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LeBron James becomes first to score 50,000 combined points in NBA regular season and playoffs  The Associated Press King James reaches 50,000 points  Yahoo Sports NBA: LeBron James is first player to surpass 50,000 points in Los Angeles Lakers win over New Orleans Pelicans  BBC.com LeBron scores 34 after historic 50,000th point, and Lakers beat Pelicans 136-115 for […]

German parties agree historic debt overhaul to revamp military and economy  Reuters ‘A really big bazooka’: German defense spending likely to rise after parties agree historic debt change  CNN Dollar mauled by Trump trade war; German ‘bazooka’ blasts bonds  Reuters Germany Urges EU to Ease Fiscal Rules to Boost Defense Spending  Bloomberg Germans Agree to Borrow More for Military, […]

Fact-checking Trump’s address to Congress  BBC.com President Trump’s speech to Congress, annotated and fact-checked  CNN Live updates: Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive  The Washington Post DOUG SCHOEN: Biggest winner and most lamentable losers from Trump’s speech  Fox News 5 takeaways from Trump’s record-setting speech to Congress  Yahoo source

Automakers tap COVID playbook to cope with Trump tariffs  Axios How Trump’s tariffs will crush American carmakers  The Economist The Problem With Car Tariffs: What’s an Import?  The New York Times Stellantis, VW Bear Brunt of €5.88 Billion Trump Tariff Risk  Bloomberg UAW praises Trump’s tariffs “to end the free trade disaster”  Axios source

Trump may meet Canada and Mexico ‘in the middle’, says US commerce chief  BBC.com Trudeau says US tariffs ‘very dumb’, aimed at pleasing Putin  Hindustan Times Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation with new tariffs from Mexico, Canada and China  The Associated Press Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble  The New York […]