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Trump posted that a public D.C. golf course would close for 15 months — his own officials can’t confirm it and a judge is opening a ‘formal inquiry’
The Justice Department filed notice Wednesday night that the plans were real.
Intel plunged 28.6% for its worst drop since 1974 — and the AI sell-off gave the S&P 500 its worst day since June
A drop of 4.2% for Nvidia, the chip company that became the poster child of the AI frenzy, was the heaviest force pulling the S&P 500 downward.
In Brooklyn’s ‘commie corridor,’ a phone-free room of Democrats agreed a blue wave is coming — and fought about who gets the AI money
At a phone-free Newsreel event in Brooklyn five days before the midterms, the talk kept coming back to who gets rich off AI and its data centers.
Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the record $6.4 billion theft is a Binance security failure, not a crypto-wide threat, pointing clients toward proxie…
I read Anthropic's 92-page risk factor document, so you don't have to – video explainer
Anthropic, the creator of Claude, filed to go public on the US stock market on 26 October. The company's filing statement contains a 92-page risk factor document in which it ackno…
Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter
Tether, Circle and others moved within hours to block billions in stolen crypto, but legal experts question whether smaller victims would get the same protection.
Nov. 3 Is National Sandwich Day — Sink Your Teeth into 11 Deals
Restaurants and sandwich chains nationwide are celebrating with BOGO subs, discounts and free food with a minimum purchase.
Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth
Reddit shares are down 44% this week after CEO Steve Huffman warned that Google's AI-powered search features are cutting referrals, while weaker user growth and disappointing four…
Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
The stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.
Waymo’s backers valued it at $126 billion. The Alphabet division that houses it brought in $372 million last quarter—and lost $2.05 billion
Other Bets lost $5.50 for every $1 of revenue in Q3 2026.
Greenland opens a new international airport to lure tourists and diversify its economy as it eyes independence from Denmark
Ilulissat, known as the “City of Icebergs,” sits along the island's western coast and is home to some 5,000 people.
Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
Binance lost about $6.4 billion, the largest crypto hack on record, yet Bitcoin fell about 3%, against nearly 11% in 2018 when the exchange was last attacked.
Tesla and 113 other companies paid no current federal income tax, but they still aren’t the biggest threats to the federal deficit, think tank warns
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found more than 700 profitable companies paid less than half of the 21% statutory corporate tax rate, the lowest rate in decades.
Tech sell-off drives US markets down by nearly $1tn after subpar earnings reports
Big tech stocks falter as investors question whether billions being poured into AI can generate returns quickly enoughA sell-off of tech stocks that began earlier this month and g…
Schools draw a record 22,687 civil rights complaints as DOJ allocates about 40 lawyers to handle
Since January 2025, the administration has closed seven of OCR’s 12 regional offices, and resolution agreements fell to less than 1% of pending cases.
Florida has 162 measles cases reported and no dashboard — so it’s considering dropping 4 school vaccine requirements
Only 88.9% of Florida kindergartners got the MMR vaccine in the 2025-26 school year, below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity.
$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison Terms
Raymond and Isiah Garcia held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than nine hours, forcing the father to transfer over $8 million in crypto, in one of the clearest “wrench att…
U.S. scraps G20’s opening photo after Europeans balk at posing with Russia’s Lavrov
“It seems politically boneheaded to invite him,” said Kelly, who now teaches international relations and diplomacy at Northwestern University outside Chicago.
Consumer sentiment is lower now than when inflation peaked at 9.1% — and the richest 10% of Americans account for half of consumer spending
A Pew survey in early October found 84% of registered voters said the economy was very important to their vote, the least polarizing issue it asked about.
Call it ‘cringe fascism’: Hegseth wants male troops 30 and older tested for low testosterone
The Pentagon said the checks would include symptoms such as “loss of spontaneous morning erections” and “diminished energy and physical performance.”
City of London chief tops UK Black Powerlist
Ian Thomas, who heads the City of London Corporation, tops the Black Powerlist in its 21st year.
The Guardian view on Labour’s fiscal devolution: the future of Burnhamism will play out in municipal England | Editorial
Replacing government grants with revenue streams from taxation will not in itself reduce regional inequalities. But the political implications are radicalFollowing Wednesday’s bud…
Secret Service, FBI Join Binance Hack Probe as Circle Freezes $823 Million
Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion to cover losses from the breach and the FBI and Secret Service are now working with the exchange as investigators trace the stolen fund…
Coinbase leads crypto stock selloff following $6.3B Binance hack
Circle, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks fell sharply Friday, a day after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion security breach.