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T.S.A. Officially Tells Air Travelers They Can Keep Their Shoes On
Pointing to “layered screening,” Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, ended two decades of socks and bare feet at U.S. airport checkpoints.
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Hertz and Other Rental Car Agencies Turn to AI for Damage Detection
Hertz and other agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and A.I. to flag even tiny blemishes, and customers aren’t happy.
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Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s comments on the Texas flood.
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Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years
Mr. Williams was long considered a leading candidate to replace Tim Cook as the company’s next chief executive.
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What Happened to Tesla’s Annual Shareholders Meeting?
A group of state treasurers and investors is complaining that the company, facing falling sales, is about to miss a legal deadline to hold a shareholder forum.
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Bessent Steps Up Criticism of Fed as Auditions for Chair Intensify
The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.
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Trump Didn’t Always Tout Tariffs. Now He Sees Them as a Way to Flex Power.
Instead of treating tariffs as part of a broader trade policy, President Trump views them as a valuable weapon he can wield on the world stage.
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How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump
The industry’s courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.
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Trump Takes Reins on U.S. Economy With Policy Bill and Tariffs Renewal
President Trump has achieved much of his agenda, leaving the fate of the economy squarely in his hands.
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Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.