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Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza
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Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza

Palestinians, including children, gathered in the city of Khan Yunis celebrate after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza on Oct. 9, 2025 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Abdallah F.s. Alattar | Anadolu | Getty Images Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining […]

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Trump threatens to use government shutdown to cut ‘popular Democrat programs’
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Trump threatens to use government shutdown to cut ‘popular Democrat programs’

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 9, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration plans to use the ongoing government shutdown to permanently cut government programs popular with Democrats, his latest threat amid the funding stalemate. “We’re […]

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YouTube will give banned creators a ‘second chance’ after rule rollback
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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
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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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Intel gives first look at next-gen chips, says Arizona fab is fully operational
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Intel gives first look at next-gen chips, says Arizona fab is fully operational

An Intel manufacturing technician holds an Intel Core Ultra series 3 processor (code-named Panther Lake) built on Intel 18A, inside Intel’s new Fab 52 in Chandler, Arizona, in September 2025. Courtesy: Intel Intel on Thursday announced its new PC chips slated to debut in laptops next year as the chipmaker battles to turn around its […]

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Top House Democrat seeks Jeffrey Epstein financial records from Dimon, other bank CEOs
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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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Orsted to cut 2,000 jobs as Trump’s offshore wind battle continues
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Orsted to cut 2,000 jobs as Trump’s offshore wind battle continues

Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark. Thomas Traasdahl | Afp | Getty Images Beleaguered wind farm operator Orsted announced Thursday that it intends to reduce its workforce by a quarter toward […]

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IRS furloughs nearly half of its workforce due to government shutdown
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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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Jensen Huang says Trump’s H-1B changes would’ve prevented his family from immigrating
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Jensen Huang says Trump’s H-1B changes would’ve prevented his family from immigrating

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his family’s immigration to the U.S. “would not have been possible” with the Trump administration’s current policy. President Donald Trump announced in September that employers would have to pay a $100,000 fee for each H-1B visa, a temporary worker visa granted to foreign professionals with specialized skills. Huang, […]

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AMD’s deal with OpenAI gives Nvidia much-needed challenger in market it dominates
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AMD’s deal with OpenAI gives Nvidia much-needed challenger in market it dominates

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, left, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Benoit Tessier | Ritzau Scanpix | Mads Claus Rasmussen | Reuters In the 1990s, when Intel dominated the PC chip market, the semiconductor maker needed Advanced Micro Devices to exist as a viable No. 2 to help avoid being charged with monopolistic behavior.  […]

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