The buffers that have minimized the disruption so far will hold for only so long and must be reinforced if the world is to endure future shocks.
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Jason Bordoff,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2026
Without getting into specifics, Robins minimized the potential impact of the CFTC’s rules on DraftKings’ market making business in an interview with Sportico on Friday morning.
And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.
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Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 July 2026
In recent months, the president has frequently disparaged Obama’s South Side Chicago presidential library, posting on Truth Social on June 13 an edited picture of its campus turned into a tent camp and the main building depicted as a trash can.
Weeks after the anniversary, the FDA proposed a new pathway to speed these therapies to children with ultra-rare disease, a pathway that runs straight through the platform the secretary wrote off.
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Jeff Coller,
STAT,
6 Aug. 2026
Within three years, Carlyle wrote off the investment, and Beautycounter filed for bankruptcy.
Since the beginning of the year, the rupiah has depreciated by more than 7%, while rising oil prices and expectations of further US Federal Reserve interest rate hikes have added pressure on emerging markets.
—
,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2026
As for how the yen depreciated, Japan's comparatively low interest rates have remained a key factor weighing on the currency.
Olwan crossed midfield all alone, caught up to Noor Alrawabdeh’s long pass, dribbled down the left wing, breached the penalty box, cut past defender Philipp Leinhart, then, from some 15 yards, curled a shot that kissed off the inside of the right post.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
His numbers may look ordinary (15 points on 5-of-13 shooting) but those two spot-up 3s and beautiful baby-jumper pullup that kissed off the glass got San Antonio out of an offensive rut.
Sandoval’s ex, Dillon Maquindang, stood at a podium Thursday morning and decried the defendant for cheating on them, manipulating them and taking out his failures on Maquindang’s family.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Aug. 2026
Environmental organizations have decried the change as a complete gutting that will rapidly accelerate extinctions, and have sued in federal court.
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