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Receding rivers, party poopers, and debt ceiling watchers
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Date:2025-04-17 00:08:34
It's Memorial Day weekend, aka summer's soft launch. This time, our indicators of the week are all about cutting back. The US's credit worthiness gets put on notice as the country flirts with ceiling calamity. States in the west come up with an agreement to reduce their water usage. And tech companies pull back the reins on parties and shared passwords.
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