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While all Americans can get tax breaks for giving, those 70½ or older have the best choices. Here’s the rundown on two key tax-favored ways to give.
How Seniors Can Donate More to Charity and Pay Less in Taxes
While all Americans can get tax breaks for giving, those 70½ or older have the best choices. Here’s a rundown on two key tax-favored ways to give.
on.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:56 PM
While all Americans can get tax breaks for giving, those 70½ or older have the best choices. Here’s the rundown on two key tax-favored ways to give.
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Exclusive: The Trump transition team is exploring ways to drastically shrink or even eliminate top bank watchdogs, including the FDIC
Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators
Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC
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December 13, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Exclusive: The Trump transition team is exploring ways to drastically shrink or even eliminate top bank watchdogs, including the FDIC
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If Donald Trump resurrects the maximum-pressure approach to Venezuela that defined his first term, he is likely to intensify the suffering of ordinary Venezuelans—and exacerbate the country’s migration crisis, writes Francisco Rodríguez.
The Case for Engagement With Venezuela
Maximum pressure will only strengthen Maduro.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
If Donald Trump resurrects the maximum-pressure approach to Venezuela that defined his first term, he is likely to intensify the suffering of ordinary Venezuelans—and exacerbate the country’s migration crisis, writes Francisco Rodríguez.
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Donald Trump hopes to remove 11 million unauthorized immigrants as part of his mass deportation goals. But because of international diplomacy, cost and legal proceedings, it won't be easy. Here's how past administrations compare. nyti.ms/3AQM3A7
November 27, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Donald Trump hopes to remove 11 million unauthorized immigrants as part of his mass deportation goals. But because of international diplomacy, cost and legal proceedings, it won't be easy. Here's how past administrations compare. nyti.ms/3AQM3A7
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Moderate solar storms may make the northern lights visible in the uppermost parts of the nation, though it won’t be as dazzling as last month’s star show.
A solar storm may make the northern lights visible again in the U.S.
Moderate solar storms may make the northern lights visible in the uppermost parts of the nation, though it won’t be as dazzling as last month’s star show.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Moderate solar storms may make the northern lights visible in the uppermost parts of the nation, though it won’t be as dazzling as last month’s star show.
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“Are those fireworks?” In busy skies over the Middle East, passenger jets share airspace with missiles.
Missiles and Commercial Jets Are Sharing the Skies in One of the World’s Busiest Flight Corridors
Scores of airlines have stumbled into a war zone in the Middle East; “we were lucky.”
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:56 PM
“Are those fireworks?” In busy skies over the Middle East, passenger jets share airspace with missiles.
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When the next pandemic strikes, Americans will again depend on a cadre of senior health officials to steer the nation’s response and reassure the public.
But the team rapidly assembled by President-elect Donald Trump is largely untested.
But the team rapidly assembled by President-elect Donald Trump is largely untested.
Trump health picks largely untested in fighting disease outbreaks
They have questioned vaccines and other interventions overseen by the health agencies they have been tapped to lead.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM
When the next pandemic strikes, Americans will again depend on a cadre of senior health officials to steer the nation’s response and reassure the public.
But the team rapidly assembled by President-elect Donald Trump is largely untested.
But the team rapidly assembled by President-elect Donald Trump is largely untested.
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On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: to hammer out the world’s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution’s explosive growth.
World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea
Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:45 PM
On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: to hammer out the world’s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution’s explosive growth.