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Eric Zemmour says he will stand in French presidential election

Eric Zemmour, a politician with a prominent anti-Islam and anti-immigrant stance, confirmed on Tuesday that he would stand in next year's French presidential election.• "I can confirm to you that I will indeed be a candidate in the Presidential election," Zemmour, whose party is called "Reconquest", told TF1 TV• "I am standing so I can try and keep a France that is French, and so that the future of our country remains French," he added• Zemmour, a former well-known newspaper journalist and TV commentator, had stood in the 2022 election when he won 7% of the votes in the first round• Z

US energy chief welcomes potential probes by Democrats

Police investigate whether burned Ohio State University students were victims of hazing

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What the House GOP’s Jim Jordan pick means for the direction of the party

House Republicans are still reeling after the midterm elections decimated their ranks and set off a fight for the party’s future. Now, Jim Jordan, a pro-Trump, hardline conservative, will lead the party in the minority next year.A dejected House GOP conference on Tuesday elected Jordan minority leader for the new Congress. The choice to elevate one of the GOP’s most combative figures signals Republicans are ready for all-out battle against Democrats in 2027.Jordan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, pitched himself to colleagues as the best-equipped to tee off an insurgent Democratic Par

Outgoing Republican chairman to DOJ and Democrats: Keep investigating Jeffrey Epstein

US House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as leader for next Congress, Punchbowl News reports

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Nvidia-backed AI cloud firm Nscale considers delaying $35 billion listing, the Telegraph reports

Nscale, a British cloud provider backed by chip giant Nvidia, is considering delaying a $35 billion stock market listing, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday.Executives at the data-centre developer are assessing whether to pause efforts to go public until next year, the report added.Nscale did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.The report comes days after Reuters reported that Microsoft had declined an option to expand its existing agreement with Nscale to rent more computing power at a Texas data center.The London-based company filed for an

US power demand to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

What got more expensive for US consumers in October?

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Vikings get QB Kirk Cousins from Raiders for 3rd-rounder to lift struggling offense, AP sources say

The Minnesota Vikings reacquired quarterback Kirk Cousins to try to revive their sputtering offense, beating the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday with an agreement to send their 2027 third-round draft pick to the Las Vegas Raiders, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had not yet been announced by either club. While an opening was created with the Raiders for rookie Fernando Mendoza, the first overall pick in the draft this year, a major move was also made by the Viking

FBI is investigating a possible killing aboard a cruise ship out of Texas

The FBI is investigating a “suspected homicide” aboard a cruise ship that returned to port after departing from Texas, and a suspect is in custody, the agency said Monday. The FBI did not say whether any charges had been filed. The name of the suspect was being withheld pending notification of the victim's family, the agency said on the social platform X. The MSC Seascape, which took off from Galveston, is a towering white vessel that has 2,270 cabins, more than 1,600 crew and can host nearly 5,900 guests, according to the company's website. �

Billionaire tax measure on California ballot defeated

House Democratic leader says lawmakers need answers on Nvidia, wants China chip restrictions

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Supreme Court allows Trump to continue border wall construction in Big Bend region of Texas

The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas – including Big Bend National Park – on Monday, pausing a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked that work while it considers whether the administration had the authority to bypass environmental requirements.The court decided the case in an unsigned opinion. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only noted dissenter, but she did not explain her reasoning.The challengers “claim that construction in the Big Bend Sector will diminish their ability to use and enj

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Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend to resume

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas, a blow to bipartisan opponents who had argued the project is a waste of money that threatens the unique landscape. The border wall is a signature project of President Donald Trump, who has long vowed to build a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists and others who’ve opposed the construction project were bitterly disappointed with the court’s

Trump and his Justice Department stand defiant as Democrats ready an investigative blitz

Trump says immigration policy 'might be too tough'

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Fed to raise rates once more in December as inflation risks stay high: Reuters poll

The US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates for a second and final time in the current cycle in December, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters who said the risks to their inflation outlook had not changed since the midterm elections.Voters focused on the rising cost of living, fueled by Republican President Donald Trump's trade tariffs and higher energy costs from the war with Iran, handed solid majorities in both houses of Congress to the Democratic Party.However, the political shift is unlikely to bring rapid relief from inflation, even after oil futures tumbled more

Prince Harry's wife Meghan makes first public appearance since father's arrest

Prince Harry urged tech companies to be more transparent about issues involving children as he and his wife, the former Meghan Markle, made their first public appearance on Tuesday since her father’s arrest on suspicion of possessing images of child abuse. Harry spoke at the European Parliament in Brussels during the opening of a memorial to children who have died as the result of harm suffered on social media. The Lost Screen Memorial features replicas of oversized smartphones with the photo of a deceased child on each home screen. Meghan, also known as the Duch

House nears test vote on impeaching Hegseth as he decries 'political spectacle'

US evacuates aircraft from British military base after threat from Iran

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Accused Ecuadorean thief agrees to plead guilty in largest US jewelry heist

An Ecuadorean man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal robbery charge for his role in the theft of roughly $100 million worth of jewelry from an armored truck five years ago in California, considered the largest such heist in US history.Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado, 32, an Ecuadorean national arrested two years ago in Panama during a layover on a flight from Guatemala to his home country, was one of seven men indicted on charges of robbing a Brink's truck at a highway rest stop north of Los Angeles on July 11, 2022.The armored vehicle was plundered while carrying 73 sacks of precious gem

Ukraine peace talks restart after 9 months. What makes them different this time?

A fresh round of peace talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia is underway in Abu Dhabi this week, as the Trump administration renews its drive to end the nearly five-year conflict even after it announced significant concessions to Moscow.The negotiations lasted for more than four hours on Tuesday and were described by the US as very productive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US for organizing the talks and called them “constructive and quite substantive.”They are expected to resume in the UAE capital on Wednesday morning local time. Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday

Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds

Trump says FBI is looking at Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with alleged Chinese agent

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority

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US inflation rose more than expected last month

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Utah judge sets 2028 trial date for Charlie Kirk killing

A Utah judge on Monday set a June 2028 trial date for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk last year.

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Anthropic to seek $1.4 trillion valuation in blockbuster IPO

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This invisible, super-polluting gas is a climate villain the world is failing to tackle

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California voters reject one-time wealth tax on billionaires

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First on CNN: Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed

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I spy AI

A nervy tech sector starts the week with a nearly 4% slide in AI chip giant Nvidia on a bizarre tale of an extramarital affair and spying allegations.

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Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress

Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels decreased slightly this year due to the Iran war

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GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert will lose reelection to Democrat Eileen Laubacher in Colorado, CNN projects

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls

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