States sue over SNAP food stamps funds cutoff

“SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted” is displayed on a screen inside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Read more CNBC government shutdown coverage CNBC has requested comment from the USDA on the lawsuit. The department’s website greets visitors with a large message about the discontinuation…

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Nvidia takes $1 billion stake in Nokia

BARCELONA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 26: A logo sits illuminated at the Nokia booth in the Mobile World Congress 2024 on February 26, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Getty Images) Xavi Torrent | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nokia announced on Tuesday that Nvidia will purchase $1 billion in new Nokia shares, the…

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Outlawing the opposition: Trump’s egregious attack on political free speech

Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 Codified the moral prescriptions of 1920s conservatism. Today, President Trump has revived that impulse — not for cop movies, but for criminalizing dissent. Under him 25 September National Security Presidential Memorandum 7The administration is recasting some forms of political expression as a criminal conspiracy, and mobilizing the full weight…

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Apple and Microsoft are now both worth more than $4T

Both Apple and Microsoft are now worth more than $4 trillion. This is the first time Apple’s market capitalization has crossed the $4 trillion mark, making it the third company to cross this milestone after Nvidia and Microsoft. Redmond first crossed this figure julyBut after this its valuation came down slightly to $3.9 trillion, but…

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