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Contributions to Trump Accounts will not be subject to gift tax reporting, under the safe harbor rules, according to guidance issued Monday by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. As a result, parents, guardians, grandparents and others can contribute up to $

Domestic killers could face extra 10 years in prison under new plans - Published People who kill a partner or ex-partner at home with a knife or other weapon could face an extra 10 years in prison under plans to strengthen sentencing laws, in a bid to tackle violence against wome

Refugees would be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum bill - Published People granted asylum in the UK face having to pay back around £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they start earning, under government plans. The new measures, which are

The Supreme Court left the door open for President Donald Trump to try firing Federal Reserve officials even as it blocked him from removing Fed Gov. Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. Justices ruled this morning that the president can dismiss members of most independent

'No one move!': The agonising silence as Venezuela rescuers listen for survivors - Published On a large and unstable mountain of concrete, iron and dust, dozens of people remove debris, hoping to find survivors or bodies. Suddenly everything stops. There are shouts, people runnin

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump did have the authority to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. The 6-3 ruling gives Trump and future presidents the power to remove members of supposedly independent federal agencies that carry ou

South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. The announcement comes as South Korean co

Brett Arends's ROI Opinion: Most Americans have no idea how close we just came to financial chaos If you care about your money, close your eyes and say a prayer of thanks to John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh If you care about your money, close your eyes and say a prayer of thanks.

Analysts think Comcast is priming for deals. Comcast leadership says they're wrong. The company announced Monday it plans to separate its two primary businesses — cable broadband and the media units of NBCUniversal and Sky. It's the second major structural change for the decades-

Chamath Palihapitiya, best known for his venture capital firm Social Capital and the All-In podcast, announced Monday that the AI coding startup he founded raised a sizable Series A. The company, 8090 Labs, closed a $135 million round led by Salesforce Ventures with participation

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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Mississippi can continue to count some absentee ballots received after Election Day, rejecting a Republican challenge contending that those votes are invalid under federal law. The 5-4 opinion, which was written by one of President Donald Tr

One big win and three defeats for Trump in dramatic day at Supreme Court - Published On the second-to-last day of Supreme Court decisions for this term, the justices delivered a big win for Donald Trump. But beneath the headline-generating ruling on expansive presidential power,

Off the Wire Press Releases June 29, 2026 — Finland’s new national supercomputer Roihu is now open for researchers’ use. Roihu will replace Finland’s previous supercomputers Mahti and Puhti. Puhti will continue to support research and education at Finnish universities, universiti

Off the Wire Press Releases June 29, 2026 — The Advanced General Intelligence for Science Program (AGIS), Transformative Research Innovation Platform of RIKEN platforms (TRIP) Headquarters, and RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) have selected “RIKYU” as the name for t

Off the Wire Press Releases LONDON, June 29, 2026 — NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today released Can Data Centers Keep Pace with AI? A Global Data Center Outlook, a report examining whether the infrastructure required to support the ne

Off the Wire Press Releases The program aims to accelerate quantum technologies from the lab into the real world. June 29, 2026 — SRI, a leading nonprofit R&D institution, today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Rescuers keep up search for survivors at collapsed La Guaira building The search for survivors continues in the city of Catia la Mar following the earthquake in Venezuela last week. More than 1,700 people are known to have been killed - but some continue to be rescued from beneat

Off the Wire Press Releases June 29, 2026 — Two new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader. Backed by a £60 million investment, one lab will focus on creating open-sou

Dogs, drones and sound detectors: How rescuers search for quake survivors - Published Rescuers are racing to find remaining survivors beneath the rubble of Venezuela's twin earthquakes, in which at least 1,700 people are known to have been killed - with the number expected to ris

AMD EXPO ULL RAM drops at jaw-dropping $1,099 despite promises of it being 'effectively the same price' — DDR5-6000 C26 32GB kit sports 80% ULL tax G.Skill’s AMD EXPO ULL (Ultra Low Latency) memory kits, strong contenders among today's best RAM options, have arrived on the retail

Google announced on Monday that the Gemini app is now offering its personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation feature to a broader audience. Starting today, all eligible users in the U.S. can access the feature for free, a service that was previously only available to Plus

When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had turned it into a major contributor, but one that still lagged well behind fossil-fuel-powered generation. So it was a bit of a surprise when preliminary data suggested that May 2026 saw sol

SpaceX shares are on the mend after a 35% pullback from its post-IPO high and options traders are assembling bullish positions of all forms – from short-term and speculative to big investments for the haul. Volume has subsided in SpaceX options, with around half-a-million contrac

The Fourth Amendment protects a user’s “location history,” the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The same logic already applied to a cellphone’s tracking, and the high court found “no good reason exists to reach a different result for Location History” collected by third parties like G

Most RMM (remote monitoring and management) platforms are very good at telling you something broke, but not much help with actually fixing it. Aipex, a clean-sheet, AI-first product from Tassient, is built to do both. Ask it in plain English why a machine crashed, and it will rea

Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to “protect artists” and “inform listeners.” Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-generated with an icon.

Will Andy Burnham's devolution plan raise economic growth? - Published Andy Burnham promised the "biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen" as part of his plans for the UK if he becomes the next prime minister. In his first major policy speech, Burnham said on Monday he

Episode details Available for over a year Today, Andy Burnham has set out his vision for the country should he become Prime Minister, including plans like setting up a ‘No10 North’ in Manchester. He said he wants to ‘take power out of the centre’ by transferring some powers from

Episode details News,29 Jun 2026,27 mins Has the Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in history? AmericastAvailable for over a year SCOTUS overturns 90 years of legal precedent to expand US presidential power, handing Donald Trump a major victory. The court