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Several Trump-affiliated companies distance themselves from Trump-IRS deal after Senate Democrats’ probe

Weeks after top Senate Democrats pushed for answers on whether a provision in the controversial tax settlement between President Trump and his own administration applies to companies co-founded by or affiliated with the Trump family, several of the businesses have distanced themselves from the deal, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who launched the investigation. As…

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Airlines are banning humanoid robots from flights. Why?

More airlines are banning humanoid and pet-like robots from boarding flights or traveling in passengers’ checked luggage, citing potential safety concerns.  Although humanoid robots remain rare outside the laboratory and even the factory floor, numerous companies are developing the technology, with robot evangelists such as Elon Musk predicting that they will eventually become common.  Earlier…

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Reports of airport immigration arrests come amid increased TSA-ICE collaboration, sources say

Recent reports of immigration arrests at U.S. airports, some of them captured in videos that have gone viral, stem from increased collaboration between the Transportation Security Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE sources tell CBS News. TSA has been sharing more information about noncitizen travelers with ICE, including on immigrants who lack criminal records but…

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Trump administration has quietly throttled an agency devoted to the safety of American healthcare

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice. In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human…

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