New York CNN — The Federal Reserve’s independence from political interference, viewed as sacrosanct inside the central bank, is under siege. President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so intense that one prominent economist is raising eyebrows by arguing that Powell should quit to protect the central bank’s independence. “The attacks on Chair Powell are …
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Last week, Steam quietly announced a new rule banning “certain kinds of adult-only content” that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks.” Following this, reporter Ana Valens wrote a series of stories on Vice’s video games vertical Waypoint about an organization called Collective Shout that took credit for the …
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In the bitter fallout from the breakup of the year, President Donald Trump threatened to cancel government contracts held with Elon Musk and his SpaceX operations. Now that he’s in the “find out” stage, he’s discovering it’s not as easy as he thought. Trump administration staffers tasked with reviewing SpaceX’s government contracts believe that terminating them would have a serious …
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Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who (BBC/Bad Wolf) Ncuti Gatwa has revealed the real reason he quit Doctor Who after just two seasons, admitting that the role was taking a physical toll – and shared why he pulled out of Eurovision Song Contest role. Ncuti Gatwa, who was previously best known for his role on Netflix’s Sex Education, portrayed the titular Time-Lord …
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