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Demand for high-achiever visas fuels pay-to-play market for credentials -- Demand has risen for the EB-1A visa, creating a cottage industry of services for vanity awards, ghostwritten research papers and "profile building" services. USCIS is investigating potential fraud.

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Saks Global, century-old high-end department store chain, files for bankruptcy -- The venerable retailer is seeking protection from its creditors after its $2.65 billion purchase of Nieman Marcus failed to spark growth.

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Lindsey Halligan argues she should still be U.S. attorney, accuses judge of abuse of power -- Judge David Novak had given Lindsey Halligan a week to explain why she is using the title of U.S. attorney after another federal judge found her appointment to the position invalid.

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GM CEO Mary Barra on electric vehicles, tariffs and competing with China -- General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the Trump administration's tariffs caused a "few-billion-dollar impact," but also praised them for "leveling the playing field."

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Read the full transcript of Tony Dokoupil's interview with President Trump here -- President Trump shared a warning for Iran, called Jerome Powell a "lousy Fed chairman" and defended the ICE agent who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. Read the full transcript of their conversation.

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Trump: Jerome Powell has "been a lousy Fed chairman" -- President Trump brushed off a question about whether the Justice Department probe amounts to political retribution.

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Claudette Colvin, civil rights icon arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies at 86 -- In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks' act of defiance.

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Looking to kickstart your career? These are the best jobs for 2026. -- Focusing on these sectors could give your job search a boost, according to a new ranking of the best jobs for 2026.

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Actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in following child sex abuse allegations -- In a video provided to TMZ on Tuesday​, Timothy Busfield said the allegations "are all lies."

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ACA enrollment sinks sharply as coverage costs soar in 2026 -- Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.

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6 Minn. federal prosecutors resign amid Renee Good investigation pressures -- At least six career prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney's office have resigned as the office continues to face pressure to treat the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer​ as an assault on a federal officer case.

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Woman says AI chatbot Grok generated sexual deepfake images of her -- Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, alleges Grok generated and published sexual deepfake images of her without permission.

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Trump is taking aim at borrowing costs. Will it work - or backfire? -- President Trump's plans to ease the financial pressures on Americans are bold but could backfire, experts said.

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Remains of soldier who missed daughter's birth during WWII identified -- U.S. Army Pfc. Wilbert Linsenbardt died when his daughter was 4 months old, and received photos of her, according to a newspaper article from the time.

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Scott Adams, "Dilbert" comic strip creator, dies at age 68 -- Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.

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