Justice Department investigating NFL over games on paid platforms, sources say

The National Football League is being investigated by the federal government for practices that allegedly harm consumers for licensing games to multiple platforms — paid streaming platforms, paid cable networks, and others, sources told CBS News. A government official familiar with the matter said the probe is about affordability for consumers and creating an “even …

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For Second Time, Trump Seeks to Eliminate Federal Funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities

President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal calls for a $1.5 trillion increase to defense spending and would carve billions of dollars out of programs that fulfill trust and treaty responsibilities to tribal nations, including entirely eliminating funding for the Institute for American Indian Arts, the country’s only federally funded college for contemporary Native …

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How often do debt collectors follow through on lawsuits?

A lawsuit threat from a debt collector may seem like a scare tactic, but it is not something to dismiss outright. Getty Images/iStockphoto When debt collection letters start arriving with phrases like “court action pending” or “final notice,” many borrowers assume it’s simply a scare tactic with legal-sounding language designed to pressure payment — and …

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Israel Approves Dozens of New Settlements in West Bank, Watchdog Says

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/TAYASIR, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) – Israel has approved the establishment ⁠of ⁠dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, ⁠an Israeli watchdog group said on Thursday, amid a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians across the occupied territory. Prime Minister ​Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not formally …

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