by jpitney | Aug 24, 2025 | Disabilities, Trade
Chase DiBenedetto at Mashable: Adaptive products — often “one of a kind” tech — are considered niche, despite their necessity for swaths of people globally. At large, assistive technologies can be in a regulatory limbo for years before they get into the...
by jpitney | Aug 22, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
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by jpitney | Aug 21, 2025 | Judiciary, Senate
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: President Trump set two confirmation process records during the first 200 days of his second non-consecutive term. According to Chris Piper of Brookings, based on data compiled by his colleague Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Trump submitted more...
by jpitney | Aug 20, 2025 | Agriculture, California Politics
Caroline Petrow-Cohen at LAT: The last factory in California that turns sugar beets into sugar is shutting down after 78 years, according to the company that owns the factory. The closure means the elimination of hundreds of local jobs and possibly the end of sugar...
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2025 | Trade
Steven Greenhouse at The Guardian: The president and his aides insist that higher tariffs on more than 100 countries – making goods imported from overseas more expensive – will spur domestic manufacturing. “The ‘Made in USA’ label is set to resume its global dominance...
