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'Free Stuff' In Norway Still Costs Half Of Average Pay Authored by Joakim Book via TheDailyEconomy.org, Every few years, Americans rediscover Scandinavia.  Someone visits Norway or Denmark, returns dazzled and envious of parental leave and universal childcare, and asks why America refuses to copy what obviously works. On the day dedicated to celebrating America, Nicholas Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, wrote for The New York Times that America is so great that, in fact, it should be more like Norway. If American companies can pay high wages and generous benefits to workers there, Kristof observed,...

YouTube Settles With Florida Teen Alleging Social Media Addiction Harms Ahead Of California Trial Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Google's YouTube has settled a lawsuit brought by a 16-year-old Florida boy who says the platform's features played a role in his social media addiction and harmed his mental health. A 12-year-old boy watches YouTube on his smartphone on March 27, 2026. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images The settlement was reached ahead of a second California state court trial set to start on July 27. That trial will review similar allegations against Meta...

Supreme Court Hands Texas GOP Redistricting Win, While Virginia Judge Backs Democrats The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Republicans a significant boost in the ongoing battle over congressional boundaries, issuing a summary reversal that allows Texas to proceed with its 2025 mid-decade congressional map for the November 2026 elections. In the case, Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, the justices overturned a federal district court’s earlier injunction against the new boundaries. The majority referenced its own prior opinion from late 2025 in the same litigation, while Justices Sotomayor, Kagan,...