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Dan Duffy uses a tractor to plant soybeans on land he farms with his brother on April 28, 2025 near Dwight, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images North America The Trump administration announced $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers in the wake of this year's tariff hikes

FBI officers are seen here taking a knee as demonstrators marched in June 2020, in Washington, D.C., during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Twelve FBI agents

Paramount, led by CEO David Ellison, has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. after it agreed to sell its film and television studio properties to Netflix. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Invision hide caption toggle caption Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Invision Get out your popcorn because there's more drama in the fight over the media powerhouse Warner Brothers

China's trade surplus hits $1 trillion for first time ever China's overall exports increased this year, despite a sharp drop in trade with the United States. STR/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP via Getty Images/AFP China's exports to the United States dropped sharply this year in the face of President Trump's tariffs

A screenshot of what ICEBlock looks like for iPhone users. Provided by ICEBlock hide caption toggle caption Provided by ICEBlock A screenshot of what ICEBlock looks like for iPhone users. Provided by ICEBlock The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump

SCOTUS FTC Case, ACA Extension Vote, Zelensky In London Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a

Loading... After the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled in favor of Texas lawmakers last week, Republicans head into the 2026 election year with an edge in the redistricting fight kicked off by President Trump. The court Thursday allowed Republicans' new congressional map to move ahead — despite a lower court finding that the Texas legislature

Trump says chipmaker will be allowed to export to 'approved customers', in shift away from Washington's export controls. US President Donald Trump has cleared the way for tech giant Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chip to China, in a significant easing of Washington’s export controls targeting Chinese tech. Trump said on Monday that he

Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico arrives at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation in Las Vegas in 2015. Ithier has died at age 99. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Rafael Ithier, founder of the emblematic salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died at age

The Hubble Space Telescope drifts through space in a picture taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1997. A study finds reflections cast by satellites could ruin images taken by telescopes. NASA via/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NASA via/Getty Images Reflections cast by a growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth could ruin more