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Elon Musk Deletes Smug Election Posts After They Backfire and His Businesses Tank by $120 Billion
Elon Musk blew $447 million to support Republican candidates in the midterm elections — and almost every single cent of it went to waste. But if you were about to break out a tiny violin to soundtrack the sorrows of the world’s first — and first former — trillionaire, you should consider acquiring an even…
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After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump’s ‘tentacles of corruption’
WASHINGTON — Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections. Now, the newly empowered Democratic Party is putting the issue front and center as its leaders chart their course for investigations and policymaking. Senior Democrats in both chambers of Congress have vowed to marshal…
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Conservatives fear Alito and Thomas’ Supreme Court gamble is a ticking time bomb
Republicans’ sweeping midterm losses have left conservatives worrying that the Supreme Court’s two oldest justices are gambling with the court’s future. Justice Samuel Alito, 76, and Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, have both signaled they have no plans to step down while Republicans still control the Senate, but legal and political experts told The Washington Post…
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Carson Daly Named Co-Anchor of NBC’s ‘Saturday Today’
Carson Daly is expanding his morning duties at NBC News. The longtime “Today” personality has been named co-anchor of “Saturday Today,” joining Laura Jarrett beginning Nov. 7, the network announced Thursday. Daly will continue his weekday duties on the flagship morning show while adding a sixth day to his schedule. The appointment fills the co-anchor…
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Trump says he has ‘every intention’ of keeping Pete Hegseth as pressure grows to oust War Secretary
WASHINGTON — President Trump insisted Thursday that he has “every intention” of retaining Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as pressure grows to make the Pentagon chief the scapegoat for Tuesday’s sweeping Democratic victories in the midterm elections. “I have every intention to keep him,” Trump told ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl. “I get these calls,…
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Pregnant Jen Affleck and ex Zac celebrate daughter’s birthday hours after shock divorce news
Jen Affleck and Zac Affleck celebrated a family milestone — their eldest daughter’s 5th birthday — hours after their divorce news made headlines. The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” co-stars each gave glimpses of Nora’s festivities via Instagram Stories on Wednesday. “I can’t believe she’s already 5,” Jen, 27, captioned a sweet snap of the…
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SoCal Berry Growers to close six farm locations, lay off hundreds of workers
SoCal Berry Growers, a major strawberry grower in Southern California, plans to close six farms and lay off hundreds of people who work at the locations. In a letter to the city of Oxnard published by the Ventura County Star, the company said it plans to close its locations in Oxnard and Ventura between Jan.…
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‘The president was blindsided’: Vance post ignites behind-the-scenes White House dispute
According to one White House insider, President Donald Trump was not made aware that Vice President JD Vance was going to make a long social media post explaining away the GOP losses in the midterm election. The post, roughly 600 words long and published Wednesday morning, laid the blame for the Republican rout on one…
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Finding New Drugs Is Laborious. This AI Startup Is Skipping The Lab Work
A new British startup believes that artificial intelligence is the key to speedrunning the slow and temperamental process of drug design. Potential Sciences plans to build large-scale chemical datasets by using basic principles of physics to simulate interactions between atoms, then small molecules, then complex amino acids and proteins. With that data, it’s betting it…
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‘You have to be delusional’: L.A. film students are prepared for a shrinking Hollywood
Film student Angela Henderson was collecting her thoughts, resting on the patio of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts on a recent sunny afternoon while listening to music on her headphones as she stared into the sky. Henderson was taking a short break after applying for dozens of Hollywood jobs. The 22-year-old cinema and media studies…