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Huge sums of money are being spent building out data centers to support AI companies, raising questions about a bubble.

Her time, body and attention are being pulled in every direction - she's raising children, caring for elderly parents, running the home and working all at the same time.

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After raising interest rates in 1994, the central bank began cutting them in July 1995 amid a belief that it had guided the economy to a “soft landing” with low inflation and modest growth.

During the War on Drugs, the military was deployed to combat cartels, but the strategy backfired, significantly escalating violence nationwide and raising concerns about the militarization of the country and the trampling of human rights.

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She anticipates that GOP congressional candidates will have a harder time raising money because the new districts marginalize Republicans.

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