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Iran and Oman in Talks Over Strait of Hormuz Ship Payment System www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/w...
Iran and Oman in Talks Over Strait of Hormuz Ship Payment System
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/c...
A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis bismarcktribune.com/news/state-r...
A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis
A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in. But it is wreaking havoc on affordable developments. Developers are reporting
bismarcktribune.com
April 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars
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April 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Gas prices soar past $4 on average for a gallon of regular in the US, the highest since 2022 bismarcktribune.com/news/nation-...
Gas prices soar past $4 on average for a gallon of regular in the US, the highest since 2022
The last time U.S. drivers were collectively paying this much at the pump was nearly four years ago, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
bismarcktribune.com
March 31, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Farmers plan to use federal bridge payments mainly to reduce debt - Investigate Midwest investigatemidwest.org/2026/03/24/f...
Farmers plan to use federal bridge payments mainly to reduce debt - Investigate Midwest
Nearly half of American farmers plan to use federal assistance to pay down debt rather than invest in their operations, according to a recent survey. Investigate Midwest
investigatemidwest.org
March 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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While 70% of precision ag-tech users globally are large operators, smaller farms are slower to buy in.

“It’s essentially like we’re being charged to use the service and then the company is making even more money off of us by selling our data.”
A Hidden Crop for Corporate Tech: Farm Data
Precision agriculture tools promise to ‘empower’ farmers with AI, but they may be signing away their rights to share the profits.
civileats.com
March 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Afghan Officials Say Hundreds Dead in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...
Dozens Killed, Possibly Many More, in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul
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March 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
How the Iran war is also unleashing an economic world war www.axios.com/2026/03/17/i...
How the Iran war is also unleashing an economic world war
The war is creating a crisis abroad that governments and businesses are scrambling to manage.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over the Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...
Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official, Resigns Over the Iran War
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March 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A forgotten social media post may hold key clues to COVID-19’s origin | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A forgotten social media post may hold key clues to COVID-19’s origin
Analysis of Wuhan market map suggests China has not disclosed some of the earliest infections in animals and people
www.science.org
March 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM