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‘I am certain’: Harvard policy expert warns the true cost of the Iran war to U.S. taxpayers will exceed $1 trillion

Linda Bilmes, along with economist Joseph Stiglitz, previously calculated the true cost of the 2003 Iraq war was at least fourfold greater than initially projected.

Fortune

Turns out the American middle class didn't die. It got richer—and felt poorer

Since 1979, the American Enterprise Institute calculated, the ranks of the upper middle class, earning $133,000 to $400,000, more than tripled.

Fortune

The 'affordability economy' has created a housing market nobody predicted: Prices collapsing in the Sun Belt, soaring in the Rust Belt

Las Vegas, Austin, and Miami are now leading a national price downturn, while metros like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee are finally having their moment.

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'AI can be relentless in a way that a human is not': With too few experts to go around, this startup is chasing a Matrix-style idea of “copying and pasting” expertise

With too few human experts, this AI startup is chasing a Matrix-style idea of “copying and pasting” expertise.

TechRadar

When rights exist on paper but not in practice: how bureaucracy blocks access to welfare across Europe

In Europe, national and regional parliaments widely recognise citizens’ entitlement to protection in areas like housing, fuel and access to health and social care. But across the continent, growing numbers of people entitled to social benefits never actually receive them.

The Conversation

Mali faces record number of kidnappings of foreigners by jihadist group

The number of foreigners kidnapped by jihadists in Mali has reached a record high, with at least 22 taken hostage by the al-Qaeda affiliate group JNIM in the last six months, as part of its strategy to undermine the ruling junta.

Radio France Internationale

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.

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Chinese Firms Pay Price Of Jihadist Strikes Against Mali Junta

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.

International Business Times

Trump says tariffs are going to be enough to pay down national debt. They likely won’t even touch the sides

In exclusive interviews with Fortune, Wharton professor Joao Gomes and AEI’s Desmond Lachman warned that while tariffs may slow debt growth, they won’t meaningfully reduce it.

Fortune

For the first time in decades, the U.S. will likely experience negative net migration, shrinking the U.S. workforce—and economic growth by extension

Trump’s mass deportation campaign could slash GDP growth by up to 0.4% in 2025 in a “startling” blow to the labor force, economists warn

Fortune

Chronic Absenteeism Hasn't Gone Away After Lockdowns. Research Shows Poor Kids Are Hurt Most.

"The income gap really was the main driver that showed up over and over again," said one researcher.

Reason

‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus

For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began

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Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil

Territory’s voluntary move comes as Trump administration makes good on pledge to end lawsuits against oil and gas

The Guardian - US

Chaos unleashed by Musk’s Doge is starting to wane – what does that mean?

Tech billionaire plans to hang up the chainsaw as he steps away from ‘efficiency’ role amid Tesla sales slump

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Republican officials are questioning Trump’s tariff regime being the scenes, says Sen. Rand Paul. ‘They whisper in my ear: Free trade is good’

GOP donors and think tanks are starting to publicly denounce President Donald Trump’s policies, which led to a historic stock market rout.

Fortune

Trump’s tariff formula ‘was rigged’ to get higher rates— and it used the wrong value for one of its variables, conservative think tank says

“What’s driving the policy is that since the 1980s Trump has been a protectionist, and he thinks trade deficits are losses and trade surpluses are profits,” AEI’s Stan Veuger told Fortune.

Reason

A Computational Error May Be Driving the Size of the Tariffs

Tariffs #2: AEI says that the Administration Seems to Have Used the Wrong Number in its Formula

Fortune

It's college application season, but don't worry: most schools accept most students—and rates are up

"Colleges are competing for a smaller pool of potential students, and as a result, those who do apply enjoy higher odds of admission."

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International Business Times

Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Could End Up Hurting Economic Growth

President-elect Donald Trump's hardline immigration proposals -- including a controversial mass deportation plan -- could prove economically damaging, analysts say, with US sectors that rely heavily on foreign workers like agriculture and construction especially hard hit.

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo-linked group attacking efforts to educate judges on climate

Rightwing US thinktank claimed in report that non-profit holding trainings is ‘corruptly influencing the courts’

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Advocacy Group Report Raises Concerns Over Climate Judiciary Project

AEI report accuses Climate Judiciary Project of influencing judges on climate change cases, raising transparency concerns.

The Conversation

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project 2025’ is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking

As the 2024 presidential election heats up, some people are hearing about the Heritage Foundation for the first time. The conservative think tank has a new, ambitious and controversial policy plan, Project 2025, which calls for an overhaul of American public policy and government.

WEKU

These teens were missing too much school. Here's what it took to get them back

Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.

Reason

More Than 1 in 4 Kids Are Chronically Absent From School, Report Shows

Since COVID-era school closures, chronic absenteeism has increased from 15 to 26 percent, with poor districts struggling the most.

WEKU

K-12 students learned a lot last year, but they're still missing too much school

Families will play an essential role in getting students back on track, researchers say. But it's going to take a "culture" shift around the importance of being in school.

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