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IRS in the hot seat over potential cash grab from Spain's World Cup winnings: 'It's a rip-off'

Spain's $50 million World Cup prize money could face up to 30% federal withholding tax under IRS rules for nonresident foreign athletes in America....

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Shirley fires back at Minnesota critics: 'Numbers don't lie, and convictions don't lie'

YouTube independent journalist Nick Shirley has dominated the national conversation with his unorthodox investigations into daycare fraud, the border crisis and the fentanyl epidemic....

House Republicans move to make Trump's border policies permanent

The Permanent Trump Secure Border Act would criminalize visa overstays, end catch and release and tighten asylum eligibility if it clears the House floor....

Slack messages released by Rand Paul appear to show authors of key COVID-19 origin paper held private doubts

Slack messages reveal "Proximal Origin" authors privately assigned up to 30% probability to a lab leak while publicly ruling it out in their paper....

WATCH: Smithsonian director pressed on woke exhibits: ‘Is Mickey Mouse racist?’

A House Republican asked the Smithsonian director if Mickey Mouse is racist, citing an exhibit linking the character to blackface minstrelsy traditions....

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Super Micro surges 15% on new order and margin disclosure after SpaceX announcement

Many server makers are seeing faster growth as companies race to deploy artificial intelligence servers....

Goldman Sachs creates private markets platform as rich investors seek the next SpaceX and Stripe

Goldman Sachs is launching a new alternative investments platform aimed at giving wealthy clients and family offices direct stakes in private companies....

The Fed rang the alarm about Anthropic's Mythos AI model — but had to go months without it

The central bank didn't have access to Claude Mythos Preview as of mid-July, even as other institutions were racing to patch their vulnerabilities....

Nike to cut off thousands of online distributors in China, restructure digital footprint

Nike is streamlining its online business in China as the company looks to stabilize pricing and branding and get back to growth....

OpenAI appoints two new members to board of directors

OpenAI appointed longtime financial executives David Vélez and Robin Vince to its nonprofit and for-profit boards....

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Trump Lifts Ban on Direct Flights to Lebanon

The prohibition had been in place since 1985, when it was imposed in response to Hezbollah’s hijacking of TWA Flight 847....

With His Latest Threats, Trump Signals to Iran That He Is Willing to Escalate

President Trump is facing a critical moment in the war, which has failed to bring about the “unconditional surrender” he once demanded....

Hegseth Estimates Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war....

Troy Jackson Tightens Hold on Democratic Senate Nomination in Maine

State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates....

Senate Panel Advances Jay Clayton as Next Spy Chief on Party-Line Vote

If the full Senate confirms him as expected, Mr. Clayton will take over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte, a housing official with little national security experience...