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Vladimir Putin’s ruling party gives actual meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine as gifts
Russia is often accused of throwing its frontline soldiers into a “meat grinder” with scant regard for their lives.
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Social Security goes after overpayments, reversing Biden policy
Under the Biden administration last year, the agency reduced the amount of overpayments that Social Security would recoup to just 10% of any one paycheck.
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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts
“It’s not a ‘nice to have.’ It is the one avenue we have to bring people from all over the country to learn from and with each other.”
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France and Germany clash over ‘buy EU’ weapons
Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagrees
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How to stop the fruitless search for welfare savings
Governments chase illusory short-term cuts when what’s needed are routes back into lasting employment
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The pandemic that didn’t change the world
It is hard for a journalist to accept, but almost all events are ephemeral
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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban warns ‘this is how recessions start’ as federal cuts ripple through the economy
“This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue.”