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President-elect Donald Trump released his official inaugural portrait Thursday with a villain-esque facial expression that drew comparisons to his 2023 mug shot. The portrait features the soon-to-be commander in chief staring into the camera with an icy look and a furrowed brow. 4 Trump’s 2025 presidential portrait bears a striking resemblance to his iconic mugshot.
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A lawyer representing Meta in an intellectual property lawsuit said he has dropped the tech giant as a client over Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to scrap fact-checking on his social media platforms. Mark Lemley, who is also a law professor at Stanford University, claimed the Meta boss has embraced “toxic masculinity and neo-Nazi madness.” “I have
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HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, Hawaii  Hawaiis Kilauea volcano roared back to life and resumed its eruption Wednesday as dramatic video provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) showed lava shooting hundreds of feet into the air. According to an update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), the eruption of Kilauea within Kaluapele (summit caldera) resumed just after 9 a.m. local time Wednesday when
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President-elect Donald Trump was gifted a personalized bottle of Diet Coke by the top executive at Coca-Cola just four years after the soft drink giant criticized the Capitol Hill rioting on Jan. 6, 2021. Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey presented Trump with a bottle that replaces the traditional Diet Coke logo with a label showing an
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The Biden administration on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, accusing the carrier of illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passengers travel. The Transportation Department said in its civil suit in the US District Court in Northern California that the carrier had operated unrealistic schedules, and said it is seeking maximum civil penalties. The Justice
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More than 400 Washington Post journalists sent an angry letter on Wednesday to owner Jeff Bezos, pleading with him to intervene on the paper’s direction to restore the “trust that has been lost.” The move comes as the Beltway broadsheet has seen a growing list of distinguished journalists head for the exits after Bezos intervened
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A lawyer representing Meta in an intellectual property lawsuit said he has dropped the tech giant as a client over Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to scrap fact-checking on his social media platforms. Mark Lemley, who is also a law professor at Stanford University, claimed the Meta boss has embraced “toxic masculinity and neo-Nazi madness.” “I have
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy grew 0.1 per cent in November, undershooting analysts’ expectations, as chancellor Rachel Reeves comes under increasing pressure to rebuild confidence in the government’s fiscal plans. The monthly figure was below the 0.2
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks and bonds rallied after data published on Wednesday showed underlying price pressures easing more than expected, prompting investors to bet on swifter interest rate cuts this year. The figures from the Bureau of
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Marc Rowan will remain as chief executive of Apollo Global Management for the next five years, cementing his leadership of the $700bn investment powerhouse as it pushes aggressively to become a cornerstone of global financing
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