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JD Vance Is in Charge of Getting a TikTok Deal. Can He Find a Buyer?
Last week, an aide for Vice President JD Vance reached out to the billionaire Frank McCourt. The topic at hand was Mr. McCourt’s $20…
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India anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died
Warning: This report contains some disturbing details An Indian court's ruling that a man's forced "unnatural sex" with his wife is not an…
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Woman Pleads Guilty in Covid Tax Credit Scheme That Netted $33 Million
Some people binge-watched shows during the Covid pandemic. Others picked up pickleball. But according to federal prosecutors, one Las…
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Teslas used to be cool. For liberals, now they're anything but
Elon Musk's political stances and public behavior have put Tesla in an awkward free fall, both in sales and public perception. Source link
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Why Democrats Can’t Stop Talking About Elon Musk
Many Republicans remain convinced that their colleagues’ opposition to DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts will backfire politically. Source link
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Lower inflation wouldn’t assure rate cuts, Fed’s Lorie Logan says
US FEDERAL Reserve Bank of Dallas president Lorie Logan urged policymakers to remain cautious in the coming months, reiterating lower…
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Tee Higgins Best Free Agency Fits if Bengals Can't Resign Him
NFL free agency is set to kick off, and there are a ton of players who are set to become unrestricted free agents, meaning they could sign…
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Nokia to gain unconditional EU nod for US$2.3 billion Infinera deal: sources
NOKIA is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust clearance for its US$2.3 billion acquisition of US optical semiconductors and networking…
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Italy investigates Amazon over alleged 1.2 billion euro tax evasion
ITALIAN prosecutors are investigating e-commerce giant Amazon and three of its executives over alleged tax evasion worth 1.2 billion euros…
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Trump gives thumbs-up to J.D. Vance's remarks scolding European leaders
President Trump on Friday applauded his vice president's speech in Munich warning of the erosion of freedom of speech and other core…
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Guys Build Their Own Koenigsegg Jesko For Only $100
Read the full story on Backfire News With a starting price of $3 million, the Koenigsegg Jesko is a hypercar built only for the very…
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Oil settles lower, supply worries ease on hopes for Ukraine peace deal
OIL prices settled down on Friday (Feb 14) on prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine that could ease global supply…
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Education Department probes transgender policies in suburban D.C. schools
The Department of Education is investigating five Virginia school districts that have kept transgender-inclusive policies in spite of…
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California's contaminated ocean sparks health concerns for Navy SEALs
Hundreds of Navy SEAL candidates became sick within a week of being exposed to contaminated ocean water at the Naval Amphibious Base (NAB)…
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Europe: Shares log longest weekly streak of advances in a year
EUROPE’S main stock index closed lower on Friday (Feb 14), as investors paused following four successive sessions of gains, while luxury…
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US: Stocks end volatile week on muted note
WALL Street stocks finished mixed on Friday (Feb 14) following lacklustre US retail sales data in a muted finale to a volatile week. US…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
Culture
The Manic Brilliance of “Breakfast of Champions”
Whatever’s new to me is new. If you’d asked me recently whether Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Breakfast of Champions,” from 1973, had been…
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RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day
Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the Department of Health and Human Services would not undergo a staff purge, it did. The…
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OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Gain Control of the Company
OpenAI’s board of directors on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to gain control of the…
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Grounded: White House expands Associated Press ban to Air Force One
The White House escalated its feud with The Associated Press on Friday, blocking the news outlet from the Oval Office and Air Force One…
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DOJ Hands Down Ultimatum as Eric Adams Showdown Hits Boiling Point
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
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U.K. PM Keir Starmer gets in the line of foreign leaders wanting a meeting with Trump
President Trump said Friday he had a phone call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday and could meet with him as early as…
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Internet defends wife who got pregnant 15 years after husband's vasectomy
A 56-year-old man turned to Reddit for advice after a shocking pregnancy test. In the post, he explained that his wife of 25 years had…