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The daily business briefing: March 30, 2023
theweek.com > briefing...Tech leaders, including Musk, call for pausing more AI rollouts, the feud between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis intensifies, and more.... ...The tech leaders wrote in the letter, released by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, that AI developers are "locked in an out-of-control race... ...The new board, renamed the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in legislation DeSantis pushed through the GOP-led state legislature, threatened... ...The Senate Finance Committee said in a report released Wednesday that troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse helped super-rich U.S. clients evade taxes...

10 things you need to know today: March 30, 2023
theweek.com > briefing > daily-briefing...Stephen Jaffe/AFP via Getty Images. Senate votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations... ...The Senate backs repeal of Iraq war authorization, Mexico investigates border fire deaths as homicide, and more....

Is Trump really changing his campaign style?
theweek.com...It's been nearly five months since former President Donald Trump stood at a lectern in his Mar-a-Lago resort and predicted voters would "unify" around... ...After a debatably lackluster start, Trump returned to typical bombastic form at his first major campaign rally in Waco, Texas, this week, leaning... ...Like the Times, CNN's Gabby Orr, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, and Kate Sullivan point out in their report on Trump's seemingly re-imagined campaign... ...Bender and Mei-Ling McNamara highlighted the conspicuous pivot from his previous, freewheeling presidential runs, saying "Mr....

The daily gossip: March 29, 2023
theweek.com > briefing..."Mike Myers had me fired off the set of The Love Guru because I made eye contact with him, and I was there as his bodyguard," Canadian DJ Jay Brody... ...DJ alleges Mike Myers had him fired for making eye contact, Victoria Pedretti says actor who made gross comment doesn't need to have "his career... ...The ridiculously stacked cast also includes Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Margot Robbie, and the list... ..., such as Jason Schwartzman and Edward Norton....

'Milk" vs. Milk
theweek.com > briefing...Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and James Risch (R-Idaho); the dairy industry;... ...In late February, the Food and Drug Administration issued long-awaited draft guidance on how to refer to plant-based milk alternatives like soy milk... ...provides," said National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Jim Mulhern, federal law limits the usage of the term "milk" to the "lacteal secretions... ...Barrella told AgFunder News....

How do grand juries work?
theweek.com > us...What the grand jury hearing evidence in a case related to Trump is really doing. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images.... ...Since it was reported in early March that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office signaled to former President Donald Trump's lawyers that he could... ...Peter Joy, a law professor at Washington University in St.... ...Trump friend David Pecker, and editor, Dylan Howard, worked to broker a deal between Cohen and Daniels" lawyer to keep her from going public....

How to plan for an early retirement
theweek.com > finance...Rarely do things go exactly according to plan, so an additional layer of planning that Kiplinger recommends is seeing how it will hold up in different... ...Once you retire, you'll no longer have access to healthcare through your job -- and Medicare eligibility doesn't start until age 65....

Pros and cons of eliminating cash bail
theweek.com...Elgie Sims Jr.... ...Jim Durkin wrote for the Chicago Tribune....

What are the MLB's new rule changes?
theweek.com > baseball...Thursday marks Opening Day for Major League Baseball, an occasion that for fans of the sport represents the arrival of spring.... ...Baseball is ushering in three significant rules changes this year designed to make the game more dynamic and faster-paced.... ...Louis reliever Giovanni Gallegos, who take a lot of time between pitches to get ready to throw.... ...In 2022 the average Major League Baseball game lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes, and the new pitch clock promises to substantially slash that bloated...