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Powerball jackpot reaches $1B for second time in 2025

For the second time this year, the Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion, giving players a chance at one of the largest prizes in game history.

Mortgage rates could dip in 2026 but not by much, forecasts show

Mortgages rates may dip in 2026 — but don't expect a big drop.

Cinnamon recalled in 14 states over potential lead contamination

"For adults, chronic lead exposure is associated with kidney dysfunction, hypertension, and neurocognitive effects," a recall notice explains.

House panel advances kids safety bills despite Democratic opposition

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced a slate of 18 kids online safety bills to the full panel Thursday despite Democratic opposition to key legislation that could complicate the effort down the line. While lawmakers cleared about a dozen bills without any pushback, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’...

Judge bars Trump from axing FEMA disaster preparedness grants

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from cutting a program meant to make communities better prepared for storms. Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, ruled that the administration cannot terminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) grant program or redistribute its money for other purposes. “This is a case about...

Sanders: Kushner connection to Warner Bros. takeover bid sign of ‘authoritarianism’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday condemned Jared Kushner's involvement in Paramount's hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Bros., arguing President Trump's apparent effort to intervene in the massive media deal amounted to "authoritarianism." "A handful of giant corporations already control much of the media," Sanders wrote on social platform X. "Trump wants to make...

DOJ portrays Franklin the turtle as ‘deportation judge’

In the second Trump administration post of its kind, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday portrayed Franklin, the anthropomorphic turtle character from a children's book series, as a "deportation judge." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a similar image with Franklin late last month. “Franklin is helping write the next chapter of America. You can...

Senate Republican ‘concerned’ with Trump approving Nvidia chip exports to China

Republican Sen. Dave McCormick (Pa.) is not fully on board with the Trump administration permitting Nvidia to sell its H200 chips in China. “I’m concerned. I’m not clear on why that is the right path for us,” McCormick said Wednesday at the Aspen Security Forum.  The Pennsylvania senator added that while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang...

See the Biden-era ‘DEI’ coins Bessent scrapped as Trump team restores patriotic 250th designs

Scott Bessent canceled commemorative quarter designs from the Biden administration that focused on breaking chains and suffrage rather than featuring any Founding Fathers.

Trump administration sanctions Maduro’s ‘narco-nephews’ after Biden granted them clemency

Treasury sanctions Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's "narco-nephews" for drug trafficking, targeting Venezuela's alleged criminal network.

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