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Then Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Politics

What to know about Trump cryptocurrency meme coins

The meme coins yo-yoed in value as Trump took office. Here is what you should know about the coins and cryptocurrency's future under the Trump administration.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet depart after inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. The couple met while working for Fox News.

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  • Media

Trump taps 19 Fox pundits, personalities and producers for second term

President Trump has proposed 19 former Fox News hosts, journalists and commentators for senior positions in his second White House term.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
A jury found CNN defamed security contractor Zachary Young in a November 2021 report, shown above, about Afghans' fears of exorbitant charges from people offering to get them out of the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

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  • Media

CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict

CNN settled with a security consultant after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from Afghanistan in 2021.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a candlelight dinner for President-elect Donald Trump at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2025, a day before his inauguration ceremony.

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  • Media

News site focused on Elon Musk to launch

Musk News, a new twice-weekly news site, will focus on the billionaire and Trump advisor's influence and actions over the course of the new presidency.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Prince Harry is suing Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, saying they illegally obtained personal information about him over many years. He has blamed the media, and particularly Murdoch's papers, for an increasing divide among the royal family.

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  • Media

Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids goes to trial

A trial begins Tuesday over complaints filed by Prince Harry and a senior British lawmaker against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers. The trial carries high stakes on both sides of the Atlantic.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17 in Houston.

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  • Business

TikTok is back online in the U.S., following Trump's promise to pause the ban

The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google's stores.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Allen Media Group Founder Byron Allen speaks at the Allen Media Group upfront presentation on April 26, 2023, in New York City.

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  • Media

Local meteorologists could face layoffs amid new initiative with The Weather Channel

The new initiative will be rolled out across 27 stations and feature "additional visual storytelling capabilities," Allen Media Group says.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Less than a day from when the popular social media app is set to be banned in the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying the expulsion of TikTok.

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  • Business

TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President-elect Donald Trump speaks turing a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Why Trump's tariff promises will be hard to keep

President-elect Donald Trump has said his tariffs will raise revenues, boost U.S. jobs, and help stop the drug trade. But some of these goals are at odds with the others.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Less than a day from when the popular social media app is set to be banned in the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying the expulsion of TikTok.

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  • National

Trump says he'll likely give TikTok a 90-day extension

President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying a ban less than 24 hours from when the social media app is expected to shut down.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Juliana Kim
The Federal Trade Commission has sued PepsiCo, accusing it of "rigging" the market for soft drinks by offering special deals to one big-box retailer, but not others.

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  • Business

Pepsi accused of illegal pricing deals with 'a large, big box retailer' in U.S. lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi, alleging it has rigged competition by offering unfair pricing deals to a big retailer at the expense of smaller rivals, resulting in higher costs for shoppers.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Workers build an electrical substation for a new Facebook data center under construction on May 29, 2019 in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

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  • Climate

U.S. electricity demand is set to explode. That will make it harder to cut climate pollution

Analysts say the country will burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of heat-trapping emissions.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Private firefighting crews hired by insurers and others are raising big ethical questions amid the California wildfires. Pictured here is a snapshot of the devastating impact in Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2025.

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  • Business

Private firefighters are helping out in LA wildfires. It raises ethical questions

Insurers are deploying private firefighters amid the Los Angeles wildfires. Are they an added bonus for all — or only for those who can afford them?

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Callie Goodwin of Columbia, S.C., holds a sign in support of TikTok outside the Supreme Court on Jan. 10 in Washington, D.C. Goodwin, a small-business owner who sells personalized greeting cards, says 80% of her sales come from people who found her on TikTok.

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  • Business

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, threatening app's existence in the U.S.

The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.S.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Starship lifts off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Minutes after launching, it exploded, spreading debris across the Caribbean.

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  • Science

Air traffic controllers rush to divert aircraft after Elon Musk's rocket explodes

Debris streaking across the Caribbean appeared to cause confusion and delays.

January 17, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
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