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Trump Accounts $1,000 Giveaway Could Boost Future Wealth, but Do Nothing for Kids' Current Bills

The Trump administration's 'Trump Accounts' programme offers $1,000 investment accounts for newborns, sparking debate over its long-term benefits versus immediate financial needs of families.

International Business Times UK · Jul 2

How the US Has - Mostly - Avoided the Dark Side of the World Cup

This year's World Cup has largely avoided the stadium subsidies, forcible displacement of people, human rights violations, and other evils historically associated with the event.

Reason · Jul 2

‘A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks

Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public lands

The Guardian - US · Jul 2

Trump Rolls Out $500 Million Lifeline for Smaller Meatpackers as Beeflation Spirals Out of Control — But Tyson Foods and Other Industry Giants Are Left Out

The Trump administration is offering financial support to smaller meatpackers struggling with escalating beef prices due to a shortage of cattle supplies and the reemergence of New World Screwworm.

Benzinga · Jul 1

Anthropic to restore global access to most powerful AI models

Anthropic said on Tuesday it would restore global access to its most advanced AI models after the US government lifted export restrictions imposed earlier this month over national security concerns. The decision marks a reversal after the company worked with Washington to strengthen safeguards around the technology.

France 24 · Jul 1

More than half of children in ICE immigration courts are representing themselves, DOJ data shows

More than 750,000 children are facing deportation under Donald Trump’s administration

The Independent UK · Jul 1

US and European diplomats continue standoff over top Bosnia and Herzegovina post

European powers resist Trump administration’s pick for high representative after incumbent pushed out

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Colorado firefighter deaths raise questions over Trump wildfire policy

The administration’s focus on ‘full suppression’ of new fires marks a sharp reversal from a decades-long trend toward embracing flames as a tool

The Independent UK · Jun 30

AI is supercharging the timeline from founding to unicorn status

Europe’s new unicorns are arriving faster in the AI era, with 20% hitting $1 billion within two years since 2023.

Fortune · Jun 30

Alaska's Famed Dalton Highway's Beauty May Not Survive Much Longer. Mining Wanted

Alaska's famed Dalton Highway, which stretches from Fairbanks to Deadhorse, and is one of the most famous motorcycle adventures around, could be sold off to developers and extractive industries after the Trump Administration gave huge swaths to the state.

RideApart · Jun 30