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Updated Dec 16, 2024 - Politics & Policy

AOC loses key vote in House Oversight race to Gerry Connolly

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, wearing a blue suit and speaking at a microphone in front of a crowd.

TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block government ban

A mobile phone screen displaying the logo of TikTok is seen in front of another screen displaying multiple TikTok logos.

"Everybody wants to be my friend," Trump brags after tech CEOs seek audiences

.S. President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd-R) and Trump's choice for Secretary of Commerce, Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman and CEO Howard Lutnick, arrives for a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.
Dec 16, 2024 - Economy

Trump wildcard paralyzes global central banks

Illustration of a playing card with Donald Trump and a T on it.

2023, 2024 climate change records defy scientific explanation

Chart showing global surface air temperature anomalies compared to 1850-1900, indicating the sharp increase in temperatures during 2023 and 2024.
Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Creators & destroyers

Illustrations of two marble columns, one of which has scaffolding and the other of which features cracks and is falling apart

Polio vax petition could preview more challenges

Illustration of a broken syringe with a liquid pouring out made from the American flag.

Trump's team steps up push for Dems to back his nominees

Scott Turner speaks with Donald Trump a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in 2020.
Dec 16, 2024 - Technology
Series / What AI knows about you

What Apple's AI knows about you

Illustration of a hand pointing at an iPad surrounded by glitchy shapes and the Apple logo.

Mitch McConnell's preemptive strike on GOP isolationism

Mitch McConnell in a suit in a Senate corridor
Updated Dec 16, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Schumer requests "special drone-detection tech" for N.Y. and N.J.

 Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks following the weekly Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 3.

Hundreds feared dead after worst cyclone in 90 years slams French territory

A photo taken on December 15, 2024 shows a pile of debris of metal sheets, wood, furniture and belongings after the cyclone Chido hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.

Biden hails "historic" achievements at DNC holiday reception

Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, President Joe Biden, and First Lady Jill Biden during the Democratic National Committee's holiday reception in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.
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