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FBI Director Patel and foundation win defamation lawsuit against blogger, awarded $250,000
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during U.S. President Donald Trump’s press conference about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters FBI Director Kash Patel and his foundation won a […]
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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Friday that he will investigate […]
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In split decision, court clears Trump to restart CFPB mass firings
The entrance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters is seen during a protest on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A divided federal appeals court on Friday cleared U.S. President Donald Trump to resume mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ruling that a lower court had […]
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DC sues Trump over federal takeover of police force
DC Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb speaks during a DC Mayoral and Council swearing-in ceremony at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Monday January 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s unprecedented takeover […]
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Who will Trump pick for Fed chair? Hear from all the candidates in their own words
Key Points President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair has turned into a long list of nearly a dozen possible candidates. In CNBC interviews that stretch back days, weeks and even months, the candidates have talked in depth about where they think the Fed should go. Source
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Russian media is buzzing over Trump–Putin talks. The mood in Kyiv is very different
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp | Getty Images Russian media outlets were in high spirits on Friday as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin headed to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for an Alaskan summit widely presented as a win […]
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China isn’t welcoming Nvidia back with open arms after Trump clears way for H20 exports
Nvidia secured what was seen as a major win last month when the U.S. government announced it would allow it to resume sales of its made-for-China H20 chip. But it has since become clear that Beijing wont be rolling out the red carpet. Despite the U.S. softening on chip export controls — which Beijing has […]
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Five things that could change after Trump and Putin’s high-stake talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev | Kremlin | Sputnik | Reuters When Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday for talks on ending the war in […]
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Nothing is off the table as Trump and Putin set to meet
US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speak during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017 Mikhail Klimentiev | AFP | Getty Images As Russian President Vladimir Putin holds face-to-face talks with White House leader Donald Trump on Friday, Ukraine — and the […]
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DOJ, SEC charge two men in $200 million water vending machine Ponzi scheme
The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department’s headquarters briefing room. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Two men have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges in connection with a water vending machine Ponzi scheme that allegedly swindled investors out of more than $200 million, the Department […]
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