scheme

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The Trump administration is preparing to overhaul its tariff scheme for steel and aluminum, The Wall Street Journal reported this week, but the changes aren’t expected to affect imported commodity-grade metals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The scheme involved Bondi sending a letter to Gov. Tim Walz, requesting the state’s voter roll information, claiming that it would help with immigration enforcement.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

It must also now pay VAT on some vehicles meaning the scheme will need to pay out an additional £300m from 1 July.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The scheme was exposed when 10 residents whose identities were used on these emails said they absolutely did not send them, calling the messages “forged.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

A grandson could be born with his grandmother’s nose or her skin color, without that feature being visible in either parent—a phenomenon virtually impossible to explain in terms of Pythagoras’s scheme of purely patrilineal heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee