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Updated Jan 29, 2025 - Business

Tesla says it will begin robotaxi business and Optimus "pilot" production in 2025

A vehicle with its doors opened skyward

Trump says he'll hold undocumented immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Under the bill, the Homeland Security Department would be required to detain migrants who entered the US unlawfully if they
Jan 29, 2025 - Business

Meta to pay Trump $25 million settlement for shutting his accounts after Jan. 6

Zuckerberg stands in group of people at inauguration

Medicaid, measles and mifepristone: 5 big moments from RFK Jr.'s Senate hearing

RFK Jr. listens in front of a microphone during his first Senate confirmation hearing.
Updated Jan 29, 2025 - Politics & Policy

White House rescinds Trump's funding freeze memo after huge backlash

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What to know about the Laken Riley Act

Migrants wait to board buses to travel to the border with the United States, days before Donald Trump takes office, in Tapachula, Mexico, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Jose Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Fed holds rates steady as inflationary threats loom

Fed chair Jerome Powell at a press conference

OpenAI says DeepSeek may have "inappropriately" used its models' output

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
Updated Jan 29, 2025 - Politics & Policy

RFK Jr. struggles to answer Medicaid questions in confirmation hearing

RFK Jr. sits before a Senate panel before he testifies.
Updated Jan 29, 2025 - Politics & Policy

DOJ moves to drop classified docs case against Trump's co-defendants

Walt Nauta (L), an aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump, walks with his lawyer Stanley Woodward (R) as they leave the Alto Lee Adams Sr United States Courthouse on May 22, 2024 in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Charted: Trump's unprecedented executive order blitz

Jan 29, 2025 - World

What Hegseth thinks of Russia and China as he takes the Pentagon reins

Pete Hegseth, now defense secretary, wearing a flight suit and mask. Another man helps him with fitting.

RFK's dueling personas take center stage

Photo illustration of different angles of Robert Kennedy Jr. behind broken glass.

Native American tribes say ICE harassing members amid raids

Navajo Nation mural of a person wearing a mask made from a Blue Bird flour sack sits near Kayenta, Arizona on the Navajo Nation on August 23, 2024.
Jan 29, 2025 - Health

Which states get the most federal health and science funding

Why this Nixon-inspired law says Trump can't freeze federal funding

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and first lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The president is traveling to North Carolina, California, Nevada and Florida over the weekend. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/

Trump's funding freeze awakens the "Resistance"

Illustration of a hand touching the United States and freezing it.
Updated Jan 29, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Gen. Milley to lose security detail, clearance and face probe, Pentagon says

Then-Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on March 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Updated Jan 28, 2025 - Business

Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers

Image of donald trump in the oval office
Jan 28, 2025 - World

Lucky foods to eat on the Lunar New Year

Illustration of Chinese New Year traditions including oranges, sea bass, a dumpling, red envelopes, and a decorative knot

GOP plunges back into shutdown scramble

This is Susan Collins

Democrats bite back against Trump's purges and freezes

This is Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries
Updated Jan 28, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump's funding freeze temporarily halted by federal judge

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed a range of executive orders pertaining to issues including crypto currency, Artificial Intelligence, and clemency for anti-a
Updated Jan 28, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Tracking Trump's executive orders: What he's signed so far

Trump reads and signs executive orders while piles of other orders sit on the resolute desk in the Oval Office.
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