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Updated 16 hours ago - World

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks, Trump says

Trump and Lebanese and Israeli officials
Updated 17 hours ago - Business

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approve Paramount Skydance deal

In an aerial view, the Warner Bros. logo is displayed on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on February 27, 2026 in Burbank, California.
19 hours ago - Business

Meta to lay off 8,000 as part of AI efficiency push

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Iran deploys more mines in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say

Military presentation on the Strait of Hormuz

OpenAI releases "Spud" GPT-5.5 model

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What to know about the missing scientists alarming Congress

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22 hours ago - Health

Trump cuts drug price deal with Regeneron

Illustration of a red MAGA-style hat with stitching that reads "Rx".
23 hours ago - Technology

U.S. accuses China of "industrial-scale" campaigns to steal AI secrets

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U.S. sailor en route to Strait of Hormuz sidelined by monkey attack

A long-tailed macaque

Supply chain cracks constrain AI boom

Illustration of a man struggling to push a giant semiconductor up a rocky mountain.  

Trump admin reclassifies state-licensed marijuana

US President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and media personality Joe Rogan during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, April 18, 2026
Apr 23, 2026 - Health

RFK Jr.'s peptide push could become next wellness boom

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Anthropic's growing pains mount ahead of OpenAI showdown

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"I wish none of this had happened": GOP's buyer's remorse on redistricting

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China stockpiled huge amounts of oil before Iran war

Angry Texas landowners confront feds over sloppy border wall plans

Blue banner reading "Governor Abbott: Please stop the border wall" hangs on a fence above a gravel lot with white vans, a yellow school bus, and a metal shed, under clear blue skies.

Democrats fume about their old age "liability problem"

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Apr 22, 2026 - Technology

Jim VandeHei: A letter to our kids on handling the coming hurricane of change

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