Illinois leaders sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling
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Illinois leaders sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

Illinois leaders went to court on Monday to stop US President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democrat-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city. The legal challenge came hours after a judge blocked the Guard’s deployment in Portland,...

ROK foreign minister pick pledges to work to resume dialogue with North Korea
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ROK foreign minister pick pledges to work to resume dialogue with North Korea

South Korea’s foreign minister nominee pledged Thursday to pursue a “pragmatic, national interest-driven diplomacy” to advance relations with South Korea’s neighbors, while working to ease inter-Korean tensions and restart negotiations with North Korea. “Under close cooperation between South Korea and the United States, we will ease tensions between the North and South and create a...

Close-up photo of Sen. Ted Cruz's face and shoulders.
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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz pressures Wikipedia after criticizing FCC chair Cruz sent the letter about two weeks after criticizing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for threatening ABC with station license revocations over political content on Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Cruz said that using the government to dictate what the media can say “will end up bad for conservatives”...

OpenAI’s Blockbuster AMD Deal Is a Bet on Near-Limitless Demand for AI
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OpenAI’s Blockbuster AMD Deal Is a Bet on Near-Limitless Demand for AI

This deal is just the latest in a string of data center investments involving OpenAI and other tech firms. Shortly after his inauguration in January, US president Donald Trump announced that OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle would invest $100 billion in building AI data centers on US soil and would pour up to $500 billion into...

Kemi Badenoch urged to ditch pensions triple lock
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Kemi Badenoch urged to ditch pensions triple lock

Kemi Badenoch is facing calls to get rid of the state pension triple lock in order to slash the welfare bill and win back younger voters, if the Conservatives return to power. Reem Ibrahim, a spokeswoman for influential right wing think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs, said: “The triple lock is just completely unsustainable...

Finding the Travis Hunter, two-way threat for every NFL team
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Finding the Travis Hunter, two-way threat for every NFL team

NFL NationOct 6, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season. The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to select WR/CB Travis Hunter No. 2 in...

Snubbed by China: Trump team presses unlikely buyers to snap up US soybeans
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Snubbed by China: Trump team presses unlikely buyers to snap up US soybeans

Shut out of China’s massive soybean market, the United States is pressing countries across Africa and Asia to step up purchases of American soybeans, as President Donald Trump’s trade team seeks new markets, while tensions over tariffs ripple through global trade. “We’re calling up all our soybean customers around the world as part of our...

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Online Sales Growth Rate Slowing

Software giant Adobe predicts U.S. online sales during the holiday 2025 stretch will increase 5.3 percent to $253.4 billion, representing some slowing in digital sales growth. For the holiday 2024 season, online sales in U.S. grew 8.7 percent to $241.4 billion, according to Adobe.  Adobe’s projections cover the Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025 period and...

Baylor vs. Auburn CFB Opener in 2026 Moved to Atlanta for NIL Opportunity
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Baylor vs. Auburn CFB Opener in 2026 Moved to Atlanta for NIL Opportunity

Auburn football announced on Monday is moving its home game against Baylor to open the 2026 to a neutral location, Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in an effort to create new NIL opportunities. According to a press release, “Through a multi-million-dollar partnership, Peach Bowl, Inc., via the Aflac Kickoff Game, will work with third-party entities to secure...