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US senator urges Wall Street to reject offer of paid early access to Trump posts
A top Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday urged banks and trading firms to shun a new product offering early access to posts on President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, warn...
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US anti-bias agency moves to end employer reporting of worker race, sex data
The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination moved on Tuesday to scrap a requirement that employers annually submit data on the race and sex of their worker...
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US Senate panel narrowly backs Trump nominee to be top US spy
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee backed President Donald Trump's nominee, Jay Clayton, to become the top U.S. spy, the committee's Republican chairman said on Tuesday, days ...
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Trump gains another appeals court opening with judge's planned exit
U.S. Circuit Judge Bobby Shepherd has decided to step down from active service on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating a new vacancy on the St. Louis-based court that P...
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In landmark Anthropic settlement, judge rejects ‘windfall’ for lawyers
A federal judge overseeing the $1.5 billion copyright settlement between Anthropic and authors sharply reduced the plaintiffs' legal fee request, rejecting a percentage-based awar...
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US judge blocks Trump administration from stripping immigrants of work permits
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from stripping tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants who have Temporary Protecte...
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US House Republicans face major test passing Trump priorities as August break looms
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives face a crucial political test on Tuesday as they try to advance legislation crucial to President Donald Trump's agenda, inc...
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University of Tennessee sues Anthropic over neural network technology
The research arm of the University of Tennessee has sued artificial-intelligence giant Anthropic in Delaware federal court for allegedly infringing its patents related to neural ...
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Amgen settles shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid $10.7 billion tax bill
Amgen reached a $74 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the biotechnology company of waiting too long to disclose that it might owe the Internal Revenue Service $10.7 billio...
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House Democrat seeks more answers from USPTO on 'Board of Peace' trademarks
The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives asked the head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday for more details on the office's unusual applications for t...
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US lawmakers urge Trump to act against EU tech rules, suggest trade probes
A group of 25 U.S. lawmakers has written to U.S. President Donald Trump urging him to act against Europe's tech rules including launching trade investigations, saying EU digital p...
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Washington judge blocks Kalshi contracts, cites state's gambling law
A judge granted Washington's request to block Kalshi from offering its so-called event contracts in the state, saying the prediction markets platform likely violated the state's ...
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Pop vocalist D4vd faces evidentiary hearing in murder of teenage girl
The indie pop vocalist known as D4vd was due in court on Tuesday with prosecutors expected to outline their murder case against the musician, accused of fatally stabbing and disme...
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Crime gangs snare more than $88 billion in scams in Asia-Pacific, UN says
Scam gangs defrauded Asia-Pacific residents of at least $88 billion in 2025, a United Nations office said on Tuesday, with transnational crime groups rapidly evolving tactics to s...
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Ex-CEO of social media startup contends prosecution conflicts taint fraud case
The founder of a defunct social media startup argued on Monday that an indictment charging him with securities fraud must be dismissed because it was based on an internal investiga...
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US DOJ says it is probing Harvard over financial aid programs
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it launched a probe reviewing whether some Harvard University financial aid programs were discriminatory, marking the latest fight ag...
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Short seller Muddy Waters says Quinn Emanuel betrayed client loyalty in Techtronic lawsuit
Muddy Waters Capital has asked a federal judge in Texas to disqualify law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan from a lawsuit claiming the short seller participated in a scheme t...
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Trump orders tightening of defense supply-chain waiver rules
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order making it harder for U.S. defense contractors to obtain waivers allowing them to buy critical minerals and other material...
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