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Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders
The settlement was announced in Delaware’s Court of Chancery at the start of the second day of trial.
3 months ago
Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs
Senators approve Trump-backed budget rollback, slashing foreign aid and public broadcasting funding; bill heads to the House by Friday.
3 months ago
Why Trump’s tariffs may hit low-income households hardest
Trump's tariffs are almost "tailor-made" to hit the goods that lower income households prefer to purchase, says economist Ernie Tedeschi of Yale's nonpartisan Budget
3 months ago
U.S. Senate Republicans vote to claw back foreign aid and public media funding
The clawback, if passed by the U.S. House, would eliminate $9 billion in previously allocated foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting.
3 months ago
Listen 1:12Senate votes to move ahead with Trump’s request for $9B in spending cuts
A final vote in the Senate could occur as early as Wednesday. The bill would then return to the House for another vote before it would go to Trump's desk.
3 months ago
Kyle Schwarber’s 3 homers in tiebreaking swing-off lift National League to All-Star Game win
Schwarber earned the MVP award, becoming the first non-pitcher MVP without a hit.
3 months ago
A joint program between the Philadelphia-based health giants gives some physicians automatic approval for common outpatient tests like MRIs and PET scans.
3 months ago
Listen 1:06Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
The court on Monday paused an order from a federal judge in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs and calling into question the broader plan.
3 months ago
From tariffs to universities, Trump’s negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercion
As the president tightens his grip on independent institutions, such as the University of Pennsylvania, checks on his power are diminishing.
3 months ago
A year after Trump’s near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
While largely the same brash Trump, they say he is more attentive and more grateful and speaks openly about how he believes he was saved by God.
3 months ago
Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU may adopt "proportionate countermeasures" if Trump moves ahead with the tariffs.
3 months ago
Masked immigration agents are spurring fear and confusion across the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security says federal agents arresting immigrants are hiding their faces for their own safety. Legal advocates say the practice undermines trust.
3 months ago
Republicans urge U.S. universities to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
Leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said Wednesday they'd sent letters Temple University and other colleges and universities.
3 months ago
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
The order comes despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.
3 months ago
American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly 20 years, new study finds
Kids' health "reflects what’s happening in society at large,” said Christopher Forrest, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a co-author of the study.
4 months ago