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Companies in the United States spend billions in political donations each election cycle with the aim of gaining more influence in government. But all that spending comes with risks. We’ll get into it. And, we\u2019ll explain why many Americans impacted by recent hurricanes will have to wait for disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration and how former President Trump\u2019s plans for mass deportations could send shockwaves through our nation\u2019s food supply chain. Plus, why are tech companies like Amazon and Google investing in nuclear energy?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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• “Why companies spend all that campaign donation money” from Marketplace
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• “SBA disaster loan program out of money after hurricanes, Biden says” from Axios
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• “Trump\u2019s proposed mass deportations could \u2018decimate\u2019 the US food supply” from Grist
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• “Trump Faces Tough Questions From Hispanic Voters, but Largely Defends or Dodges” from The New York Times
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• “Big Tech has cozied up to nuclear energy” from The Verge
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• “Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors” from CNBC
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Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap. The\xa0YouTube livestream\xa0starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern.