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😬 Crisis ahead

😬 Crisis ahead

Changes to congressional budgetary grants could spark clashes between Congress and the Supreme Court. Coal incentives should be kept in wind power bill. And the government ups its system to curb cell phone theft.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Aug 2, 2024

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