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3 days ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
As part of House Republicans’ must-pass budget reconciliation bill, lawmakers just snuck in a ten-year federal preemption of state-level artificial intelligence laws — effectively nullifying all local efforts to regulate the explosive spread of AI technology. The move would be a major win for Big Tech, which has argued that state regulation is hamstringing their ability to do business.
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3 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Veronica Riccobene |Lucy Stockton
7 hours agoIt sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it actually comes from a lab in Maryland. In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel. It seemed like yet another headline-grabbing discovery that …
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3 days ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
House Republicans’ grand plan to slash their own taxes has hit a significant road bump: President Donald Trump has changed his tax-cutting tune. Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith met with the president late last week to salvage the GOP’s tax plan after Trump threw a massive wrench into their strategy by demanding lawmakers raise taxes for the wealthiest households in the country.
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3 days ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s featured Lever story: An aviation industry data clearinghouse has been selling your data to the Trump administration. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,064-word newsletter to learn about: The problem with Trump’s plan to lower drug prices. Which foreign government just replaced Air Force One. Republicans’ plan to usurp state and local lawmakers on AI. The real reason your doctor left the practice.
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1 week ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s featured Lever Time episode: Read my lips: Don’t challenge the tax lobby. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,066-word newsletter to learn about: Why foreign governments are lining up for SpaceX. The lobbying shop snapping up former Biden administration officials. Who killed your neighborhood grocery store. The villain bankrupting your favorite brands. They can't scam who they can't find.
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1 week ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: In his war on immigrants, Trump has made a notable exception: white South Africans. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,078-word newsletter to learn about: How the Republican budget is the anti-Robin Hood. Why Aetna is saying goodbye to the public health care marketplace. The villains managing to win in this losing economy. Some (actually good) ideas for Hollywood. They can't scam who they can't find.
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1 week ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s featured Lever story: Biden proposed a rule that would protect sensitive personal information like your Social Security number and home address from bad actors — now Big Tech is trying to kill it. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,052-word newsletter to learn about: What’s delaying your tax refund. Why clean drinking water may soon be a luxury. Who stole the Trump administration’s deportation data.
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1 week ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: Trump’s pension czar pick wants to let retirement fund managers off the hook for charging you exorbitant fees and bungling your 401(k) — since his company stands to benefit. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,057-word newsletter to learn about: Cigarillos’ inside woman in Washington. Who Donald Trump Jr. is teaching how to make money off his father’s presidency.
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2 weeks ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: Companies overseen by Trump’s pick to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were previously cited by the agency after workers died of heat stroke. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 984-word newsletter to learn about: Why your local stream could soon be getting a hotel. The latest from the #Resistance. How millions of dollars in uncollected tax revenue is funding the tech boom.
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2 weeks ago | 
levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene
This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Featured from Lever Time: How a small group of advisors pushed Ronald Reagan toward the supply-side economics he’d one day be famous for — and convinced him to launch his national war on taxes. 👇 Spend four minutes reading this 1,028-word newsletter to learn about: How Big Business is helping top shareholders weather the recession. Just how much of Project 2025’s agenda Trump has already achieved.
