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Trump White House East Wing ballroom project got $22M boost from YouTube legal settlement
Demolition of a section of the East Wing of the White House, during construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech giant Alphabet is contributing $22 million to help build the White House ballroom under a […]
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Auto giant Volkswagen warns of output stoppages amid Nexperia chip disruption
A new Volkswagen ID.3 electric car prepares to pass final inspection at the Volkswagen plant on May 14, 2025 in Dresden, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday warned of temporary production outages citing China’s export restrictions on semiconductors made by Nexperia. The update comes shortly […]
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Russia was smug about Trump-Putin talks. Now they’re on hold, Moscow’s anxious
Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Afp | Getty Images Russia scrambled on Wednesday to salvage the prospect of in-person talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin after they were unceremoniously put on hold. Trump said on Tuesday that he didn’t want “to have a wasted meeting” […]
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Trump special counsel nominee Paul Ingrassia withdraws after racist texts flap
Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Source: DHS Paul Ingrassia, whom President Donald Trump had nominated to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, withdrew from Senate consideration for that post on Tuesday night after new controversy over a series of racist text messages he reportedly sent that included him […]
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Trump wants $230 million from DOJ for investigating him: NYT
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he hosts a Rose Garden Club lunch at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him after his first […]
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Gold is getting knocked on Tuesday – it’s still the hottest trade of the year
While gold was taking a hit on Tuesday, the metals trade has outshined artificial intelligence on Wall Street this year, even the latter has propelled the broader stock market to record levels. Gold crossed the $4,000-per-ounce threshold earlier in October, and just this week, it hit a record above $4,300 . It’s currently up more […]
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Trump Jan. 6 pardon recipient accused of threatening to kill Democratic leader Jeffries
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A New York man who received a pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has […]
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Nebraska GOP Sen. warns Trump buying beef from Argentina will hurt U.S. ranchers
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) questions U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska on Tuesday warned President Donald Trump that his proposal for the […]
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Anthropic CEO disputes Trump AI czar David Sacks’ claims that company is ‘woke’
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Chesnot | Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed “inaccurate claims” about the artificial intelligence startup’s policy stances on Tuesday after repeatedly facing criticism from David Sacks, the venture capitalist serving as President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Amodei said the company is aligned with […]
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Trump White House ballroom demolition work off-limits to Treasury staff cameras
Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The Treasury Department told staff not to share photos of the White House’s East Wing as parts of it are torn down to build President Donald Trump’s ballroom, a spokesperson confirmed […]
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