Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions to his re-election campaign...
24mFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact
Oil services giant SLB to pounce on Trump’s Venezuela opening
Shares in the world’s largest oilfield services company have risen by 14% since US capture of Nicolás Maduro...
1dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact
WeatherTech founder might be the newest US consumer protection official
President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resis...
2dThe VergePoliticsImpact
How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)
After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...
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Russian oil firm says it will keep its Venezuela assets after US military operation
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...
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Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack
Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu AI said its new image generation model was trained on chips from Huawei Technologies, making it the first powerful open-source model to be developed on an en...
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UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash
Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...
2dFrance 24TechnologyImpact
Trump says he has received assurances ‘killing in Iran is stopping’
President declines to rule out military action after Washington evacuated personnel from Qatar command centre...
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Democrats push FTC to investigate Trump Mobile
Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...
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Contempt threat after Clintons refuse Epstein testimony
Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena to testify in a Jeffrey Epstein probe and could face contempt charges....
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ICE arrested 2 truck drivers heading to a major Meta data center project
President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...
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Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap
Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...
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Trump's sweeping proposals for credit cards and student debt could be a big deal for other lenders
Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...
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How business leaders are responding to Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates, from JPMorgan to SoFi
Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...
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Sen. Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon. Legal experts say veterans' rights are at stake.
Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...
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Trump wants to control Greenland. See inside its sole US military base.
Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS Pituffik Space Base was established in 1951 as part of a defense treaty between the US and Denmark. Base operations includ...
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