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Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA)Yuri GripusreuterRep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., filed a 19-page lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging that Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pruitt abused his power by making “fanciful” mortgage fraud allegations against him and other critics of President Donald Trump.The lawsuit asks the court to declare Mr. Pulte’s actions illegal, order him and FHFA to drop the mortgage fraud referrals, and award him damages for violating federal privacy laws.Mr. Swalwell, who announced Friday that he is running for California governor, alleges in his complaint that Mr. Pulte improperly accessed and leaked his personal…
bogota, colombia — Amid increased U.S. military activity in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, Colombia’s president has insisted that the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuela is less about fighting drug trafficking and more about accessing the South American nation’s oil. “(Oil) is at the heart of the problem,” Gustavo Petro told CNN in an exclusive interview, noting that Venezuela has what is believed to be the world’s largest oil reserves. “So it’s a negotiation about oil. I think that’s[US President Donald]Trump’s logic. He’s not thinking about democracy in Venezuela, let alone drug trafficking,” he continued, adding that Venezuela is…
President Donald Trump and his administration will begin imposing new limits on federal student loans disbursed after July 1, 2026.Undergraduate borrowers are subject to the same annual maximum limit of $7,500 for dependent students, depending on their class year. However, new limits will be placed on graduate and professional students: up to $20,500 per year ($100,000 total) for graduate studies and $50,000 per year ($200,000 total) for professional programs. The Graduate PLUS loan, which previously allowed students to borrow up to the total cost of attendance, will be abolished.According to the proposed regulations, a professional degree “represents both the completion…
On September 22, 2023, the first day of sales of the iPhone 15 smartphone in Mumbai, India.Dheeraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesapple has filed a case in the Delhi High Court against the country’s antitrust agency over the way global sales are considered while calculating fines.The iPhone maker, one of India’s fastest-growing smartphone brands, is challenging India’s new antitrust law that could subject U.S. companies to fines of up to $38 billion, Reuters reports.Apple added that the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) use of sales figures in calculating fines is “unconstitutional, grossly disproportionate and unjust.”Apple did not immediately respond…
AP — A Russian court on Thursday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge connecting Russia and Moscow’s illegally annexed Crimea, a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine. The court sentenced all defendants to life imprisonment. In an attack on the bridge in October 2022, a truck bomb blew up two sections of the bridge, requiring months of repairs. The explosion killed the truck driver and four people in nearby cars. The Russian government condemned the attack as an act of terrorism and retaliated by bombing civilian infrastructure in Ukraine,…
“Could you please vacuum before someone arrives?” If you’re home for Thanksgiving, you may have heard one of your parents make that request. Thanksgiving is a time to eat turkey, munch on the requisite mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, and have lots of awkward small talk with distant family members who you see as often as going to the dentist. “I know, I can’t believe it’s been so long.” “Yes, I’m still single.” “No, I haven’t watched ‘The Studio.'” And let’s not get into the moment when politics inevitably comes up after two or three bottles of wine. That’s why…
The Netflix logo is on display at the Lucca Comics & Games 2025 event, one of Europe’s largest pop culture conventions, as stars and creators of the Stranger Things series launch Season 5 on October 31, 2025 in Lucca, Italy. Claudia Greco | ReutersNetflix viewers experienced a brief hiccup Wednesday night as the video streaming platform launched the highly anticipated fifth and final season of “Stranger Things.”Users on social media had previously posted that they were experiencing problems, and DownDetector.com showed a spike in reports around 9 p.m. ET.”Netflix please fix your app,” one X user posted. DownDetector recorded the…
Video Visual China Group | Getty ImagesWhen ChatGPT launches in 2022, google failed, but with the launch of Gemini 3 and Ironwood AI chips this month, experts are praising Alphabet’s AI resurgence. In early November, Google announced Ironwood, the seventh generation of its tensor processing units (TPUs), which it says will enable customers to “run and scale the largest and most data-intensive models in existence.” And last week, Google announced its latest artificial intelligence model, Gemini 3, which it said provides “fewer prompts” and smarter answers than previous models. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff captured the Gemini 3 excitement in a…
QINGDAO, CHINA – FEBRUARY 5, 2025: Workers assemble cars at the SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Plant in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Jing-kang Zhang | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese industrial companies’ profits took a hit in October as trade tensions with the United States intensified in the month, slowing growth momentum across the economy. Industrial profits fell 5.5% in October compared to the same month last year, the biggest drop since June and a reversal from the double-digit growth seen in August and September, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Profits…
Despite “some disagreements remaining,” Trump declared his team had made “tremendous progress” toward ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Earlier, his top diplomat, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also struck a relentlessly upbeat tone after the “very positive” Ukraine talks in Geneva over the weekend. “What’s left is not insurmountable,” he insisted. Meanwhile, when a U.S. military envoy met with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, it was even declared that “Ukrainians have agreed to a peace deal”, although “there are some details that need to be sorted out”. This is a uniformly optimistic twist that the Trump administration is making…