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Trump eyes firing thousands of federal workers hutdown

By Alicia Diaz, Kate Sullivan, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attended the hearing to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP lawmakers push for tariffs tailored to help home-state firms

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Kamala Harris holds microphone

Kamala Harris’s favorability surge is the biggest for any candidate since Bush after 9/11

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JD Vance holds up hand

JD Vance backs $5,000 child tax credit and reiterates support for FTC’s Lina Khan

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Qatar Airways plane lands

Qatar Airways flight hits severe turbulence over Turkey, injuring 12 passengers, but lands as scheduled in Dublin

By Alicia Diaz, Leen Al-Rashdan, and others

David Calhoun points up with fingers

Boeing CEO David Calhoun’s 45% pay hike to $32.8 million should be rejected, shareholder advisory says

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Gina Raimondo rubs chin

Huawei’s 7-nanometer chip breakthrough is ‘years behind what we have,’ U.S. Commerce Secretary says

By MacKenzie Hawkins, Alicia Diaz, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 29: C.E.O. of Tesla, Chief Engineer of SpaceX and C.T.O. of X Elon Musk speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Andrew Ross Sorkin returns for the NYT summit for a day of interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-Wen, C.E.O. of Tesla, Chief Engineer of SpaceX and C.T.O. of X Elon Musk, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and leaders in business, politics and culture. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Fidelity cuts value of X stake, implying 73% decline in former Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover

By Alicia Diaz and Bloomberg

Pete Buttigieg, US transportation secretary, speaks during a news conference ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. According to AAA booking data, flights, hotels, rental cars, and cruises shows that Labor Day weekend travel is up 4 percent domestically and up 44% internationally. Photographer: Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pete Buttigieg says Boeing faces ‘enormous’ scrutiny from FAA as DOJ starts criminal investigation after Alaska Airlines blowout

By Alicia Diaz and Bloomberg

LAGOS, NIGERIA – SEPTEMBER 18: Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe speaks onstage at Global Citizen Live, Lagos on September 18, 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. (Photo by Andrew Esiebo/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

Top Nigerian banker dies in California helicopter crash

By Alicia Diaz and Bloomberg

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 27: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Big League Dreams Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump is campaigning in Nevada ahead of the state’s Republican presidential caucuses on February 8. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

Donald Trump floats tariff of more than 60% on imports from China and denies it would start a trade war

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TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 20: Taylor Swift performs at Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour in Japan presented by Fujifilm instax at Tokyo Dome on November 20, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato/TAS18/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift can make it to the Super Bowl from her Tokyo concert to ‘support the Chiefs,’ Japan’s embassy assures fans

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Clifford Asness, president and managing principal of AQR Capital Management LLC, speaks during a television interview in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Asness, who runs one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, says fellow fund managers gouge their clients by charging exorbitant fees for just tracking the markets. Photographer: Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Billionaire investor ridicules Trump warning against donating to Nikki Haley’s campaign: ‘I may have to contribute more now’

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MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 29: British actor Brian Cox attends the HBO Max premiere of “Succession” at Academia de Cine on March 29, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Borja B. Hojas/WireImage)

Memorabilia auction for HBO’s ‘Succession’ takes in $627,000 as fans scoop up props, including Tom Ford sneakers at $2,125

By Irina Anghel, Alicia Diaz, and others

CARSON, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 22: An aerial view shows the Shell Carson Distribution Complex, which distributes fuel throughout the Southern California region, as oil prices have cratered with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic on April 22, 2020 in Carson, California. Crude oil prices dropped into negative territory for the first time on April 20 with millions of barrels going unused after travel restrictions and widespread social distancing measures brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic all but obliterated global energy demand. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the annual celebration of the environmental movement. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

California sues oil giants for downplaying fossil fuel risks and deceiving the public as climate catastrophes mount

By Alicia Diaz and Bloomberg