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CNN has endured turmoil for years. Now Trump wants role in its fate
In the corporate battle over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's fate remains up for grabs. President Trump wants a say in what happens next.

Farmers welcome Trump's $12 billion aid package, say additional relief is needed
President Trump says he's sending $12 billion in aid to American farmers who are reeling from global trade disruptions. Those include inflation and Trump's tariffs that are making fertilizer and farm equipment more expensive, and the President's trade war with China which closed a huge market for American soybean exports.
Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
Trump calls affordability crisis a 'hoax.' The data tells a different story
As Democrats campaigning on affordability pick up wins, Trump's messaging about a strong economy is at odds with widespread voter sentiment that he's not doing enough to tackle rising costs.

Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win
The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information.
Can the lessons of 1929 help us avert another economic crisis?
New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.
The Fed is expected to cut rates. And, Afghan CIA fighters feel abandoned by the U.S.
The divided Federal Reserve is considering cutting interest rates today. And, Afghans in the U.S. who fought for the CIA say they feel abandoned by the agency.
Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes.
A divided Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for a 3rd straight time
The Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, in an effort to shore up a weakening job market. With inflation remaining stubbornly high, it was not a slam dunk decision.
Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese
How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.

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CNN has endured turmoil for years. Now Trump wants role in its fate
In the corporate battle over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's fate remains up for grabs. President Trump wants a say in what happens next.

Farmers welcome Trump's $12 billion aid package, say additional relief is needed
President Trump says he's sending $12 billion in aid to American farmers who are reeling from global trade disruptions. Those include inflation and Trump's tariffs that are making fertilizer and farm equipment more expensive, and the President's trade war with China which closed a huge market for American soybean exports.
Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
Trump calls affordability crisis a 'hoax.' The data tells a different story
As Democrats campaigning on affordability pick up wins, Trump's messaging about a strong economy is at odds with widespread voter sentiment that he's not doing enough to tackle rising costs.

Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win
The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information.
Can the lessons of 1929 help us avert another economic crisis?
New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.
The Fed is expected to cut rates. And, Afghan CIA fighters feel abandoned by the U.S.
The divided Federal Reserve is considering cutting interest rates today. And, Afghans in the U.S. who fought for the CIA say they feel abandoned by the agency.
Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes.
A divided Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for a 3rd straight time
The Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, in an effort to shore up a weakening job market. With inflation remaining stubbornly high, it was not a slam dunk decision.
Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese
How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.

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