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WASHINGTON (AP) — It was just past 3 a.m., a few hours before the House vote on President Donald Trump’s top priority in Congress, his “big, beautiful bill.” House Speaker Mike Johnson was rushing through the Capitol halls with his security guards and aides in tow. For a moment, he paused.Would you like to see the prayer room? he asked an Associated Press reporter.The question was in response to another question about his leadership style: whether his religion, his Christian faith, had been guiding him through the tumultuous process.“This is like a cathedral at night,” he said, walking toward an…

A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit issued a voluntary recall of its software for the second time in a month following a recent crash in San Francisco.On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection. The person on the scooter declined medical attention after sustaining minor injuries as a result of the collision, Zoox said.”The Zoox vehicle was stopped at the time…

Crypto investor and $TRUMP token holder, Nicholas Pinto, attends gala dinner for contest winners.Nicholas PintoThe price of President Donald Trump’s meme coin plunged 16% as of Friday morning, just hours after he hosted a black-tie gala at his Virginia golf club for its biggest buyers — an elite crowd that spent a combined $148 million on the token for the chance to be there.It was billed as “the most exclusive invitation in the world.”Among the 220 attendees were crypto influencers, industry executives like Sandy Carter of Unstoppable Domains, and former NBA star Lamar Odom, who used the occasion to praise…

This week, U.S. presidential envoy Richard Grenell met with members of Venezuela’s government in Antigua and Barbuda. It was the latest round of negotiations between Washington and Caracas over everything from migration and energy to the future of authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Prior to this week’s talks, energy companies based in the United States and a handful of other countries faced a May 27 deadline to exit Venezuela or risk running afoul of U.S. sanctions. In 2022, the Biden administration had granted firms such as Chevron and Repsol licenses to operate in Venezuela under tightly controlled conditions. Upon…

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on nuclear energy Friday that Trump said would make the U.S. the “real power” in the industry. From the White House: President Trump Signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office, May 23, 2025 U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the orders marked “a huge day for the nuclear industry,” enabling America to pursue nuclear innovation in ways it hasn’t done for decades.“Mark this day on your calendar. This is going to turn the clock back on over 50 years of overregulation of the industry,” Burgum said. Each of the…

For weeks now, egged on by his South African-born mega-billionaire advisor Elon Musk, U.S. President Donald Trump has been ratcheting up a campaign to inflict damage on South Africa, a country already beset with grave economic, racial, and historic problems. Even before his inauguration, Trump threatened South Africa and other members of the BRICS international grouping with 100 percent tariffs if they pursued the creation of a new currency that would serve as an alternative to the dollar. (South Africa denied any such plans.) Then, in one of its early moves, the Trump administration cut off aid to Pretoria in…

(The Center Square) – A court has allowed a lawsuit by Concerned Citizens of Manteno to proceed to trial against Gotion and the Village of Manteno.According to Amanda Piker, co-founder of Concerned Citizens of Manteno, the judge dismissed three claims, specifically related to spot and contract zoning, but allowed the more substantial allegations, including improper rezoning and environmental safety issues, to proceed.”This was a huge win,” said Piker, a leading voice in the opposition movement. “Everything we need is moving forward. We’ve been saying all along that what’s happening isn’t right, and now the court agrees there’s enough here to proceed.”Citizens…

Shares of Intuit popped about 9% on Friday, a day after the company reported quarterly results that beat analysts’ estimates and issued rosy guidance for the full year.Intuit, which is best known for its TurboTax and QuickBooks software, said revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 15% to $7.8 billion. Net income rose 18% to $2.82 billion, or $10.02 per share, from $2.39 billion, or $8.42 per share, a year earlier.”This is the fastest organic growth that we have had in over a decade,” Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi told CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime” on Thursday. “It’s really incredible growth across the…

FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook escorts U.S. President Donald Trump as he tours Apple’s Mac Pro manufacturing plant with in Austin, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2019. Tom Brenner | ReutersThe once-solid relationship between President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook is breaking down over the idea of a U.S.-made iPhone.Last week, Trump said he “had a little problem with Tim Cook,” and on Friday, he threatened to slap a 25% tariff on iPhones in a social media post.Trump is upset with Apple’s plan to source the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. from its factory partners in…

Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersA federal judge further blocked the Trump administration from sharply cutting jobs and reorganizing the structure of many major federal agencies as part of its so-called DOGE effort under billionaire Elon Musk.The order issued late Thursday granted a preliminary injunction that pauses further reductions in force and “reorganization of the executive branch for the duration of the lawsuit.”The Trump administration on Friday morning appealed the decision to…