Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump Tightens Control Over Higher Education With Executive Orders Targeting Accreditation, Foreign Grants
[ad_1] In a sweeping move to exert greater control over the American higher education system, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at tightening standards for college accreditation — a critical requirement for institutions seeking access to billions of dollars in federal student financial aid. The order, one of seven education-related actions…
Read MoreAt Texas Trump-themed Burger Joint, Diners Eating It Up
[ad_1] It is lunchtime at a Texas eatery called Trump Burger and diners are enjoying fast food and the frenetic first 100 days of their president’s second term. Donald Trump imagery is everywhere in this joint with a dozen tables — in cardboard cutouts of the man eking out his trademark forced smile, on banners…
Read MoreUS Bitcoin ETFs Bouncing Back? Inflows Hit $1.7 Billion In 7 Days
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Tuesday was the biggest day of the week for $BTC ETFs, bringing in $912.7 million Bitcoin surged to $93,000 this week after a plunge to $75,000 earlier this month Ethereum ETFs are still struggling despite Bitcoin ETFs’ uptrend in recent days Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States have been…
Read MoreAustralia To Stockpile Critical Minerals In Strategic Reserve
[ad_1] Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as nations scramble to source rare earths and coveted metals outside China. Mining superpower Australia sits on bulging deposits of lithium, nickel and cobalt — metals used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. But most of this…
Read MoreEU Top Diplomat Kallas Seeks Footing As Trump Upends West
[ad_1] Just under five months into her job as the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas admits it has been a rollercoaster start as US President Donald Trump has turned the global order on its head. “Every morning you wake up and it’s like do I dare, do I dare? OK, what’s happened?” she told AFP,…
Read MoreArgentina ‘Slum Priests’ Take Pope’s Message To The Poor
[ad_1] Down a narrow street in Villa 31, the oldest of Buenos Aires’s informal settlements, Father Ignacio “Nacho” Bagattini celebrates mass in a community center for homeless drug addicts. The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exhorted young Catholics to “shake things up” by taking the gospel to “favelas, slums and shantytowns,” lives on in…
Read More12 US States Sue Over Trump’s Tariffs
[ad_1] A coalition of 12 American states filed a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the Trump administration’s tariffs, saying the president cannot institute the levies without the approval of Congress. “President Trump’s insane tariff scheme is not only economically reckless — it is illegal,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. The southwestern state…
Read MoreTime To Fight For America’s IP Rights To Maintain Technological Edge
[ad_1] From cancer therapies to clean energy breakthroughs, the fruits of American innovation are transforming lives. But around the world, our strategic competitors are chipping away at the very framework that makes this possible — intellectual property (IP) rights. And in recent years, the U.S. government hasn’t been fighting back. It’s time for a change.…
Read MoreYouTube Says More Than 20 Billion Videos Uploaded In 20 Years
[ad_1] YouTube on Wednesday celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two decades ago. The online video-sharing platform has evolved from a dinner party lark into a modern lifestyle staple poised to overtake US cable television in paid viewership. PayPal colleagues Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and…
Read MoreTrump’s Popularity With US Voters Slumps In Opinion Polls
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s popularity has sunk since his riotous return to the White House, polls showed Wednesday, with Americans criticizing him on key issues of the economy and immigration. The Republican has unleashed a flood of actions — from sweeping tariffs to immigration crackdowns — to deliver on what he considers an overwhelming…
Read MoreI Tried Gwyneth Paltrow’s Favorite Mouth Tape for a Week
[ad_1] As for the tape: It didn’t move all night, and I’m honestly a little shocked that I got used to it after just one night. (“When I first started, I unconsciously peeled it off in the middle of the night a couple times,” Paltrow shared. “It took me a minute, and now I can’t…
Read MoreHow to Style a Maxiskirt Without Playing It Safe
[ad_1] Want to know how to style a maxiskirt without looking like you’re nostalgic for festival season or stuck in a boho-chic Pinterest board from yesteryear? Not a problem—because in 2025, the long skirt is being reinterpreted in a number of different ways beyond anything you’ve seen before. Even better, this new wave of fashion…
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