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Her $90,000 in student debt trailed Jill Witkowski Heaps for decades, like a pesky private eye, as she moved from New York to Fort Myers to New Orleans to Annapolis, always hovering to remind her of her negative net worth.

No other country has done a better job of channeling the profit-maximizing drive of private corporations into geopolitical gains in recent years than communist China, the irony of which is lost on precisely no one. The latest drama surrounds Nike,

Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan would lift economy but higher taxes may hamper growth until projects roll out  USA TODAY Biden’s infrastructure plan takes aim at Trump’s biggest economic achievement  POLITICO Charlie Baker wants ‘significant’ climate resiliency investment in Biden’s $2T infrastructure

President Biden presented a $2 trillion plan to rebuild roads and bridges and create millions of jobs. NPR’s Noel King asks Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the funds to pay for it.

Alleged Matt Gaetz extortion plot involved orgy, US hostage — and $25 million: report  New York Post The one *big* problem with Matt Gaetz’s explanation  CNN 5 Things To Know On Wednesday, March 31, 2021  WPTV.com Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his

British spy author John le Carré became an Irish citizen shortly before he died last year, driven by his animosity towards Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, UK media reported Thursday. “He was, by the time he died, an

Updated data based on over 12,000 trial participants shows COVID vaccine also protects against South African variant

Election bills surge nationwide as 47 states consider restrictions  NBC News Corporate giants bow to pressure in Georgia voting law backlash  CNN Major U.S. companies take aim at Georgia’s new voting restrictions  CNBC Gov. Brian Kemp: Georgia’s election law – Ignore Dems’ false

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Giant ships are loaded down with cargo, mostly consumer goods during the pandemic, which is causing concern about more mishaps like the one in the Suez Canal, and containers going overboard.