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Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies. The Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to overturn a 90-year-old precedent that said the president cannot fire a Federal Trade Commission member without cause. A ruling for Trump would give him more power over the FTC and potentially other independent agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. Former FTC ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Each side has blamed the other for renewed clashes, which have derailed a ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump Deadly clashes have escalated along the disputed Thailand-Cambodia border as both sides blamed each other for the fighting and vowed to defend their territories. Seven civilians have been killed and 20 wounded in Cambodia and three Thai soldiers have been killed in the fiercest fighting since a five-day ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Paramount Skydance Monday launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, seeking to undo Netflix's purchase of Warner's studio and streaming businesses. Paramount said its $77.9 billion all-cash bid for the whole company, including CNN, offered better value to shareholders than the $72 billion purchase price agreed to by Netflix and Warner on Friday. It was Paramount chief David Ellison's sixth bid for the ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump's smoke-and-mirrors farmer bailout won't make this self-inflicted wound disappear, experts warn Trump's USDA chief argues that farmers need a bailout — but insists Trump isn't responsible. The president's critics say his trade war is obviously the reason, writes John ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The Supreme Court Ponders Giving Billionaires Even More Power Over Elections Republicans want the last limits on political spending eliminated. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that could unravel the final remaining limits on the ultra-rich writing unlimited checks to their preferred federal candidates, opening the ...
Source: motherjones.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Lawmakers and industry experts are warning that President Donald Trump's decision on Monday to allow the sale of Nvidia-manufactured chips used in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to China puts national security at risk. President Trump said that he would allow Nvidia, one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, to export its H200 chips to "approved customers" in China and ...
Source: meritalk.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week after Republicans said Tuesday that they had united around a plan, for now, that would allow COVID-era health care subsidies to expire. Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with new savings accounts, and a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Millions Of SAVE Plan Borrowers Could Be Forced Into Repayment Plans Under New Settlement The Trump administration could force millions of federal student loan borrowers to begin making payments again under a proposed new settlement agreement with Missouri, the Department of Education announced Federal student loan borrowers enrolled in the "Saving on a Valuable Education" (SAVE) plan would be enrolled into "legal ...
Source: forbes.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! In this Help Net Security interview, Natalia Oropeza, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at , discusses how industrial organizations are adapting to a shift in cyber risk driven by AI. She notes that in-house capability, especially for OT response and recovery, is becoming a priority. ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Although tech companies often don't directly manufacture these toys, their absolutist ideological opposition to any legal safeguards on AI is making kids emotionally, mentally, and physically vulnerable. Julie Scelfo is a journalist and the founder and executive director of Mothers Against Media Addiction. Tim Wu is a professor of law, science, and technology at Columbia Law School and author of "The Age of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The average mortgage rate continued to trend lower in November to its lowest level in over a year. According to Freddie Mac , the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.24% in November — 2 basis points (bps) lower than in October. Meanwhile, the 15-year rate increased 3 bps to 5.51%. Both the 30-year and 15-year rates remain lower than a year ago, dropping by 57 bps and 52 bps year over year, respectively. ...
Source: nahb.org
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Records could be made public within 10 days under new Epstein Files Transparency Act The justice department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell , the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein , a federal judge said on Tuesday. Judge Paul A Engelmayer ruled after the justice department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Regulators Question Whether Google Compensates Publishers for Auto Summaries Google faces a fresh probe into its competitive practices after the European Union said it will investigate the search engine giant's propensity to convert web content into fuel for its artificial intelligence models. The probe will investigate whether AI-powered search result summaries placed at the top of the result page is based on ...
Source: healthcareinfosecurity.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The app, described as a 'Waze for ICE sightings' and based on publicly available data, was downloaded more than a million times after its launch this year The developer who created a crowd-sourced map that lets users pinpoint the locations of federal agents in their neighborhoods ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Residents along Japan's northeast coast were warned to stay alert, as aftershocks continued Tuesday in the aftermath of a major earthquake that has left at least 33 people injured. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.6 and later a 5.1 quake in the hours after the initial temblor late Monday night local time. The USGS measured the main quake at 7.6 magnitude just off the coast of the city of Misawa in ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country. "Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don't want to give up anything. That's what we are fighting for," Zelenskyy told reporters in a ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump's executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. Donald Trump issued an executive order on the first day of his administration that paused all leasing, permitting and approvals for wind projects, killing tens of thousands of jobs across the country. Since then, the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Florida has designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, becoming the second GOP-led state in as many months to move against the Islamic groups. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Monday statement that the designations were "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." "Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A suspect has been arrested and the campus secured following a shooting that killed one and left another hospitalized Tuesday afternoon at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. The Frankfort Police Department responded to an emergency call reporting an active aggressor at the KSU campus at 3:35 p.m. EST, WKYT reported . Two students were shot, with one deceased and the other hospitalized in ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
said Tuesday that her country intends to send more water to the United States, but not immediately, even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to raise by 5% on Mexican imports if more water is not delivered as part of a water-sharing agreement. said Mexico is proposing a water delivery this month and another one in the coming years. The proposal will be discussed in a virtual meeting with U.S. officials ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The Federal Reserve has one more decision in 2025 — and it will set the tone for where interest rates will go in the new year. On Wednesday, leaders at the central bank will decide whether to continue cutting rates or put a pause on loosening monetary policy. The call will have ripple effects across consumer prices, the job market , and Corporate America. CME FedWatch predicted the Fed had a roughly 90% ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
President did same thing his administration is now calling 'mortgage fraud' in case against Fed governor Lisa Cook Donald Trump signed mortgage documents in the 1990s claiming two separate Florida properties would each serve as his principal residence – the same thing his administration is calling "mortgage fraud" when done by political rivals, records show. ProPublica unearthed documents demonstrating that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Environmental groups across the country are urging Congress to enact a nationwide pause on the approval and construction of data centers, writing in a letter to lawmakers Monday that a moratorium is needed to address the "massive" harms linked to building and operating the facilities. The letter , which was led by Food & Water Watch and signed by more than 230 organizations, rails against the expansion of ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
( The Hill ) – More American newborns are not receiving vitamin K shots, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study found that from January 2017 to December 2024, 3.92 percent of the more than 5 million newborns in a U.S.-based electronic database did not receive a vitamin K shot. The share of newborns who did not receive the shot rose from 2.92 ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett is associate professor of family medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, vice chair of primary care innovation & transformation at Boston Medical Center, and communications fellow at Primary Care Collaborative. As a family medicine physician, I have the privilege of caring for patients from the earliest days of pregnancy contemplation through pregnancy ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
OpenAI says it's boosting productivity . On Monday, OpenAI published its first report on the state of enterprise AI, and based on the 9,000 surveyed workers across 100 companies, three-quarters said that AI has improved the speed and quality of their work. Here are the survey results: 87% of IT workers said they can solve IT issues faster, 85% of marketing and product say they can execute campaigns faster, 75% of ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald's, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear. The discovery, recounted in court Monday as Mangione fights to keep evidence out of his New York murder case, convinced police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that he was the man wanted in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
NEW DELHI (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday announced its biggest-ever Asia investment, amounting to $17.5 billion, in India over the next four years to advance the country's cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. CEO Satya Nadella revealed this in an X post after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Nadella said that Microsoft was committing the investments to help India build ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Due to the government shutdown, there is no good figure for job openings in September, and the September release was canceled, but "partial data that businesses self-reported electronically" were included in today's October release, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The October data were collected as normal in November. So month-to-month comparisons for October lack a solid base (September data is only ...
Source: wolfstreet.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Reading time 4 minutes How much does a carton of eggs cost? Depends on who you are. A new study produced in collaboration with policy group Groundwork Collaborative , Consumer Reports , and More Perfect Union found that people who purchased the exact same product from the exact same store at the exact same time were charged different prices—sometimes up to nearly 25% more—when placing the order on ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
New research shows men and women are equally committed to doing their best at work, but there's a growing ambition gap among women who want to get ahead — and companies rolling back commitments to women's career advancement, sponsorship and stretch opportunities could be to blame. That's according to Lean In and McKinsey & Company's latest Women in the Workplace report , now in its 11th year, which looked at ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Follow Earth on Google New research points to a strong link between hot nights and poor sleep. The study helps explain how rising temperatures disturb rest and why some groups face stronger effects. Researchers used long-term sleep records from the All of Us program . These records show clear connections between hotter air, lighter sleep, more waking, and personal factors such as age, income, or health. The ...
Source: earth.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Texas-based businessman has pleaded guilty and two others have been charged in a scheme to smuggle artificial intelligence technology to China in violation of U.S. export laws, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said the three men trafficked or attempted to traffic more than $160 million in Nvidia AI chips, which require special ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
. Eyewear firms Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are also collaborators on the AI glasses. But neither Google nor Samsung mentioned launch plans for their Android XR products. That changes this week, as Google held a livestream event on its where it unveiled new Galaxy XR capabilities and teased Android XR smart glasses experiences that should be available to consumers next year. The list includes Project ...
Source: bgr.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ordered two senior Justice Department attorneys, including one fired by the Trump administration, to testify before the court in its inquiry into a March deportation flight that proceeded in defiance of court orders. Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday ordered Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department attorney-turned-whistleblower, ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Hamas has said the ceasefire cannot move forward while Israel continues its violations of the agreement, with Gaza authorities saying the truce has been breached at least 738 times since taking effect in October. Husam Badran, a Hamas official, called on mediators to increase pressure on Israel to fully implement its existing commitments. "The next phase cannot begin as long as the [Israeli] occupation continues ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, launched her run for Senate on Monday, shaking up the Democratic primary just before the state's filing deadline. Crockett joins the race to take on GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who is facing multiple primary challengers himself. The two-term congresswoman's decision also comes as her Dallas-based House seat was redrawn in a GOP-led redistricting effort. "There are a lot of people that ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
The nominations for the 83rd annual Golden Globes were announced on Monday morning, revealing the list of movies, TV shows, and stars set to contend at January's ceremony. Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans and Critics Choice Awards-nominated "Matlock" star Skye P. Marshall helped reveal the nominees during a presentation live-streamed by CBS News, with 11 of the 28 categories unveiled on "CBS Mornings." The Golden ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'It's the most toxic political culture and it's not helping the American people,' the Georgia Republican says A 60 Minutes interview turned fiery after Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the host engaged in a tense exchange, in which each accused the other of ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? President Donald Trump declared he was "disappointed" in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after claiming he hasn't read a U.S.-brokered peace proposal ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
IBM Corp. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire streaming data firm Confluent Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at about $11 billion, paying $31 per share in cash for all outstanding Confluent common stock. Confluent sells an enterprise version of the open-source Kafka data streaming platform, which it said is used by 80% of the Fortune 100. IBM said the addition of Confluent ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Virus caught by person who travelled to Asia combines more severe form of mpox with less virulent type Health officials have identified a new variant of mpox in England after a person who recently travelled to Asia was tested for the virus. Genome sequencing showed that the virus was a "recombinant" form containing elements of two types of mpox currently in circulation: the more severe clade 1, and the less ...
Source: theguardian.com