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Lenders will start using VantageScore

The company behind your credit score is plunging on the stock market after a White House announcement

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Mortgage lenders will soon have a new way to assess borrowers applying for government-backed loans. That sent the stock of America’s biggest credit score company plunging Tuesday. Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that lenders may start using VantageScore, a rival to the Fair Isaac Corporation, the

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Witkoff says Gaza ceasefire deal could come by week’s end, as Trump meets again with Netanyahu

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Veronica Stracqualursi, Alison Main and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that he’s hopeful to have a Gaza ceasefire deal by the end of the week, as negotiators make substantial progress working through remaining issues. Trump also met Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

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A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul on August 14

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting women

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan. The pair are suspected of “ordering, inducing or soliciting” the persecution of girls, women and others who don’t conform with the Taliban’s policy on gender, the

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President Donald Trump is announcing new tariffs. Wall Street is looking through it.

Wall Street is calling Trump’s bluff

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump is threatening to revive his trade war. Wall Street isn’t too concerned. Global markets were relatively calm Tuesday after Trump on Monday ratcheted up his tariff campaign — but extended the deadline to August 1 and said he was open to negotiations. That provided

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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro

Targets of Trump’s new tariffs speak out

By Anna Cooban and Audry Jeong, CNN London (CNN) — Dozens of America’s trading partners are bracing themselves for August 1, the new deadline for punishing tariffs on goods they export to the United States. For months, countries have tried to negotiate trade deals with the US to avoid the so-called “reciprocal” tariffs President Donald

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French President Emmanuel Macron previously welcomed King Charles III to France for a state visit in 2023.

King Charles emphasizes bonds between UK and France as he welcomes Macron in first European state visit since Brexit

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III highlighted the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of more complex threats,” as he welcomed President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader to his country since Brexit. The French

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‘Love Island USA’ contestant Cierra Ortega exits the show after resurfaced social media posts cause stir

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Love Island USA” contestant Cierra Ortega is no longer looking for love on the reality program. Ortega’s exit, which came a week before the dating show’s Season 7 finale, was announced in a voiceover that said she left the show for a “personal situation,” without any further explanation. The

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A Planned Parenthood sign is displayed on the outside of the clinic in Indianapolis in August 2023. Planned Parenthood is suing the Trump administration over the “big beautiful bill.”

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from enforcing funding ban against Planned Parenthood

By Sarah Owermohle and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a provision of President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy law to defund Planned Parenthood’s health care services. The order from US District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, blocks the

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