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Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity […]
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Founder of IRL social media app charged with defrauding investors
Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images The founder of the company behind the IRL social media app was charged with defrauding investors of $170 million in the company’s 2021 funding round, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Oakland federal court indicted Abraham Shafi, 38 of Hawaii, with wire fraud, […]
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Two children dead, 17 people injured in Annunciation school shooting, Minneapolis police say
Officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to a an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Aug. 27, 2025. Ben Brewer | Reuters Two young children were killed and 17 people were injured after a mass shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic church and school in Minneapolis on […]
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Trump White House pressures Fed Governor Lisa Cook to go on leave as lawsuit looms
White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett prepares to give a live television interview at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook should go on leave from the central […]
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Google might lose its $26 billion search deals. Analysts say that could fuel its AI growth
Any day now, a federal judge is expected to issue a landmark ruling that could upend some of the most lucrative deals in Silicon Valley: Google’s default search contracts. At stake is more than $26 billion a year, $20 billion of which goes to Apple. That’s nearly a quarter of Alphabet’s operating income. For decades, […]
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Feds fail to get indictment against DC sandwich thrower fired by DOJ: Report
A person walks past Banksy-style posters of a protester throwing a sandwich on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Federal prosecutors failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former Department of Justice employee who allegedly hurled a Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in […]
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Cracker Barrel shares rise after restaurant chain gets rid of controversial new logo
A Cracker Barrel sign featuring the old logo is seen outside of a restaurant on August 21, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store rose 3% Wednesday after the restaurant chain said it would scrap its new logo and return to the original one, amid mounting […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Big M&A activity returns to the U.S. — but the deal-maker is the White House
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images It’s starting to feel like we’re in a game of Pac-Man, in which the U.S. government is the eponymous hungry yellow blob furiously chomping on everything in sight. The White House’s […]
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Microsoft had police remove protesters who stormed office over work with Israeli military
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., at the Web Summit conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The annual conference gathers key industry figures in technology. James MacDonald | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft asked police to remove people who improperly entered a building at its headquarters in protest of the […]
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Trump administration pulls additional $175 million from California high-speed rail project
NASA administrator Sean Duffy visits the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A before the NASA and SpaceX Launch Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Getty Images Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy […]
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