China’s factory activity grows at fastest pace since October, private survey shows, beating official reading

An employee works on a carbon fiber production line at Zhongfu Shenying in Lianyungang, China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 31, 2025. Str | Afp | Getty Images China’s factory activity gathered speed in January, according to a private survey released Monday, as manufacturers accelerated production and front-loaded shipments ahead of the extended Lunar New…

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Raskin: Trump aiming to fund 'private militia' with 'anti-weaponization' fund

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Monday accused President Trump of seeking to fund “private militias” with a newly announced “anti-weapons fund” to compensate the president’s associates who say they were unfairly targeted or investigated by the Biden administration. Raskin told MS Now’s Rachel Maddow that “nothing like this” has been done in American history,… Source…

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