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Winter storm disrupts thousands of U.S. flights
Airplanes on the tarmac during a snow storm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thousands of flights were disrupted on Monday as a winter storm moved eastward, snarling air travel in the eastern U.S. By 1:45 p.m. ET, more […]
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How the Federal Reserve’s rate policy affects mortgages
The Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate target three times in 2024. This has many Americans waiting for mortgage rates to fall. But that may not happen for some time. “I think the best case scenario is we’re going to continue to see mortgage rates hover around six and a half to 7%,” said Jordan […]
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to block U.S. ban pending appeal
An advocate holds a sign for TikTok following a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images TikTok asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a law that could effectively ban the popular social media app in the United States […]
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DOGE’s Musk, Ramaswamy want Congress to pass huge spending cuts. That’s a tough sell
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have an ambitious agenda to cut federal spending with the help of their outside advisory council, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But on their first joint visit to Congress on Thursday, the pair also likely saw some of the limits of outside influence on the […]
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Secret Service agent opens fire near home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Washington
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act after visiting the site of a new paperless processing initiative in McLean, Virginia, on August 2, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images A U.S. Secret Service agent opened fire near the Washington, D.C., home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen after confronting several […]
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Trump calls election case Judge Tanya Chuktan ‘the most evil person’
Courtroom sketch depicting Judge Tanya Chutkan in an exchange with Donald Trump’s lawyers. Donald Trump on Friday called the judge presiding over his criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C., “the most evil person” for ordering the release of nearly 1,900 pages of previously sealed documents filed by prosecutors. Trump suggested U.S. District Court Judge […]
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Crypto crooks: Kidnapping, huge bar bills and exotic cars are linked to one of the biggest bitcoin thefts in U.S. history
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Two young men accused of committing one of the largest person-to-person crypto thefts in U.S. history went on a brazen spending spree that included buying exotic cars, a $2 million wristwatch, renting mansions and running up nightclub tabs of hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece, new court records […]
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Election betting: Appeals court fast-tracks CFTC challenge to Kalshi political bets
People vote on the first day of Virginia’s in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal appeals court has fast-tracked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s case challenging the right of the event exchange Kalshi to offer U.S. political […]
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TikTok sued over ‘addictive’ features that cause physical and mental harm to kids
A bipartisan group of more than a dozen state attorneys general is filing lawsuits on Tuesday against social media giant TikTok, with one complaint accusing the company of deceiving users by claiming that its app is safe for children, despite its addictive features, and for allegedly operating an unlicensed money transmission business. “Our lawsuit is […]
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Appeals court greenlights betting on congressional elections
The U.S. Capitol building is seen bellow a stormy sky on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way Wednesday for Americans to bet on the outcome of the 2024 congressional elections. The appeals court in a decision rejected an effort by […]
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