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EV owners do not pay gas taxes. So many states are charging them fees.

Electric car owners in Vermont recently received a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news. Starting January 1, they will have…

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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of the Silk Road Drug Market

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug market and a cult hero in the world of cryptocurrency and…

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What Trump’s promise to plant the American flag on Mars really means

During his inaugural address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political sympathizer…

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Trump’s Executive Order to End EV Subsidies Is Backtracked

If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon be back. It would eliminate tax credits for electric vehicle…

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Trump signs executive order to try to delay TikTok ban

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay the implementation of a federal ban on TikTok for at least 75 days, although the…

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‘So much uncertainty’: Businesses worry about Trump’s multiple tariff plans

For Klem’s, a general store in rural Massachusetts, each year has seemed more challenging than the last. First, there was the pandemic, then a global…

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The CIA’s chatbot stands for world leaders

Understanding leaders around the world is one of the CIA’s most important jobs. Teams of analysts comb intelligence gathered by spies and publicly available information…

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TikTok makes last-minute push as Supreme Court prepares to rule on ban

As the Supreme Court was poised to announce its landmark decision on whether to uphold a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United…

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TikTok Refugees Get Wry Welcome to RedNote, another Chinese app

As a TikTok ban looms, hundreds of thousands of Americans looking for a new video-sharing app have migrated to Xiaohongshu, a social media platform that…

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Trump is said to be considering an executive order to circumvent the TikTok ban

President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering an executive order to allow TikTok to continue operating despite a pending legal ban until new owners are found,…

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