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US SEC enforcement activity plunges two years into Trump administration

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday that it levied nearly $1.1 billion in fines and other financial remedies in fiscal 2026, marking the lowest level of penalties the Wall Street watchdog has imposed since 2008, according to a Reuters review of agency statistics.The SEC brought 348 enforcement actions in the year that ended September 30, down from 456 last year, the agency said in a statement. That compares to a median of 715 cases per year from 2005-2025, according to a Reuters review of SEC annual reports and a summary available on the SEC's website. The figures are l

Ukrainian minister says ties with South Korea on the road to improvement after miscues

Iran's top security official says no talks underway with US

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Microsoft tops Nvidia's market cap for first time since June 2025

(Corrects first paragraph to say Nvidia was the second most valuable company. Also corrects syntax in headline)Nov 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft overtook Nvidia as the world's second-most valuable company on Tuesday, as the chip giant's shares fell on uncertainty over the outlook for AI and an investigation into whether Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort.Shares of Microsoft were down 0.4% at $543.25, while Nvidia lost more than 6% and was last at around $167.11. (Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)

After blue wave, three-quarters of Americans will be governed by Democrats

Despite Democrats' sweeping midterm wins, Carney says Trump remains central to Canada-US trade talks

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Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

A former police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant Massachusetts woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15. Matthew Farwell, 40, was found guilty of strangling Birchmore on Feb. 1, 2021 — 12 days after a tipster called the suburban Boston police department where he worked and reported that they’d had an improper relationship. Birchmore, who was 23 when she died, had been in a tumultuous relationship with the detective, whom she first met while participating in a Stoughton Police Department youth p

Alleged spy plot targeting CEO Jensen Huang raises questions about Nvidia's future

Carney says he will tell Xi that outsiders should not meddle in Canada's affairs

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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. �

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Billionaire tax measure on California ballot defeated

A billionaire tax that US Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressives championed as an antidote to economic inequality and a potential model for the rest of the country was defeated in California, US media projected on Monday.Proponents had estimated Prop 40 would raise $100 billion in revenue, most of which would have been earmarked for healthcare programs to offset federal funding cuts designed to pay for tax breaks enacted last year under President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." Those tax breaks, largely benefiting wealthy individuals and corporate interests, passed with Republ

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

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

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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

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

President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice are taking a combative stance toward Democrats after their election victories in the midterms, signaling intense conflict to come as lawmakers prepare aggressive investigations into the executive branch next year. Trump set the tone, declaring on social media that investigative requests already made by Democrats are “extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable.” Attorney General Todd Blanche echoed the Republican president and said criminal investigations of Democrats are possible.

Trump says immigration policy 'might be too tough'

‘Where is Cindy Hyde-Smith?’: In a nail-biter Senate race, the incumbent stays out of view in Mississippi

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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

Hegseth slams his potential impeachment as a 'political spectacle’ that undermines US troops

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.Russia has made clear it wants the n

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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