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Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill
Republicans have suffered a sizable setback on one key aspect of President Donald Trump’s big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and other ...
How the AP decided to refer to the conflict between Israel and Iran as a war
The Associated Press is calling the current conflict between Israel and Iran a war, given the scope, intensity and duration of military activities on both sides. Other news organizations also have ...
Conservation group makes $60M land deal to end mining threat outside Okefenokee Swamp
A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling ...
Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
A federal judge says he’ll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention. Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in ...
California argues in court against Trump’s National Guard deployment
California’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday ...
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander
A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace’s ...
President Trump extends TikTok ban deadline amid legal questions
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending the deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, ...
Cubs legend Sammy Sosa returns to Wrigley Field after 20-plus year hiatus
Legendary Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in more than 20 years on Friday before Chicago’s afternoon game with the Seattle Mariners. Sosa, ...
Inside the numbers: Pacers, Thunder set to play Game 7 for NBA title on Sunday night
For the 20th time, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Indiana will play at Oklahoma City on Sunday night in the final game of the season, with the winner getting the ...
Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.5M US viewers, a drop from last year’s Cup and the 4 Nations final
U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched ...
Only 1 US restaurant landed on latest list of ‘World’s 50 Best’: Where is it?
A ceremony honoring “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” took place in Turin, Italy, on Thursday night, attracting the attention ...
Billions of login credentials have been leaked online, Cybernews researchers say
Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to ...