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25 Black Mothers Received $1000 a Month in Atlanta
Twenty-five Black mothers received direct cash during pregnancy and postpartum. Early Atlanta results point to less stress and hopelessness.
Free Game NewsSpaceX wants to borrow $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips
The AI buildout is now a debt story. Plus: oil holds near $100, the September jobs numbers, and a $111 billion media merger closes.
Free Game NewsSchumer Says Democrats Are on the Edge of Retaking the Senate
Senators left Washington until after the midterms with the Democratic leader predicting a close election, while the map still requires flipping four seats in difficult territory.
Free Game NewsEmmy Awards Move Exclusively to Prime Video in Six-Year Deal
Beginning with the 2027 ceremony, television’s top awards will stream live and free worldwide on Amazon’s platform, ending the long-running rotation among ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
Free Game NewsTrump Orders Tax-Free Dyed Diesel for Highway Use
The October 5 executive order defers federal excise taxes on off-road diesel used on highways through year's end, with the administration claiming $640 million in combined federal and state savings for farmers and truckers.
Free Game NewsParamount and Warner Bros. are now one media giant
The $111 billion Skydance deal puts HBO, CNN, CBS, Warner Bros. and Paramount under one roof. Plus: Google’s nuclear agreement, consumer confidence and a major Baltimore shipyard.
Free Game NewsNew SNAP Rules Take Effect as Five Million Lose Food Aid
A cost-of-living bump of $8 to $29 a month arrived October 1 alongside expanded work requirements, near-impossible waiver math, and a funding shift onto states.
Free Game NewsSupreme Court Declines to Block Paramount Warner Bros Merger
Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from five Paramount subscribers without explanation, clearing the $110.9 billion deal to close as Skydance Corporation.
Free Game NewsTrump Tells Republicans to Vote by Mail Ahead of Midterms
Weeks after the Supreme Court left his administration's mail-voting restrictions blocked, and with Democrats leading national polls, the president is urging GOP voters to use the method he spent the year fighting.
Free Game NewsFed Rate Hikes Risk Pushing Rents Higher, Apollo Economist Warns
Torsten Slok says higher borrowing costs choke off homebuilding, tighten rental supply, and feed the very inflation Kevin Warsh's Fed is trying to contain.
Free Game NewsAmazon will pay $8.25 million for shortchanging Prime customers in Black D.C. neighborhoods
Wards 7 and 8 paid full price for slower delivery. Now 69,000 customers get refunds. Plus: Nasdaq's record, a $60 billion AI chip financing, and what the Fed does next.
Free Game NewsAI Executives Testify Under Oath Before New York City Council
All 51 council members convened for the first sworn public testimony from major AI firms, secured after explicit subpoena threats, while Elon Musk's SpaceXAI defied a formal subpoena and faces possible court enforcement.
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