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Dec 27, 2024

Trump asks SCOTUS for TikTok ban pause

Photo illustration of Donald Trump embracing the TikTok logo

Big Lots averts full liquidation, strikes deal to save 200-400 stores

A Big Lots store with a large "Closing" sign posted outside.
Dec 27, 2024 - Business

Musk calls MAGA element "contemptible fools" as virtual civil war brews

Elon Musk, standing in a crowd, wears a Make America Great Again hat at a Trump rally.

Some "just stay forever": Retiring rep. takes swipe at aging politicians

Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., speaks during the New Democrat Coalition news conference at the House Democrats 2023 Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, March 2, 2023
Dec 27, 2024 - Business

What to know about Sriram Krishnan, whose AI appointment sparked MAGA outrage

Sriram Krishnan
Updated Dec 27, 2024 - Economy

Mega Millions price jump makes lottery dreaming less affordable

Illustration of a person using a five-dollar bill as if it is a scratch-off lottery ticket.
Dec 27, 2024 - Business

What to know about the H-1B visas fueling divide in MAGA world

Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas
Dec 27, 2024 - Business

MAGA vs. Musk: Right-wing critics allege censorship, loss of X badges

Elon Musk, co-chair of DOGE carries his son on his shoulders at the U.S. Capitol following a meeting with businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Kat Cammack, and other members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC.
Dec 27, 2024 - Business

Most Americans think insurance industry bears some blame for CEO killing

2024 was alarmingly hot all over the world

Map with dots showing temp records
Dec 27, 2024 - Science

NASA spacecraft survives closest-ever approach to Sun

An illustration of the aircraft in front of the sun

What student loan borrowers should know before Biden's term ends

Illustration of a ball and chain replacing the tassel of a graduation cap, with the chains breaking.

Americans want famous people to talk less about politics

Dec 27, 2024 - Technology

OpenAI confirms plans to separate its nonprofit and for-profit arms

OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor speaks to Axios' Ina Fried at the recent Axios AI+ Summit in San Francisco
Dec 27, 2024 - World

Window closing for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal before Trump takes office

protesters

Panama's president calls Trump's claims of Chinese interference "nonsense"

Panama's president-elect Jose Raul Mulino speaks to supporters after winning Panama's presidential election in Panama City on May 5, 2024.
Dec 26, 2024

Popeye and Tintin will soon lose copyright protection

Popeye reaches for a can of spinach in a still from an unidenitified Popeye film, c. 1945.
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