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Joanne Obrien is a writer and editor who covers politics, health, business, parenting, and finance for Religious Freedom News. When she's not writing about the latest political developments or how to make your own laundry detergent, she enjoys reading fiction and spending time with her family.

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Which automakers are most susceptible to Trump's 25% car tariffs?

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President Trump on Wednesday announced 25% tariffs on vehicles and auto parts imported into the U.S. The new duties could lead to sticker shock on a wide range of automobiles for American consumers, including those manufactured in the United States, analysts say. Few vehicle manufacturers will be spared by the fresh levies, which are aimed at revitalizing […]

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Krafton acquires controlling stake in Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14M

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Krafton, South Korea’s gaming giant known for titles including PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14 million in an all-cash deal. On Friday, the South Korean gaming company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has acquired a “north of 75% stake” in

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Trump's tariffs won't just raise car prices, but insurances rates, experts say

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Chicago — Steve Walter’s family has been fixing cars on Chicago’s North Side for 70 years. “I’m fourth generation,” Walter said. “My grandfather worked on pre-war Italian race cars.”  Walter’s mechanics replace metal more often than they repair it, so he’s bracing for the impact of President Trump’s newly announced 25% tariffs on all vehicles

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Americans' economic outlook a bit more pessimistic, CBS News poll finds

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Americans’ outlook for the economy is mixed and has grown a bit more pessimistic since last month, with relatively more expecting a slowdown or recession over the next year. Ratings of today’s economy are unchanged overall and continue to be negative, much as they have been for years going back to the pandemic. Prices continue

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Signalgate Bozos Also Confessed To A War Crime In Chat

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Along with raising alarm about a massive national security breach—and questions about the competence of top officials in the Trump administration who “inadvertently” added a journalist to a Signal group chat about plans to bomb targets in Yemen—the incident thatAtlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg publicized this week included an apparent “confession” of at least one alleged

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Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance

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AI web-crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many software developers believe. Some devs have started fighting back in ingenuous, often humorous ways. While any website might be targeted by bad crawler behavior — sometimes taking down the site — open source developers are “disproportionately” impacted, writes Niccolò Venerandi, developer of a Linux desktop

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Certification platform Certiverse nabs $11M Series A led by Cherryrock

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Certification platform Certiverse raised an $11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Tyler Meadlin, Pablo Meyer, and Federico Lopez in 2019. It lets organizations develop certification exams at, its founders say, far less cost than traditional methods.  Certifications are an age-old method to

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Co-POTUS Loses It Over Judge Assigned To Signal War Chat Lawsuit

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Two days after The Atlantic published a shocking report about top Trump administration officials recklessly using Signal to coordinate a military strike in Yemen, the nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight sued members of the chat for allegedly breaking federal laws requiring officials to preserve records during their time in office. Donald unleashed a post on

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Finally, We Know: Trump's Fundraising Guitar Was Made In China

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Look, this isn’t earthshattering news. But anyone who’s into guitars did wonder exactly where Trump has his guitars (from which he almost certainly took a cut) manufactured last year. Well! You guessed it. Mr. “America First” had his guitars made… in China. Here’s a picture from the Facebook page of a veteran-owned company named 16

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