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President Trump threatened ABC News and Chris Christie

Trump threatens Chris Christie and ABC News after watching critical ‘This Week’ interview

By Liam Reilly, Alejandra Jaramillo, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to investigate Chris Christie over a decade-old political scandal and revoke ABC News’ broadcasting license after the Disney-owned network aired an interview in which the former governor sharply criticized the president. “Donald Trump sees himself as the person who

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Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S. President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions in the Oval Office.

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over AI competition, App Store rankings

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple (AAPL) and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence. Apple and OpenAI have “locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X

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A person plays the lottery at a store as the US Powerball jackpot grand prize grew to a whopping $1 billion after no ticket got all six numbers in San Mateo

Powerball’s 10th largest jackpot lined up for Monday after no winner matched all six numbers on Saturday draw

By Michelle Watson, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — With an estimated $750 million jackpot, Monday’s Powerball draw will be the 10th largest in the game’s history after no player matched all six number in Saturday’s draw, the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a press release. Saturday night’s jackpot was already one of the largest prizes

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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is seen here at a Federal Reserve Board meeting in Washington

Justice Department signals probe of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, as housing official says a third property is now under scrutiny

By Bryan Mena, Phil Mattingly, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Justice Department official is set to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was accused by a member of President Donald Trump’s administration of committing mortgage fraud, according to a letter sent Thursday to Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The letter, seen by CNN, was

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A Tesla Model Y equipped with Tesla's "Autopilot" feature. Federal safety regulators are looking at whether or not Tesla is complying with rules to promptly report accidents involving its autonomous driving technology.

Tesla is facing a new federal investigation into its autonomous driving features

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is facing an investigation from federal safety regulators into whether it delayed notifying the government about crashes involving its driver assistance technology. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into whether or not the company is complying with regulations requiring it to report data about crashes

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People walk in front of the Target Store in Times Square on May 15 in New York City. Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years amid struggles at one of America’s most prominent retail chains.

What went wrong at Target

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN (CNN) — Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years amid struggles at one of America’s most prominent retail chains. Cornell helped engineer a turnaround at Target, but it’s been a rocky few years for the retailer. Incoming Target CEO Michael Fiddelke, a veteran leader at the company, will

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Anyone who contacts you unsolicited and tells you that you need to pay money urgently to get out of trouble

How to outfox financial scammers

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and scams ranked No. 6 on the list of top consumer complaints last year, according to a recent

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pictured in Stockholm on July 29. Bessent on August 19 threw cold water on the idea that Americans could soon receive tariff rebate checks.

New tariffs are generating billions of dollars in revenue, but Bessent says that will go toward paying national debt

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday threw cold water on the idea that Americans could soon receive tariff rebate checks. Bessent, during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” said that revenue from import tariffs will be put toward the US national debt. “I think, at a point, we’re going

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Spray deodorant is among an extensive list of goods now subject to 50% steel and aluminum tariffs in the United States.

Trump just put an extra tariff on hundreds of common items, from deodorant to butter knives

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of different goods just got a lot more expensive to import into the United States, now that President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on steel and aluminum tariffs has kicked in. Butter knives, baby strollers, spray deodorants and fire extinguishers, considered “derivative” steel and aluminum products, were previously excluded

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