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Musk considers charging users for Twitter verification, fires entire board
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over a combined $1.89 billion in existing Twitter shares, making them the company’s largest shareholder after billionaire Elon Musk.
Republican candidates seize on voter hesitancy to attack EVs as costly to U.S.
More than two-thirds of Americans say they are unlikely to purchase an electric vehicle in the next three years, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Biden administration relaxes rules for student debt forgiveness
The new policy clarifies that the Education Department can review claims from individual borrowers or it can grant forgiveness to huge swaths of students from the same college.
Trump asks Supreme Court to keep tax returns from House committee
Lower courts ruled that the committee has broad authority to obtain tax returns and rejected Trump’s claims that it was overstepping.
Man charged in attempt to kidnap Nancy Pelosi planned to break her knees, police say
The man is charged with 2 federal counts after breaking into the House speaker’s home and attacking her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
Supreme Court justices raise doubts on race-conscious college admissions
The court is weighing challenges to admissions programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard that use race among many factors in seeking a diverse student body.
Heavy Russian barrage pounds Ukraine, knocking out water for much of Kyiv
Monday’s strikes were the 3rd time this month that Russia unleashed massive attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Fowsia Musse’s leg amputated following shooting in Ethiopia
The executive director of Maine Community Integration in Lewiston suffered multiple gunshots at an airport.
Lula defeats Bolsonaro to become Brazil’s president – again
Brazil’s electoral authority says that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president.