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Major Technology Companies to Merge Two technology giants have just announced that they will be merging to form the second-largest defense and aerospace company in the United States. As soon as early 2020, Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. will come together to form a new company, called the Raytheon Technologies Corp. This new company […]
Trump Imposes Tariffs on Mexico
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web details the unexpected Mexican tariff announcement recently made by President Trump. By now, you’re probably pretty familiar with the tariff war between China and the United States: basically, we raise tariffs on goods from China, and China responds by raising tariffs on goods from the United […]
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New Cycle of Russian Hacking Begins With the 2018 midterm elections less than 100 days away, many people have started wondering about the possibility of another Russian hacking attempt. Now there is new evidence to prove that this is indeed a threat. Claire McCaskill, a Democratic senator from Missouri, is up for reelection this fall. […]
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Hungarian Hard Line The United States isn’t the only country that’s divided right now over the controversial issue of immigration. Hungary has taken the debate a step further, by passing a law making it illegal even to help undocumented immigrants. Like Donald Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that immigrants are a threat to his […]
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Digital License Plates? A company called Reviver Auto may have finally found a solution for everyone who is tired of waiting in long lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to get their annual license plate registration renewed. The answer? The Rplate: a digital license plate. Here’s how the Rplates work: they display large […]
To Tax or Not to Tax
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the growing economic tensions between the United States and China. The United States and China trade about $650 billion worth of goods and products every year. But earlier this month, President Trump announced that he would raise tariffs on more than a thousand imported […]