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Updated May 16, 2025 - Economy

Moody's cuts U.S. credit rating on growing debt burden

U.S. Treasury Department headquarters in Washington.

Exclusive: Prosecutor's audio shows Biden's memory lapses

Biden book haunts Schumer

This is Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden
Updated May 16, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Another House Democrat plans to force Trump impeachment vote

Rep. Al Green, wearing a black suit and constitution tie and holding a cane, yells while standing up surrounded by seated colleagues in the House chamber.
May 16, 2025 - Economy

Federal Reserve to reduce staff by 10%

The Federal Reserve seal

House GOP opposition torpedoes Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

Jodey Arrington
May 16, 2025 - Economy

How Trump's China attitude is similar to Biden's

Illustration of a Chinese flag and a US flag chasing rotating.
Updated May 16, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump says Comey "meant assassination" with 8647 post

Trump and Comey shake hands

Musk's xAI blames Grok's "white genocide" responses on unauthorized update

Elon Musk's X account on a laptop arranged in Germantown, New York, on April 24, 2025.
Updated May 16, 2025 - World

Russia and Ukraine far apart on ceasefire in first meeting in 3 years

Kremlin's delegation to ceasefire talks with Ukraine in Turkey.

What to know about "8647" after James Comey's Instagram post

James Comey speaks with one hand in motion
May 16, 2025 - Business

Charter and Cox Communications sign $35 billion merger

Cox offices

Trump's AI deals in Gulf stir China fears back home

Illustration of a computer chip resting on the index finger of a robotic hand.

Why Trump's second 100 days matter more

Illustration of "200" in an ornate picture frame.

Inside the growing push for more religion in public schools

Illustration of a school desk but the chair is a church pew.

Why new Starbucks dress code prompted hundreds of baristas to strike

Starbucks workers fold their arms into an X while posing outside a Starbucks drive-through while dressed in the coffee company's t-shirst.
Updated May 16, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Former FBI director Comey blasted over cryptic post on Trump

 James Comey speaks onstage during Former FBI Director James Comey In Conversation With MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace at 92NY on May 30, 2023 in New York City.

Rubio: All NATO members to agree to 5% defense spending over next decade

Marco Rubio (L) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a bilateral meeting between the US President and Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh on May 13, 2025.

Baby treated with first-ever personalized gene editing treatment

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, MD, PhD, and Penn Medicine's Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, visiting KJ at CHOP. Credit: CHOP
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