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OpenAI on Monday announced it had closed its $40 billion funding round, the most ever raised by a private tech company. Read More.

Vladimir Putin's limousine was said to be occupied when the explosion occurred in Moscow, near the FSB headquarters. This comes after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Putin will die soon and the war will end Read More.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump penned a letter to the regime pushing for fresh talks on a nuclear deal. Read More.

Google will pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the company of charging for clicks on ads placed outside the geographic locations selected by advertisers, as reported earlier by Reuters. Read More.

Six Russian tourists were killed on Thursday after a viewing submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the local governor. Read More.

Billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to “personally hand over” $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race, despite a state law that prohibits giving anything of value in exchange for voting. Read More.

The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy annual 2.4% pace the final three months of 2024, supported by a year-end surge in consumer spending, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its previous estimate of fourth-quarter growth. Read More.

Signal’s president, Meredith Whittaker, recently stepped up to defend the app’s security after an embarrassing slip-up by top US officials. For the unversed, some Trump administration officials accidentally added a journalist to their encrypted Signal chat while discussing military action. Yeah, not a great look for national security. Read More.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and is expected to be available in the second half of 2025. Read More.

The US could default on its $36 trillion debt as early as July and no later than October without congressional action, according to a study released Monday. Read More.

Vice President JD Vance is joining his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on her visit to Greenland this week, he announced, a trip that will now focus on a U.S. Space Force base there. Read More.

A federal appeals court Tuesday temporarily reinstated President Trump’s suspension of new refugee admissions nationwide. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed to partially lift a judge’s block until it fully resolves the Trump administration’s appeal, but the panel ruled that Department of Homeland Security officials still must permit people into the country that were conditionally accepted into the refugee program before Trump’s suspension. Read More.

President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor Dr. Marty Makary, was confirmed in the Senate on Tuesday. Read More.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) abruptly tried to ditch an interview with ABC News after he was asked Sunday if he thinks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) could be a possible contender for the U.S. Senate. Read More.

President Donald Trump said he will soon announce tariffs targeting automobiles and pharmaceuticals. Read More.