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Europe: Stocks ease from two-month highs as retailers, luxury stocks weigh
EUROPEAN stocks were little changed on Wednesday as gains in broader stocks outweighed declines in luxury and retail stocks, while…
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Business
LVMH said to warn of continued luxury weakness on China woes
LVMH is warning investors and analysts that demand remains soft after the luxury conglomerate missed revenue estimates for the first three…
Business
OpenAI teams up with former Apple design chief Jony Ive as AI race heats up
Jony Ive, a former Apple executive known for designing the iPhone, is joining forces with OpenAI, the San Francisco startup behind popular…
Business
Surge AI is latest San Francisco startup accused of misclassifying its workers
Artificial intelligence training company Surge AI has been hit with a lawsuit alleging it has misclassified contractors hired to improve…
Politics
Rep. Lamonica McIver's antics at ICE detention center sparks effort to boot her from Congress
Rep. Nancy Mace wants to expel Rep. Lamonica McIver from Congress after she was charged with assaulting two federal agents outside a…
Politics
Nancy Mace wants to expel Lamonica McIver from Congress over antics at ICE detention center
Rep. Nancy Mace wants to expel Rep. Lamonica McIver from Congress after she was charged with assaulting two federal agents outside a…
News
Israel Dogged Once Again by Leaks on Iran Strike Plans
We don’t know who is behind them, but undermining Israel in its struggle against Iran should be no one’s idea of ‘America First.’ Source…
Business
Ann Goldstein on Keeping English in Mind
When the translator Ann Goldstein—who has helped to bring Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, and Pope John Paul II to English readers—works on a…
News
Do Not Expect the Mainstream Media to Honestly Audit Itself
There are two original sins here. Source link
Politics
Debt hawks spar with blue-state Republicans over tentative SALT deal
A tentative deal to quadruple the existing $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, is irritating…
Politics
House Republicans push to block states' new AI regulations
House Republicans are leading an effort to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years. Source link
Politics
Rubio tells lawmakers that U.S. foreign policy should benefit America first
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a House panel in a sometimes-testy hearing Wednesday that U.S. foreign policy should serve America's…
Politics
Education Secretary Linda McMahon vows to abide by the law in push to dismantle department
Education Secretary Linda McMahon vowed Wednesday to uphold the law in the Trump administration's push to eliminate her department. Source…
Politics
Trump's firing of feds' civil liberties watchdog was illegal, judge rules
Yet another of President Trump's firings was found illegal Wednesday, when a federal judge ruled he overstepped in ousting members of the…
Politics
Trump puts evidence of 'White genocide' in front of South African leader
President Trump played a video in the Oval Office that seemed to show evidence of widespread violence against White South Africans,…
News
The Anti-Drag Kennedy Center to Feature Cross-Dressing
More important, production companies are still using their shows as a vehicle for progressive activism. Source link
Politics
Contributor: Why is the GOP resisting Chinese investment in the U.S.?
The United States and China are locked in a standoff with no resolution in sight. The U.S. wants to reshore manufacturing, and China wants…
News
“Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” Goes Hard on Valediction
“Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” has a running time of just under three hours. Within those three hours, alas, I’d say that Tom…
Politics
House Freedom Caucus pushes GOP leaders to delay vote on Trump agenda
Hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are pushing GOP leaders to delay plans for a Wednesday vote on the "big, beautiful…
Business
US: Wall Street opens lower with focus on Trump's tax Bill
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (May 21), as investors awaited the outcome of a pivotal debate around US President…
Politics
Target says it can adapt and offset tariff costs, is reducing reliance on China
Target Corp. said Wednesday it can "offset the vast majority" of impacts from President Trump's tariffs, as major retailers report…
Business
Microsoft-backed Builder.ai set for bankruptcy after cash seized
Builder.ai, the British artificial intelligence startup backed by Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, is filing for bankruptcy…
News
The Affluent Progressive Lifestyle Is Unsustainable
Hillary Clinton inadvertently reveals a truth. Source link