• 02/24/2025

Rivian Tries Selling Trucks Out of Its Factory Parking Lot

Wall Street Journal The EV startup has relied on online sales for its vehicles. But as stock levels build, it is experimenting with an in-person shopping event at its plant in Normal, Ill. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rivian-tries-selling-trucks-out-of-its-factory-parking-lot-1c44a17f

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Federal Probe Advances Into Trump’s Effort to Reverse 2020 Election

Wall Street Journal While the Mar-a-Lago documents case is in the spotlight, special counsel Jack Smith is pushing ahead in his other inquiry. https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-probe-advances-into-trumps-effort-to-reverse-2020-election-a2c1dd63

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Putin: I can destroy any building in Kyiv city centre, but I won’t. Why? I will not say

Pravda Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin assures that he can “destroy any building in the centre of Kyiv” without nuclear weapons, but does not do this “for a number of reasons”; yet, the Russian dictator refused to reveal those reasons. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/16/7407192/

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King Charles gets his first Trooping the Colour. Here’s what to know.

Washington Post Britain is celebrating the official birthday of King Charles III on Saturday with a military parade. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/16/trooping-the-colour-king-birthday-explained/

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Putin attacks Jewish heritage of Ukraine’s Zelensky

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746576

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National Republicans wade into 2023’s most heated race, launch first attacks in bid to take down red-state Dem

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: National Republicans are launching their first attacks in this year’s most heated gubernatorial race as the party seeks to unseat Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the nation’s few remaining Democrats leading a predominantly red state. In a new ad set to begin running Saturday, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) blasts…

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The Top Business Challenge Awaiting CNN’s Next CEO

Wall Street Journal Chris Licht is gone, but what remains is the network’s tricky shift to digital and away from a decaying TV business. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-top-business-challenge-awaiting-cnns-next-ceo-a1d3bc5a

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Real incomes in Russia growing modestly, trend expected to intensify this year — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The President said that the poverty rate in Russia is decreasing and called for maintaining this trend https://tass.com/economy/1633963

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Teamsters Hold Vote to Authorize UPS Strike

Wall Street Journal United Parcel Service workers that are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are voting on whether to authorize a strike if contract negotiations fail to yield a new agreement.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/teamsters-hold-vote-to-authorize-ups-strike-as-contract-talks-continue-938eabff

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‘The Late Americans’ Review: End of the Seminar

Wall Street Journal In Brandon Taylor’s novel, a university’s gravitational pull sets friends, rivals and lovers in orbit around one another. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-late-americans-review-end-of-the-seminar-f3d7bc61

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