870,000. He leads a district with 1,000 students
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US States Adopt Smartphone Bans In Schools
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Labor:

Trump administration declares TSA screener union contract void
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Utilities:

Edison Has Miles of Idle Power Lines in High Fire Risk Zones
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Uncertainty clouds northern US grids amid Canada tariff threat
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Radio:

FCC Asks Public Radio Stations for Details on Sponsorships
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Retailing:

Tariff Whiplash Clouds Outlook, Prices at Target and Costco
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Sycamore to take Walgreens private in $23.7B deal amid restructuring Private Equity’s $24 Billion Walgreens Bid Is Wild
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Telecom:

Mitel Networks files for bankruptcy in U.S. after debt workouts Mitel Takes Action to Optimize Capital Structure, Positioning the Business for Efficient Growth and Long-term Sustainability
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Steel:

US Steel CEOs Urge Trump to Resist Metal Tariff Exemptions Lutnick says Trump sticking to US aluminum-steel tariff timeline
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Tech:

AI’s Eye-Popping Price Tags: The New Tech Gold Rush
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Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews
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Musk to Face Questioning in Suit Over Twitter Buyout Flip-Flop
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Texas Tech Boom: Silicon Valley's Southern Outpost Rises
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Crypto:

Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve Disappoints Market, Weighs on Crypto
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Bitcoin falls as much as 6.5% as volatility continues after Trump’s bitcoin reserve plan
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'A pig in lipstick': Trump's strategic Bitcoin reserve criticized
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Chemicals:

Chemicals Company Ascend Performance Gets Rescue Financing
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Water:

Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
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Comic Books:

David Campiti Is Very Angry Indeed About The Diamond Comics Bankruptcy
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Consumer Protection:

Killing the CFPB would create a vacuum, ex-insider says
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McKernan CFPB nod advances to full Senate
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CFPB refreshes website, details stop-work miscommunication
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants are suddenly cutting jobs
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Why On the Border filed for bankruptcy
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Struggling Pinstripes to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange
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What cutting junk foods from SNAP could mean for millions of recipients
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Art:

Global Art Market Slumps As Chinese Auction Sales Plummet: Data
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Maritime:

US shipping businesses bankruptcy warning over China built vessel fees
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Trump demands ships "very fast, very soon" as China dominates
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US takes rivalry with China to the high seas
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Entertainment:

Sphere Revolutionized Concerts, So Why Might It Go Bankrupt?
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Aquariums:

Las Vegas mall to own aquarium after bankruptcy filing
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Fintech:

The spectacular Synapse collapse: The ugliest divorce in fintech left $200 million in customer money frozen—and shows the risks of financial apps
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Trucking:

Illinois construction trucking company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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It just gets worse for Nikola as massive hydrogen recall follows bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (54 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (18 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

March Madness: Filings Pile Up
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Mass Torts:

Corizon Unit's Bankruptcy Alters a Key Element of Texas Two-Step
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Claimant says opioid victims won't get justice in proposed Purdue settlement Potential $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement frustrates some victims
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Statement of Purdue Pharma to 60 Minutes
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UST:

Making the Bankruptcy System Less Great
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Miscellaneous:

Court Opinion Review: Willkie Retention Rejected in Franchise Group, Judge Wiles Riffs on International Venue Abuse in Mega NewCo and Judge Lopez Rejects an Alex Jones Settlement
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Subchapter V:

§ 523(a) Discharge Exceptions & The Corporate Subchapter V Debtor (In re Blok Industries)
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Aviation:

Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy Court Approves Third-Party Releases in Reorganization Plan
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Elon Musk's DOGE Tried to Fire Air Traffic Controllers: Report
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The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
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Twin Test Flight Explosions Show SpaceX Is No Longer Defying Gravity
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Will Elon Musk Deliver Trump's New Air Force One By 2028? Trump Wants a New Air Force One. Boeing Has About a Dozen Problems
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Diamond Aircraft may acquire troubled eVTOL developer Volocopter
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Climate:

Cascading extreme weather events unleash billions in damages globally
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Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
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US East Coast to suffer deadly marine heat waves by 2100
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US Crafting Plan to Stem Coal-Plant Closures, Energy Chief Says
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Texas Wildfires Are 'Ticking Time Bomb' For State's Homeowners
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Malibu businesses struggling in the aftermath of fire and PCH restrictions
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North Carolina wildfires: 'Things have been brought to our door' Trump voters in swing state 'questioning new administration' as President fails key 'test'
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Autos:

Hydrogen hopes shudder amid spate of bankruptcies
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Late car payments hit highest level in decades
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Help Tesla, by Hurting Its Rivals More Tesla’s Post-Election Surge Vanishes as Musk Focuses on DOGE Tesla Erases $700 Billion ‘Trump Bump’ as Sales Slide Globally Anti-Elon Musk stickers are being snapped up by Tesla owners who can't sell
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Healthcare:

As the fate of Delaware County's largest hospital system remains undecided, patients wait in limbo Prospect Medical's Crozer Health hospitals to close March 14 without 'miracle' deal Crozer Health in Delaware County, Pa., to remain open after meeting, AG says Agreement reached in Crozer Health crisis, officials say
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Alabama hospital COO's plan for post-bankruptcy recovery
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Connecticut residents wonder what will happen to hospitals in Waterbury, Manchester and Rockville
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Prominent law firm stops defending Waterbury Hospital in lawsuits amid Prospect bankruptcy
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Americans borrowed $74B for medical bills in 2024
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U.S. is headed toward a hospital bed shortage, researchers warn
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Rockledge Hospital staff warns that people will die as result of facility's closing
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18 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs
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Doctors are still burned out five years after COVID exposed systemic failures
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Nurse never took now-dead inmate's vitals because she thought he was 'faking' it: Cops
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Nearly half of Democrats support changing Medicaid, according to poll Medicaid important to nearly half of Trump voters and their families: Poll Scott Perry says no one ‘legitimately’ on Medicaid will lose coverage
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Two Dead, 200 Sickened In US Measles Outbreak: Authorities US Measles Cases Jump 35% in a Week; Now Found in 12 States Doctors push back as parents embrace Kennedy and vitamin A in Texas measles outbreak RFK: Cod Liver Oil, Steroids for Measles America Is Botching Measles RFK Jr. could further deter childhood vaccinations as rates fall in the U.S. North Texas pastor cheers on families at school with lowest vaccinations rates Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say
(DBN)

Alarming Rise in Fentanyl Poisoning Among US Children Revealed
(DBN)

Pandemic Deemed 'Over' by 59%, yet Future Health Crisis Feared
(DBN)

Under RFK Jr.'s leadership, CDC launches large study on vaccines and autism
(DBN)

Doctors say Trump admin trying to 'skirt' injunctions over anti-transgender policies
(DBN)

Funding bill skips measure to avert physician pay cuts, a blow to GOP Doctors Caucus
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

Sri Lanka Signs $2.5b Debt Deal With Japan
(DBN)

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UK:

Britain's Thames Water making plans for possible special administration Thames Water faces nationalisation just two days before Reeves Statement
(DBN)

Broke Birmingham - what life is like in a city that declared itself ‘bankrupt’
(DBN)

Speciality Steel creditors urged to 'substantially' write off £618m debt to save 1,500 jobs
(DBN)

Two men behind LCF Ponzi scheme made bankrupt
(DBN)

British universities at risk of bankruptcy due to unstable franchising deals
(DBN)

UK travel company goes bust – thousands face canceled holidays
(DBN)

UK Will Slash Civil Service Jobs and Use AI to Boost Efficiency
(DBN)

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EU:

Support Grows for Increased Defense Spending in France, UK Bankers Race to Catch Up With EU Defense Goals in Stunning Reset
(DBN)

European countries should ‘absolutely’ introduce conscription, Latvian president says
(DBN)

Vance Stokes European Fears That Rift With US Will Outlast Trump
(DBN)

US ‘to cease all future military exercises in Europe’
(DBN)

Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner
(DBN)

Von der Leyen insists US still ‘an ally’ despite Ukraine aid cutoff
(DBN)

Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany
(DBN)

The EU is doing exactly what Trump wants. He still doesn’t care.
(DBN)

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Canada:

Hudson's Bay files for creditor protection to avoid bankruptcy: 'This is a big loss for Canada' Canada’s oldest retailer files for creditor protection, citing trade headwinds Hudson’s Bay Files for Creditor Protection, Puts 80 Stores at Risk Hudson's Bay Facing $1.1B Debt, Granted Creditor Protection To Restructure
(DBN)

Canadian telecom firm Mitel Networks files for bankruptcy
(DBN)

‘Far-reaching consequences’ for Kentucky bourbon after LCBO strips U.S. spirits off shelves
(DBN)

Canada Hit With Major New Retaliatory Tariffs From China China Sets Retaliatory Tariffs on Canada Rapeseed Oil, Pork Canadian canola farmers to feel impact from damaging Chinese tariffs
(DBN)

Canada’s Liberals to announce Trudeau successor Canada's Carney jabs at Trump after winning race to replace Trudeau as PM Mark Carney, ex-central banker, to become Canada's next prime minister
(DBN)

'Deadly serious': NYT reports Trump told Canada he wants to 'revise' our border lines
(DBN)

Invading Canada would spark fight lasting decades, expert says
(DBN)

Not Just Tariffs: Trump’s Wildest Threats Against Canada
(DBN)

Canada Pledges Billions to Aid Firms Hurt by Trade Upheaval
(DBN)

12 people wounded by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers, police say
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russian strike on Ukraine kills more than 10 after Trump threatens sanctions Putin Wastes No Time Launching 'Massive Attack' On Ukraine Infrastructure After Trump Claimed Kremlin 'Ready For Peace' Russian Strikes Have Surged Since Donald Trump's Return Putin Reportedly Ready To Discuss Ceasefire With Ukraine As Long As 'Peacekeeping Mission' Is Addressed ‘Putin will not…’: Zelenskyy rejects ‘immediate ceasefire’, warns 'dangerous for Ukraine’ Why Ukraine May Possibly Say No to Putin Truce Talks Trump threatens new sanctions and tariffs on Russia to force peace talks US Vetoes G7's Plan to Combat Russia Oil Tankers Ten Days That Shook Ukraine’s World Reverberate in Defiant Kyiv
(DBN)

Trump wants to see more than just a minerals deal to restart Ukraine aid and intel Graham on Ukraine aid pause: ‘If we pull the plug on Ukraine, it’d be worse than Afghanistan’ Trump says U.S. is close to lifting pause on intel sharing with Ukraine
(DBN)

Russians Shun Putin’s Plea for Babies as Population Shrinks
(DBN)

Trump Threatens New Banking Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine
(DBN)

Elon Musk insists US should "really" exit NATO
(DBN)

Republicans press Trump to resume military, intelligence aid to Ukraine Europe scrambles to aid Ukraine after US intelligence cutoff
(DBN)

Ten Days That Shook Ukraine’s World Reverberate in Defiant Kyiv
(DBN)

Germany Closes In on Bolstering Ukraine Aid by €3 Billion
(DBN)

France to use interest from frozen Russian assets to finance arms for Ukraine
(DBN)

The Real Reason Zelenskyy Doesn’t Wear a Suit Zelensky Makes Light Of White House No-suit Drama
(DBN)

Russia’s neighbors consider leaving weapons treaties as invasion fears grow
(DBN)

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MENA:

Residents Of Israel's North Slowly Returning Home After Hezbollah Truce
(DBN)

US Envoy Says New Gaza Ceasefire, Hostage Deal Possible in Weeks Hamas says talks with US focused on release of American hostage in Gaza U.S. "not an agent of Israel," envoy says amid objections to Hamas talks
(DBN)

US hostage envoy doubles down on Trump's Hamas threat
(DBN)

Less Than Half in U.S. Now Sympathetic Toward Israelis
(DBN)

Israel says it is stopping power to Gaza, in bid to ratchet up pressure on Hamas
(DBN)

Muslim Nations Adopt Arab Alternative To Trump's Gaza Plan France,EU Leaders Back Arab Plan for Gaza
(DBN)

Trump strikes dark tone as he seeks to restart nuclear talks with Iran Trump Offers Nuclear Talks With Iran No Talks With US Under 'Maximum Pressure' Policy, Iran FM Says U.S. will collapse Iran’s economy by shutting down its oil industry, Treasury secretary says Iran Says Would Consider Limited Nuclear Talks With US
(DBN)

2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead Bodies are piled in the street as violence escalates between Syrian forces and Assad loyalists Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
(DBN)

What Went Wrong at Saudi Arabia’s Futuristic Metropolis in the Desert
(DBN)

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Venezuela:

US To Expand Economic Offensive Against Venezuela Preventing More Companies From Doing Business There
(DBN)

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Poland:

Poland launches military training for every adult man
(DBN)

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China:

Consumer prices drop in China in February, economy remains sluggish
(DBN)

China Leverages Food Supply as an Ingenious Strategy in Ongoing Trade Tensions
(DBN)

European Industries Face Pressure as China's Tariff Policy Hits Chemicals and Steel Firms
(DBN)

China’s Bonds See Worst Slide This Year as Rate-Cut Doubts Grow
(DBN)

US Warned of Caribbean Becoming 'Chinese Lake'
(DBN)

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India:

Creditors’ panel to get more powers soon
(DBN)

Women in Insolvency: Leadership, Challenges, and Breaking Barriers
(DBN)

IBC Monthly Digest [February 2025]
(DBN)

BYJU’S Stuck In Bankruptcy Limbo Was pressured to select process advisor, alleges Byju's former IRP
(DBN)

India Struggles to Shake Off Pessimism After $1.3 Trillion Stock Rout
(DBN)

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Australia:

Sanjeev Gupta’s Greensill Debt Deal Jeopardized by Australia Insolvency
(DBN)

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Indonesia:

How Indonesian Textile Giant Sritex Collapsed
(DBN)

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Italy:

Bankruptcy clawback actions and guarantees: the irrelevance of debt rescheduling on debt maturity
(DBN)

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Kenya:

How AI can transform insolvency in digital age
(DBN)

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