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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Trump administration the green light to revoke special legal protections for thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, which could pave the way for them to be deported.The high court granted an emergency application filed by the administration, meaning officials can move forward with reversing a decision made at the tail end of the Biden administration to extend protections for almost 350,000 Venezuelans under the federal Temporary Protected Status program.The brief order noted that liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application. Litigation will now continue in lower courts.”This is the largest…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivers a speech during the Global Markets Conference, ahead of the Choose France summit, in Paris on May 15, 2025.Michel Euler | Afp | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase is finally allowing clients to buy bitcoin. But CEO Jamie Dimon is still a skeptic.”We are going to allow you to buy it,” Dimon said at the bank’s annual investor day on Monday. “We’re not going to custody it. We’re going to put it in statements for clients.”The decision marks a notable step for the largest U.S. bank, particularly due to Dimon’s history of criticizing the digital currency…

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Jobs and Energy Coalition, along with several other employer groups in Wisconsin, have been working to fight against an attempted block of a Line 5 reroute of the Bad River Reservation.The director of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association, for example, recently wrote with concerns that the arguments against approving the reroute could be used to block the timber industry on private land.“These claims could delay or deny logging, road building, forest thinning, and replanting efforts—basic practices essential to both forest health and economic vitality,” Henry Schienebeck recently wrote in an op-ed published in…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025.David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s GitHub unit on Monday introduced a Copilot artificial intelligence agent that can take on specific programming work and inform people once it has finished.From there, developers can check the agent’s work from GitHub, a widely used repository for code. They can request modifications and then allow GitHub to add the source code to existing files.The launch, announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle, shows that the technology…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will sign legislation Monday that will ban the nonconsensual online publication of sexually explicit images and videos that are both authentic and computer-generated. The “Take it Down Act” would make publishing this content illegal and would subject violators to mandatory restitution and criminal penalties such as prison, a fine or both. The bill would also subject people to criminal penalties who make threats to publish these intimate visual depictions, some of which are created using artificial intelligence. The measure would require websites, through enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission, to remove this imagery after receiving…

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, China’s International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, prepare to discuss on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 10, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via ReutersChina on Monday accused the United States of undermining the two countries’ preliminary trade agreement after the U.S. issued an industry warning against using Chinese chips.Beijing has “demanded” that the Trump administration “correct its mistakes,” calling the guidance from the U.S. Commerce Department “discriminatory” and “market…

A view of the 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, on March 25, 2025.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty ImagesRegeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it will acquire “substantially all” of 23andMe’s assets for $256 million.The drugmaker participated in a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, a once high-flying genetic testing company that filed for for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. Regeneron is buying 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service, Total Health and Research Services business lines, according to a release.”We believe we can help 23andMe deliver and build upon its mission to help people learn about their own DNA and how to improve their…

(The Center Square) − Public sentiment in Louisiana is showing signs of improvement, according to the 2025 Louisiana Survey released Monday by Louisiana State University. While concerns over the economy, crime, and education remain front and center, more residents say the state is headed in the right direction — a notable turnaround from previous years of deep pessimism.”This year, we’re seeing signs of optimism,” said Michael Henderson, Ph.D., director of the Louisiana Survey. “It’s a modest shift, but a meaningful one, given how entrenched negative sentiment has been in recent years.”The annual survey, which includes both telephone and online responses from…

Imaginima | E+ | Getty ImagesLogistics startup Stord said Monday that it is buying UPS subsidiary Ware2Go as it looks to expand its footprint in the e-commerce space.The company declined to provide specifics on the purchase price of the deal.The Atlanta-based company founded by former Thiel fellow Sean Henry said the acquisition will boost Stord’s competitive edge as it looks to chip away at the e-commerce space dominated by the likes of Amazon.Ware2Go is a third-party delivery company that looks to make quick delivery more accessible for merchants, according to its website.Henry told CNBC the acquisition builds on the company’s…

Millions of voters across three European countries cast their ballots in an electoral “super Sunday” over the weekend amid fears of far-right gains, particularly in Romania and Poland. However, the centrists held their ground in the two European Union and NATO member nations bordering war-torn Ukraine, providing a boost to the West. Portugal’s centre-right governing party also secured a parliamentary win, but the far right made record gains. Brussels can breathe a cautious sigh of relief after pro-EU candidates emerged victorious in the three bellwether elections. But while the centre is holding for now, far-right populist forces continue to grow…