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Trump says no meeting with top Democrats on shutdown ‘could possibly be productive’
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Marine One in the background, as he departs for New York City to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 22, 2025. Al Drago | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to cancel a planned meeting this week with the two […]
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Altman, Huang and the last-minute negotiations that sealed the $100 billion OpenAI-Nvidia deal
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (L), and Jensen Huang CEO of Nvidia. Reuters ABILENE, Texas – Sam Altman had a deadline. OpenAI’s CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company’s next big infrastructure push, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wanted in on the action. Through a series of hurried negotiations, late-night calls and last-minute […]
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Europe’s work-life balance a key talent draw as Trump revamps H-1B visa
An aerial view of the skyline from the Pirellone during the conference Disegniamo il futuro dell’abitare per costruire il domani della Lombardia on regional housing policies at Palazzo Pirelli in Milan, Italy, on January 20, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s revamp of the H-1B visa program has rekindled the scramble […]
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EU, WHO counter Trump’s warnings on autism and pregnancy
A view shows The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2025. Denis Balibouse | Reuters European Union and British health agencies confirmed the safety of paracetamol during pregnancy, disputing a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump linking the popular pain medication to autism. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that […]
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Secret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC
While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area — a system investigators say could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very moment […]
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Startups and founders could be hardest hit by $100,000 H-1B visas
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to place $100,000 fees on H-1B visa applications will disproportionately harm America’s startup space, founders and venture capitalists told CNBC on Tuesday. H-1B visas — which allow companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in skilled occupations such as IT, healthcare and engineering — were already difficult to secure for U.S. startups, […]
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Orsted shares jump 7% after U.S. court overturns Trump project block
Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the U.K. coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Shares of Danish renewables giant Orsted jumped on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge ruled the embattled firm can resume construction of an offshore wind farm that was halted by […]
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Trump-Xi meeting likely to happen next year, says U.S. ambassador to China
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue speaks to reporters in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2025. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — A highly anticipated meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents is more likely to take place next year than this fall, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Tuesday. “We’re looking forward to getting […]
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Trump to meet top Democrats as their health care demands fuel government shutdown risk
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks with the press on Capitol Hill on Thursday Sept. 11, 2025. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump will meet with the two top Democrats in Congress sometime this week as the federal government heads […]
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Supreme Court lets Trump fire FTC’s Slaughter for now
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to remove Rebecca Slaughter as a member of the Federal Trade Commission while the justices consider her case. The court, in a 6-3 decision to take up the case, said […]
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