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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday that Democrats are committed to stopping the "extreme" Republican budget reconciliation bill from passing the House next week.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits inched up last week but remains within the historically healthy range of recent years.

For every glass of water or a shower taken in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province that includes Johannesburg, there is a 60% chance the water came from its small neighbor, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.

The Office of Personnel Management will sell its Northwest headquarters and share space with the General Services Administration, the latest move in a Trump administration plan to shed underused properties.

The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian lawmakers said Thursday the Islamic republic has begun collecting fees from commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, even as traffic through the crucial waterway grinds to a halt.

Cryptocurrency champion Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial, a company founded by President Trump and his sons.

Tesla's profit rose in the first quarter as its car sales rebounded from a sharp slump in 2025.

Three congressional candidates are accused of betting on the outcome of their own elections on the prediction market Kalshi, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the three men from their platform for five years.

Launched by the Trump family four years ago with great fanfare, Truth Social was not just going to take on Twitter and Facebook as a "free speech" alternative but maybe even challenge Netflix by streaming movies.