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Oct 16, 2025 - Business

Trump promises deal to lower surging beef prices

A refrigerator case full of cuts of beef.
Updated Oct 16, 2025 - Health

Trump announces plan to lower cost of IVF drugs

Trump February IVF executive order signing

Admiral overseeing Venezuelan boat strikes steps down

U.S. Navy officer in camouflage uniform and sunglasses shaking hands with another soldier outdoors, surrounded by military and civilian personnel.

Zelensky hopes for Trump decision on Tomahawks tomorrow, his top aide tells Axios

Two men's faces
Updated Oct 16, 2025 - World

Trump says he and Putin will hold second summit on Ukraine in Budapest

Photo illustration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and various photos from the war in Ukraine

Exclusive: Why the White House is convinced it's winning the shutdown

This is Donald Trump

Ethics experts cringe as wealthy woo Trump with ballroom funds

Trump holds his arms out as he speaks from behind a podium in a room with several people sitting around round tables.

Exclusive: Inside Thune's next move to reopen the government

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 15.
Oct 16, 2025 - Economy

Why the AI economy might not be 1990s redux

Illustration of a financial graph line heading down into a PC screen, with the computer sitting on a $5 bill
Oct 16, 2025 - Economy

CEOs grow more apprehensive as tariff uncertainty weighs

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

Photo illustration of John Fetterman standing on a large chessboard.

U.S. forges ahead on Gaza deal amid disputes, clashes and executions

City in ruins
Oct 16, 2025 - Business

New AI battle: White House vs. Anthropic

Illustration of a robot balancing on a string of red tape as if it were a tightrope, with a multitude of pieces of red tape all around. 

AI industry's exponential faith throws a curve

Illustration of two robotic hands holding pencils, drawing one another, after M.C. Esher's "Drawing Hands" piece.
Updated Oct 16, 2025 - Business

U.S. falls from world's 10 most powerful passports list for 1st time ever

Paul Liu, who recently renewed his navy U.S. passport, holds a collection of passports he's held over the years, Thursday, July 31 in downtown Fresno, California. This is the first time he's renewed not for travel, but for proof of citizenship, he added. Some Californians are carrying their U.S.
Oct 16, 2025 - Health

Some good news on obesity — but with major caveats

Palisades Fire suspect indicted, faces fresh charges

Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building, with a Sunset Boulevard sign and traffic lights outside amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Scoop: Dozens of Dem candidates won't commit to backing Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries, wearing a tieless blue suit, speaks at a wooden podium in front of several flags and behind the blurry silhouettes of several reporters.

Senate Dems tease hardball defense spending strategy

Sen. Chris Coons speaks during a Capitol Hill hearing onJuly 15.
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