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Getting Hammered® - #Todayin1776: Adams Says Everyone Needs To Be Making Gunpowder
On Feb. 23, 1776, John Adams offered resolutions in the Continental Congress with the intent of boosting domestic production of saltpeter, a main ingredient in gunpowder, and gunpowder mills. Domestic production never really took off during the war, only accounting for a small percentage of total gunpowder. Instead, the colonies imported or smuggled supplies in from the French and the West Indies.
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PBS News Hour - World - Killing of cartel leader sparks retaliatory violence in parts of Mexico
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The Gist - Kenji Yoshino & David Glasgow: Saving DEI
Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow of NYU Law discuss their book How Equality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive America and argue that the path forward for DEI is a shift from "lifting" to "leveling." The conversation presses whether this is a genuine doctrinal shift or simply a strategic recalibration in a post-affirmative-action era. Plus, IEEPA ! MOHELA ! and in the Spiel, a Court once declared illegitimate strikes down Trump's tariff emergency, and its most distraught critics have a chance to recalibrate or double down on the illegitimacy argument.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Let’s talk about the new Trump tariff
In response to the SCOTUS decision overturning most of President Trump’s tariffs, the White House announced a new, sweeping tariff of 15% worldwide over the weekend. In this episode, the limitations of this new policy, how businesses are feeling about it, and whether consumers might expect to see tariff refunds someday. Plus: Workers stick to the jobs they have, U.S. battery demand grows, and a new tax deduction could boost auto sales.
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State of the World from NPR - A wave of violence in Mexico after a drug lord is killed
In Mexico, chaos erupts after a major drug cartel leader is killed in a military raid. Armed men set fire to banks, businesses and vehicles in retaliation. We get the latest from Mexico.
And we meet the one of the last newspaper hawkers in Paris, who has just been given a knighthood.
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CBS News Roundup - 02/23/2026 | Evening Update
Massive blizzard buries parts of the Northeast in records amount of snow.
Violence breaks out in many parts of Mexico following the death of a notorious drug kingpin.
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