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Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims
Trump ups Reflecting Pool renovation projections to ‘less than $20 million’ amid court fight
Newsom's office warns Californians to avoid Chevron this holiday weekend, citing high gas prices

Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims
Trump ups Reflecting Pool renovation projections to ‘less than $20 million’ amid court fight
Newsom's office warns Californians to avoid Chevron this holiday weekend, citing high gas prices

Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims

Chicago's top federal prosecutor abandoned a closely watched case Thursday against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year's immigration crackdown in the city, after a judge scrutinized allegations of grand jury misconduct by the prosecutor's office. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced the decision to dismiss the remaining charges in court following a closed-door meeting over redacted grand jury transcripts. He told U.S. District Judge April Perry he was unaware until recently of the alleged misconduct, including a prosecutor meeting with a gr

Trump ups Reflecting Pool renovation projections to ‘less than $20 million’ amid court fight

Newsom's office warns Californians to avoid Chevron this holiday weekend, citing high gas prices

Trading Day: IPO, IPO, it's off to work we go

U.S. stocks ended a choppy session on Thursday in the green, lifted by optimism that a U.S.-Iran peace deal is close at hand, while investors also pored over Nvidia's earnings report and awaited potential bumper IPOs from SpaceX and OpenAI. In my column today, I look at the overlaps between extreme concentration in U.S. stock ownership, Wall Street's AI boom, wealth effects, and workers' record low share of national output. Can stock market gains soothe workers' pains?If you have more time to read, here are a few articles I recommend to help you make sense of what happened in markets today.1.

Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction during deadly flood

Republican revolt over Trump 'weaponization' fund stalls ICE funding vote

Wall Street banks boost Warner Bros loan to over $10 billion ahead of Paramount merger

Wall Street banks led by JPMorgan have increased the size of a loan package for Warner Bros Discovery to over $10 billion as the media company seeks to refinance debt ahead of its planned merger with Paramount Skydance, according to terms seen by Reuters on Thursday.The U.S. dollar term loan was increased to $9 billion from $5 billion, while a 1 billion euro ($1.16 billion) loan remained unchanged, the terms showed.JPMorgan, Barclays, BNP, Deutsche Bank, NatWest, RBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs are the bookrunners on the transaction, according to the terms.The financing comes as Param

Lockheed Martin breaks ground on Alabama missile plant

Estee Lauder and Puig end talks over possible merger

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Kroger plans price cuts as new CEO looks to regain shoppers

Kroger is preparing to cut prices on thousands of items as new CEO Greg Foran pushes to regain market share from rivals including Walmart, Costco and Aldi.After taking the helm at the U.S. supermarket chain in February, Foran is focusing on plowing savings from tighter sourcing, simpler operations and cost cuts into lower prices and better service.• Foran said he plans to test price reductions before rolling them out more broadly and then phase them in over time.• "The reality is, the basket has to come down. And not everyone’s basket is the same," he said, adding the cuts would span �

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Two fighter jets collide at Idaho air show

The crash of two US Navy jets at an Idaho air show last weekend is raising questions about why the Pentagon risks multimillion-dollar warplanes – and their crews – for entertainment.“Those calls are almost always part of the noise surrounding an accident,” said John Venable, a senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and a former US Air Force fighter pilot.Sunday’s accident during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base involved two Navy EA-18 Growlers, an electronic warfare aircraft based on the F/A-18 fighter jet platform.The jets

US to invest $2 billion in IBM, other quantum computing firms

US Senate abandons Trump immigration enforcement funding deadline, Republican senators say

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Key federal agency approves the design plan for Trump's Washington arch

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation's capital, a key step in the project's process but one that has no immediate bearing on the timeline for construction. Commissioners, all appointed by Trump, acted despite overwhelming public opposition to the 250-foot arch, one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House ballroom to leave his imprint on Washington. At the White House, Trump told reporters he thought the vo

Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The Trump administration’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund derailed Senate Republicans’ plans to pass the president’s priority immigration enforcement package.Senators left Washington for their Memorial Day recess Thursday with Republicans saying they were blindsided by the Justice Department’s announcement of the fund and at odds over how to rein it in.The issue had become so toxic for the Senate GOP that there were doubts they could muster 50 votes needed to pass the broader bill that would provide tens of billions of dollars to US Immigration and Customs Enforc

Divided Supreme Court decision bars Alabama from executing an inmate who may be intellectually disabled

Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs

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Supreme Court sides with US company in claims over property seized in Cuban revolution

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago. By an 8-1 vote, the justices revived claims filed by a U.S. company, Havana Docks, that operated docks in the Cuban capital. The suit targets four cruise lines that brought tourists to Cuba during the brief thaw in relations during the Obama administration. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court that the federal appeals court in Atlanta was wrong to dismiss the claims, holding that “the cruise lines used confisc

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Protesters set Ebola treatment center on fire in DRC, demanding return of body

Protesters caused a blaze at a health facility treating Ebola patients in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, burning down two hospital tents, a local politician told CNN.Tensions flared Thursday when the relatives of a young man who died of Ebola tried to take his body “by force” from the Rwampara Hospital, according to Luc Mambele, vice president of Congolese political party A2RC.A lethal Ebola strain has ripped through local communities in the area, triggering a global health emergency. Tests show that the Bundibugyo strain — which has no specific treatment or

US-bound flights with passengers who were in Ebola-affected region must land at Dulles airport for health screening

Trump arch moves ahead — but monument loses eight feet and four lions

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Mortgage rates climb to highest level in 9 months

Turmoil in the bond market, fueled by the war with Iran, is sending US mortgage rates higher and threatening to make buying a home even more expensive.The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.51% this week, reaching the highest level since August of last year, according to Freddie Mac.It was the sharpest weekly increase in mortgage rates since April 2025, when the bond market suffered similar stress after President Donald Trump first announced his plans for sweeping, historic tariff increases on nearly all countries.Mortgage rates loosely track the US 10-year Treasury yield, which is

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$50 World Cup tickets? Zohran Mamdani announces discounted seats for lucky New Yorkers

Lucky New York City residents will be able to purchase World Cup tickets at a reduced price, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced at a press conference on Thursday.These 1,000 tickets will be available at $50 each – split across the five group stage games and two knockout games played at MetLife Stadium, renamed New York New Jersey Stadium during the tournament, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.“As we prepare to host the World Cup right outside of New York City, we know that ticket prices for this tournament have soared into the thousands of dollars. There are countless New Yorkers desperate to at

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Trump to delay Biden-era refrigerant rules in push to ease costs

The Trump administration intends to delay compliance with two Biden-era rules governing refrigerants as part of a broader effort

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls