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10% of the world's data storage capacity lives in Virginia. Expanding may be difficult

5:26pm December 24, 2024

by Margaret Barthel

As other states get in the game, leaders in Virginia are facing the growing pains of hosting the biggest cluster of data center capacity in the world.

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A Closer Look at the Social Security Plans

Competing Republican-sponsored bills to reshape Social Security offer a few key differences. Maya MacGuineas, of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation, says neither bill does much about the program's long-term funding.

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A Closer Look at the Social Security Plans

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House, Senate Proffer Social Security Bills

by Brian Naylor

House and Senate Republicans have offered proposals that would include putting the current Social Security surplus into individual accounts. Many Democrats oppose the idea, but may be powerless to stop it.

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House, Senate Proffer Social Security Bills

by Brian Naylor

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Will AI search engines lead to the death of the website? Some fear they will

by Bobby Allyn

Online publishers fear the rise of AI search will lead to a drastic drop in traffic to websites, fundamentally disrupting how the internet economy operates.