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Trump Warns Credit Card Firms Over Jan. 20 Rate Cap
President Donald Trump on Sunday said credit ?card ?companies would be ?in violation of the law if they ?failed to comply with ?his demand by Jan. ?20 for a 10% cap on interest rates, ?even ?as ?legal and ?financial observers said...
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Nikki Glaser Takes Swings at CBS in Golden Globes Monologue
Nikki Glaser went hard then eased up in her monologue to open Sunday's Golden Globes. In her earliest jokes she suggested stars in the room might be in the Epstein Files and took a shot at CBS, the network airing the show.
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Trump to Talk to Musk About Restoring Internet in Iran
President Donald Trump said on ?Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.
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Ackman: US to Overcome Debt Through Growth
The U.S. will overcome its debt through growth, not through paying off the debt, hedge ?fund manager Bill Ackman said at ?the UBS Asia Wealth Forum conference on Monday.
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Trump May Veto Extension of Obamacare Subsidies
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he might veto legislation to ?extend federal health insurance subsidies, ?injecting fresh uncertainty into a debate that has pitted ?congressional Republicans against Democrats and threatened to raise premiums for millions of ?Americans.
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Trump: Stop Netflix's 'Cultural Takeover'
President Donald Trump sharply escalated his criticism of Netflix on Sunday, blasting the streaming giant in a Truth Social post that shared a One America News (OAN) commentary warning against Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
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Trump 'Inclined' to Keep ExxonMobil Out of Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Sunday he's "inclined" to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of dictator Nicolas Maduro. "I didn't like Exxon's response," Trump told reporters.
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Prediction Markets in Spotlight After $400K Maduro Wager
Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election , and recently the downfall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Allegiant to Acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5B
?Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said Sunday.
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'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Tops Box Office for 4th Straight Week
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.
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Leavitt Hails New Debilitating US Weaponry: 'Stop and Read This'
The capture of Nicolas Maduro has apparently unveiled a new, mysterious, and overwhelmingly powerful tactical weapon to modern warfare."Stop what you are doing and read this… ????????????????????," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote Saturday on X,...
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Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level in Nearly 3 Years
Mortgage rates fell sharply on Friday after President Donald Trump said he is directing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a rare federal push into the housing-finance pipeline that is already reshaping rate expectations and...
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Pediatricians Fear New Vaccine Rules Will Cost Lives
Dr. Molly O'Shea has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this week's unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance will only make things worse.
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Google Founders Quit California Over Billionaires Tax Proposal
As a proposed ballot initiative threatens to impose a one-time wealth tax on the state's richest residents, billionaire Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are scaling back their ties to California.
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NASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11's Return
NASA ?on Friday said the space agency and SpaceX are targeting to undock the agency's SpaceX Crew-11 mission ?from the International Space Station no ?earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern time Jan. 14, pending ?weather conditions.
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Ackman: Trump's 10% Credit Card Rate Cap 'a Mistake'
U.S. ?hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a one-year ?cap on credit card interest rates ?at 10% starting on Jan. 20 "is a mistake."
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N.Y. Sues Trump WH Over Pause on Offshore Wind Projects
New ?York's attorney general sued the Trump administration Friday for suspending construction on two major offshore wind projects that the state says it needs to power 1 million homes and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Bessent: Treasury Can Cover Tariff Refunds
The U.S. Treasury has more than adequate funds to pay any tariff refunds ordered if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, but any repayments would be spread out over weeks or even a year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters.
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Bessent Says Overseas Money Transfers Are Fine If People Can Prove Origin of Funds
The U.S. Treasury Department's plan to increase scrutiny of overseas ?transfers of money should not harm people who can prove the funds did not come from social service payments, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Friday.
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Bessent: Australia, India Invited to G7 Minerals Talks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia ?and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies that he is hosting in Washington on Monday to discuss critical minerals.
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Exxon Mobil CEO: Venezuela's Resources Offer 'Opportunity'
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said the company needs to deploy a technical team to Venezuela to assess the condition of the country's deteriorated oil infrastructure, signaling early interest in a potential return following the capture of Venezuela's longtime strongman.
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FCC Approves SpaceX Plan to Deploy Additional 7,500 Starlink Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide.
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Meta Lines up Massive Supply of Nuclear Power to Energize AI Data Centers
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.
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Luigi Mangione Fights Death Penalty at Key Federal Court Hearing
Luigi Mangione returned to federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Amazon Pharmacy Selling Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill
Amazon Pharmacy said on Friday it now offers Novo Nordisk's Wegovy pill through insurance plans as well as through a cash-pay option. Eligible customers with ?commercial insurance may pay $25 for a one-month supply, while ?customers without insurance can access the Wegovy...