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YouTube will give banned creators a ‘second chance’ after rule rollback
People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup | Getty Images YouTube is offering creators who were banned from the platform a second chance. On Thursday, the Google-owned platform announced it is rolling out a feature for previously terminated creators to apply to create a new […]
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Senate to vote seventh time to end government shutdown, with little hope of passage
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks during a press conference, accompanied by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other fellow Republicans, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October […]
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U.S. opens probe into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles over FSD traffic violations
A Tesla Model 3 using autopilot FSD is shown giving a warning on the screen to pay attention while driving on the highway in Palm Springs, California, U.S., Oct. 12, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla […]
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Delta CEO says government shutdown hasn’t impacted airline’s operation
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 airplane prepares to takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC that the carrier’s operation is running smoothly despite the federal government shutdown, but if it goes another […]
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Top House Democrat seeks Jeffrey Epstein financial records from Dimon, other bank CEOs
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images A top House Democrat asked four major bank CEOs to share a slew of financial records related to Jeffrey Epstein, pushing forward an investigation into the notorious sex predator, after the lawmaker’s effort to subpoena the banks for the documents was blocked by […]
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Israel, Hamas reach agreement on ‘first phase’ of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he reads a note handed to him by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio he said was regarding Middle East peace talks during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Israel and […]
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Trump says deal to end Gaza war is ‘very close’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates U.S. President Donald Trump on the Gaza proposal during a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement Trump designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said […]
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Trump says he may go to Egypt soon for Gaza deal
U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, participates in a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump […]
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Florida man charged with intentionally setting Pacific Palisades fire in LA
Chimneys stand among the rubble after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. Agustin Paullier | AFP | Getty Images Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los […]
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IRS furloughs nearly half of its workforce due to government shutdown
People exit the the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The IRS on Wednesday said that it was furloughing nearly half of its workforce due to the ongoing government shutdown. About 34,000 IRS workers are being furloughed, according to the tax agency. Another 39,870 […]
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