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Speed Read

Thursday, March 12

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Senate passes housing affordability bill that faces problems in House (AXIOS)

  • Americans cut back to afford health care, poll finds (SEMAFOR)

  • Rep. Jim Clyburn, 85, is running for an 18th term in Congress (NBC)

  • Washington state passes “millionaires tax” despite concerns of wealth flight (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • South Korea passes special bill to implement its $350 billion U.S. investment pledge (CNBC)

  • China adopts an ethnic unity law that critics say will cement assimilation (AP)

  • Kim Jong Un and teenage daughter fire guns as North Korea debuts new weapon (SKY NEWS)

  • Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly 2024 Moscow concert hall attack (ABC)

  • Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation’s most conservative leader since Pinochet (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push (GUARDIAN)

  • McDonald’s rolls out ‘McValue 2.0’ menu with $3 items, $4 meals after years of post-pandemic price hikes (FOX BUSINESS)

  • Google Maps is getting an AI ‘Ask Maps’ feature and upgraded ‘immersive’ navigation (TECH CRUNCH)

  • Rivian’s crucial R2 EV launch to begin with $58,000 model in spring (CNBC)

  • Live Nation employees boast about “gouging” fans with fees and parking costs in private exchanges (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • President Trump: Iran should skip World Cup ‘for their safety’ (ESPN)

  • Celebrity chef René Redzepi resigns from iconic Danish restaurant Noma after abuse allegations (AP)

  • New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and siblings look to transfer stake in team to their children (CNN)

  • Chilean Smiljan Radić Clarke wins architecture’s highest honor (NPR)


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