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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat for a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill. The Department of Defense is expected to get a new name. New safety bill for Texas camps set to be signed into law. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, September 5th, 2025.
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From the BBC World Service: Up to now, bosses and employees in China have frequently bypassed pension regulations in return for higher wages; from this week, however, the rules are being enforced. We'll hear more. Plus, Jaguar Land Rover's embattled management has told staff to stay at home until Tuesday following a cyberattack. And, with fuel prices in Nigeria quadrupling over the last two years, many farmers are now tapping into the sun’s energy to keep water flowing.
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Plus: The U.S. is preparing to start renegotiating the USCMA trade deal, with public consultations set to begin as soon as this week. And, jobs Friday shapes up to be a pivotal one for markets. Azhar Sukri hosts.
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Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got this way and how it can (maybe) be fixed. (Part one of a two-part series.)
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array(3) { [0]=> string(0) "" [1]=> string(0) "" [2]=> int(0) }The Trump family took their digital token public this week. Plus, artificial intelligence is generating angst in Silicon Valley.
But first, Google’s antitrust case over its search business ended this week with a punishment far short of what the government sought. Google could have been forced to sell off its Chrome browser or stop paying Apple and others to make it the default search engine. Instead, a federal judge said all the company has to do is share some of its search data with rivals.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter at The Information, to discuss all of this and more.
Los Angeles has cut street homelessness by 14% in two years, but $90 million in budget cuts threaten those gains. Nearly 900,000 Americans have lost their jobs this year, with AI cited in thousands of layoffs. Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers face an NBA investigation into a $28 million salary cap scheme involving a bankrupt company. Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump’s Guard deployment cost L.A. taxpayers $120 million, while Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan criticism in a Senate hearing. In business, Salesforce says AI replaced 4,000 support roles, while a federal judge ruled Google won’t have to sell its Chrome browser but must follow tighter rules.
On today’s roundup, we have an ASIC market update from Luxor, plus American Bitcoin’s debut on public markets and why one investor wants to put the freeze on the Core Scientific-CoreWeave deal.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will with Luxor’s ASIC Trading Desk Senior Account Manager Sarah Tang about the ASIC market landscape, including how tariffs are impacting pricing, demand, and futures orders, plus the most popular ASIC models currently. For news, they cover American Bitcoin’s volatile Nasdaq debut, JonesResearch pumping the brakes on its IREN rating, and Core Scientific’s largest active investors imploring others to vote no on the CoreWeave acquisition.
**Notes:**
50 % tariff on Chinese rigs
22 % tariff on SE Asian rigs
Difficulty target for 1 ZH/s = 139.7 T hashes
Hash price ≈ $53.8 /TH/day
American Bitcoin surged to $13/share, fell to $6.38
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:17 Difficulty Report by Luxor
04:33 American Bitcoin public listing
07:10 ASIC prices
17:10 Cleanspark
17:39 Jones Research downgrades IREN
22:50 Cry Corner: Two Seas Capital
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 5. Analysts expect further weakening in the labor market. As WSJ economics reporter Justin Lahart explains, that’s raising concerns about the U.S. economy stalling out. Plus, tech titans including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Tim Cook praise President Trump’s focus on innovation and AI at a White House dinner. And goodbye Department of Defense, as Trump moves to rename the Pentagon. Azhar Sukri hosts.
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In an extraordinarily tense showdown on Thursday, senators of both parties confronted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his vaccine policies, his firing of the director of the C.D.C., and the growing list of federal health officials who have resigned in protest of his leadership.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who covers health policy for The Times, explains what it was like in the room and describes what seems like a turning point in the relationship between Congress and Mr. Kennedy.
Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a correspondent based in Washington covering health policy for The New York Times.
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