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‘If you fall silent, the country is doomed’: CBS News’ Scott Pelley stresses courage as network faces pressure campaign

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today, and it must be resisted no matter what, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says. “People are silencing themselves for fear that the government will retaliate against them, and that’s not the America that we all love,” Pelley told

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Why this key chip technology is crucial to the AI race between the US and China

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — In the largest single foreign investment in US history, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has unveiled a $100 billion investment, drawing global attention and prompting concern in Taiwan. TSMC, which produces more than 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductor chips that power everything from smartphones and artificial intelligence

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Bitcoin is now trading at over $100

Should you invest in crypto now?

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Much has changed in the crypto landscape over the past year and a half. And with it, so may more investors’ minds about cryptocurrencies — especially bitcoin, the (very young) granddaddy of them all. Crucially, crypto has gained greater acceptance among regulators and large institutional investors as an asset

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DOGE just got a green light to access your Social Security data. Here’s what that means

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today. But efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency this year to access the Social Security Administration’s data systems should conjure up

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U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office as he departs the White House on June 06

Trump feared a fight with Musk could undermine his signature bill. Then their feud erupted

By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The staggering and exceedingly public rupture in the world’s most consequential and unprecedented partnership was a long time coming. But the surreal state of suspended animation that consumed Washington as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded escalating blows on social media obscured a 48-hour period that illustrated a

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Former US education secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at Lutheran Northwest High School in Rochester Hills in May 2022.

Trump’s big bill includes an ‘unprecedented’ tax credit for a national school voucher program. Here’s how it would work

By Natasha Chen, CNN Lose Angeles (CNN) — Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program. Republicans have long advocated for so-called school choice, but critics have labeled the initiative a tax cut for the wealthy. Sending

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Trump’s attacks on international student enrollment could ultimately shake the economy

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s statements and actions aimed at curtailing the number of international students in the US have sent a chill of uncertainty through higher education institutions. These American schools have become more reliant on the higher tuition paid by international students as state and federal support has waned.

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