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And film director Steven Spielberg became part of the exclusive EGOT Club, meaning he has won an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony, and now a Grammy for producing the documentary Music by John Williams.

The night's two biggest prizes went to Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their song Luther, which won the Grammy for Record of the Year, and Bad Bunny won for Album of the Year for his album Debbie Tirar Mas Fotos.

Bad Bunny is the first Latin artist ever to take home the Grammy's Top Award.

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New York Magazine takes us inside what it calls the conservative campus revolution and how Charlie Kirk's youth political movement was galvanized after his killing and in some ways co-opted by darker forces.

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Some encouraging news as the Fed resists Trump pressure and holds steady.

But as Jerome Powell prepares to step down as chair, he had some pointed advice for his eventual successor.

The Washington Post explains why some pardoned January 6th rioters want taxpayer compensation and what makes tens of thousands of people join a waitlist for beans.

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Only weeks after being threatened with DOJ investigations by the Trump administration, Fed Chair Jerome Powell took to the podium yesterday, this time to present some cautiously optimistic news.

The committee voted 10 to 2 in favor of holding interest rates in the 3.5 to 3.75 percent range.

Powell noted there had been clear improvement in the outlook for the U.S.

economy in the year ahead.

So for now, the economy is continuing to go through a period of what's being called low-fire, low-hire.