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An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 20, 2026
NEW YORK — Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders. After the bond market’s alarm bells rose in volume through the summer, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday a move that could help
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New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 20, 2026
NEW YORK — In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned out. Dr. Erica Schwartz also said she wouldn’t hesitate to disagree with U.S. Health Secretary
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Investors’ sneak peak: can this AI tool spot the science that will lead to patents?0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 20, 2026
The AI tool was trained on scientific publication-patent pairs.Credit: IB Photography/Alamy Investors and technology-transfer offices expend enormous effort trying to spot commercially promising research before it reaches the point of patenting. Now, a machine-learning tool is aiming to speed up this process by scoring how ‘patent-like’ a scientific paper is — months or years before
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Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 20, 2026
WASHINGTON — Canada has dodged President Donald Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs — at least for now. Trump went on social media late Tuesday to say he was pausing for three days the taxes on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports less than two hours before they were set to go into effect. Speaking to
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US national debt now stands at $40 trillion 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 19, 2026
WASHINGTON — The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion
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Trump dwarfs his predecessors in the number of ultra-rich in his second White House, report shows 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- August 17, 2026
Wealth, perhaps second only to loyalty, has been a prized attribute for Donald Trump during his second presidency. The number of people worth at least $100 million whom the Republican president has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total under the three previous presidents, according to a report from the
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