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Trump says the U.S. and Iran getting along very well

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well."The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well," Trump told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."The U.S. and Iran held technical talks in the Qatari capital of Doha on Wednesday as they seek to ‌agree on the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and secure a lasting ceasefire, a source with direct knowledge of the talks and an Iranian official said.Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff met the prime

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Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump's trip to North Dakota

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Trump says US ‘couldn’t build a plane like this’ as Qatari-gifted Air Force One embarks on inaugural flight

As President Donald Trump boarded his inaugural flight on the new Air Force One, a luxury jet donated by the government of Qatar, he shared his excitement for the new aircraft and its foreign builders, saying the US “couldn’t build a plane like this.”“I’m excited about the first flight,” he told reporters ahead of his trip to North Dakota on Wednesday for an America 250 celebration.The new jet, an unconditional gift estimated to be worth about $400 million, has generated legal, ethical and national security questions. The plane has a new color scheme — white, red and navy blue �

Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models after cybersecurity alarm

Trump on financial disclosures: Everyone's profiting because stock market is up

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Kevin Warsh’s reform-focused approach is already winning support on the global stage

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn’t alone in arguing that central banks should stop trying to predict the economy: A slew of top central bankers said Wednesday they also question the practice of speculating about the economy’s future path.“We have found common cause,” Warsh said Wednesday during a panel hosted by the European Central Bank in Sintra, Portugal. That was in response to ECB President Christine Lagarde, who said: “I have one regret, it’s to have felt bound and compelled by forward guidance.”Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff

US June private payrolls growth misses expectations; layoffs decline

AP's long-time Supreme Court reporter Mark Sherman reflects on front row seat to legal history

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Victor Willis, Village People front man, dies at 74

Singer Victor Willis, front man of disco group the Village People, died Tuesday at age 74.“It is with profound sadness that I must announce the death of my husband,” a post on his official Facebook page published Wednesday reads.“Victor passed away on Tuesday June 30, 2026 as a result of a short, but aggressive illness. The family request privacy at this time of great loss,” it adds.A separate post on the Village People Facebook page said the group were “profoundly sad” to announce the death of the singer.Willis co-wrote the group’s biggest hits, including “YMCA,” “In the N

The US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact

Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest – and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle. It adds up. The United States trades $1.9 trillion a year — $5 billion a day — worth of goods and services with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico. They have supplanted China to become America's top two trading partners. So the stakes are high when it comes to fiddling with the rules that govern trade between the three countries. And after a

How a new super PAC formed to counter AIPAC is fueling democratic socialists’ wins

Takeaways from Supreme Court term: Trump's power is enhanced, but he lost some high-profile cases

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Bizarre encounter in Philadelphia leads to a home full of guns, chemicals and drugs, police say – and a missing woman’s name

Something odd caught a park ranger’s attention one recent Friday morning, according to court documents: a black BMW was parked in the wrong place.But police say the ranger approaching the car would ultimately lead to a sprawling investigation involving drugs, guns, mysterious chemicals, a missing woman and local and federal investigators turning a Philadelphia home inside out.“At this point, I just don’t know where this is going to go,” Philadelphia Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said at a news conference Friday.The case began with 44-year-old Eugene Horsch — the man behind

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Adults arrested after 16 children found in 'deplorable' conditions in southern Ohio home

Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home. The Ohio Bureau of Investigation and local sheriff's department searched a home in the small village of Hamden, where they found the kids in what officials called “deplorable" conditions." “Conditions you cannot even imagine people being in, let alone children being in,” Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said at a news conference. Law enforcement arrested Gary S

E. Jean Carroll asks judge to release more than $5 million after Supreme Court denies Trump’s appeal

Vance says he believes AOC will be leading Democratic candidate in 2028

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Eurovision, eh? Canada will compete at the glitzy song contest in 2027

The Eurovision Song Contest is expanding across the Atlantic, with Canada set to compete at next year’s edition of the glitter-drenched pop music competition. Contest organizer the European Broadcasting Union and Canadian public broadcaster CBC announced that Canada will send an act to the 2027 contest in Bulgaria in May. Canada is the first new country to join Eurovision since Australia entered in 2015. The announcement was made on the Canada Day national holiday. It comes shortly after Canada joined the EBU, an association of national public broadcasters that o

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Team USA aims to win first World Cup knockout match since 2002

Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here.Here we go, then. The biggest match for the USA in this tournament so far. Win, and the impossible dream lives on. Lose, and a nation comes crashing back down to reality.The players have been able to sit back and watch a host of dramatic games in the Round of 32 already and yesterday was no exception. Erling Haaland left it late to inspire Norway to the last 16, while Mexico and France both continued their brilliant campaigns so far.Now, it’s the turn of

Fire in Belgian apartment block leaves at least 6 people dead, many injured

Buckingham Palace is a must-see for tourists. So why don’t the royals want to live there?

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Trump says US ‘couldn’t build a plane like this’ as Qatari-gifted Air Force One embarks on inaugural flight

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Three people die in Mexico World Cup celebrations as fans crowd streets

Three people died from suffocation as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital's health secretariat said in the early hours of Wednesday.The deaths occurred near the Angel of Independence landmark, where thousands of soccer fans had gathered to celebrate Mexico's 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the round of 32.Emergency teams tended to three unconscious people at different locations around Paseo de la Reforma, authorities said. The capital's most emblematic boulevard and the streets around it had been closed to traffic and set up for the soccer cele

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OpenAI film 'Artificial,' dropped by Amazon, finds a new home with Neon

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Trump’s sweeping changes to student loans take effect today. Here’s what they mean for you

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Judges strike down Trump administration's overhaul of student loan forgiveness program

A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution

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Longtime Clinton aide walks back claim former president visited Epstein’s island

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Trump made more than a billion dollars from cryptocurrency ventures in first year back in office

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Venezuelans scour collapsed buildings by hand while government machinery stands unused

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Supreme Court spurns Trump on birthright citizenship, allows transgender sports bans

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‘A huge victory for common sense’: West Virginia Atty General reacts to Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes

West Virginia Attorney General (R) JB McCuskey reacts to the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday which ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams.

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Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow, hitting a satellite center and killing a baby

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Supreme Court agrees to review ban on AR-style semi-automatic rifles in major Second Amendment case

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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