Politics
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Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B
Prediction market startup Kalshi announced on Thursday a $1 billion Series F round, valuing the company at $22 billion. That’s…
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Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections
With only six weeks to go before the start of the World Cup, hotels at most of the cities hosting…
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In a new poll, Americans voice broad bipartisan support for age caps in Congress
There are divides on nearly every issue in American politics today. But many voters agree on one topic: Congress is…
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Trade court strikes down a second round of Trump tariffs
In a victory for importers and a setback for the Trump Administration, the Court of International Trade struck down a…
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Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models
OpenAI and Anthropic have been on the warpath lately against third-party efforts to train new AI models by prompting their…
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China blocks Meta from acquiring AI startup Manus
China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to…
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The Onion’s bid to take over Infowars moves to the Texas Supreme Court
The fight over whether the satirical website The Onion can take over Infowars, the media company run by conservative conspiracy…
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Congress ends record shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest agency shutdown…
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Justice Department drops probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
The U.S. Justice Department is dropping its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, paving the way for the…
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Appeals court rules that Trump’s asylum ban at the border is illegal
An appeals court on Friday blocked President Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border of the U.S.,…
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