News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
A Canadian province that exports electricity to the US raised power prices for three states by 25% on Monday in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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President Trump dismisses the growing chorus of CEOs, investors and policymakers who are pleading with the White House for greater clarity about his sweeping tariff agenda. “They always say that. ‘We want clarity,’” Trump says in a Fox News interview.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Rubio thanks DOGE, says US is canceling most USAID programs
— Politico (@politico.com) March 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Wall Street is talking about stagflation, a combination of stagnant growth and elevated inflation. The real risk is not just that stagflation could arrive, but that the usual policy tools to fight it won't be in play.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A US judicial panel on March 7 relaxed ethics guidance advising federal judges to restrict their law clerks from seeking post-clerkship employment with political organizations to make clear judges retain 'broad discretion' to decide whether to do so on a case-by-case basis reut.rs/43rcesQ
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) March 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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If you receive more Social Security benefits than you are owed, you may face a 100% default withholding rate from your monthly checks once a new policy goes into effect:
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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A Syrian military operation against loyalists of ousted President Bashar al-Assad has been completed, the defense ministry said, after the heaviest fighting since former rebels seized power three months ago reut.rs/43xBvl6
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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JUST IN: The Los Angeles district attorney has asked the court to withdraw the previous DA's resentencing request for convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The federal government's free at-home COVID test distribution program has been suspended and is no longer accepting orders.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Jet fuel is spilling into the North Sea after a U.S.-flagged fuel tanker collided with a cargo ship off the eastern coast of England. Thirty-seven people have been brought to shore.
— NPR (@npr.org) March 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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