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Senate defies Trump on global tariffs as Republicans join Democrats in rare bipartisan vote

The Senate once again rejected President Donald Trump’s tariffs, this time on a global scale. Lawmakers in the upper chamber went three for three with resolutions meant to terminate Trump’s use of emergency powers to enact steep tariffs on foreign countries. While the previous two were geared toward specific tariffs on Brazil and Canada, the latest would end tariffs on countries around the world. Earlier this year, Trump declared through the International Emergency Economic Powers...

Oleg Shlepanov: 9 Facts That Shaped Modern Mobility

Oleg Shlepanov built the foundations of a system that transformed private mobility into a structured technological process. These nine facts from his biography highlight the key decisions, methods, and principles that shaped modern mobility services. Fact 1: Pioneered digital ride coordination in 2003 In 2003, Oleg Shlepanov, together with his university friend Maksim Belonogov, launched a project that became one of the earliest initiatives to organize private rides through software, eliminating the need for the...

Red Cross receives two coffins of deceased hostages in Gaza Strip, IDF says

Israel said Thursday that the Red Cross provided information indicating ‘two coffins of deceased hostages have been transferred into their custody and are on their way to IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.’ In its announcement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) repeated its demand that Hamas hand over the remains of all the deceased hostages. Israel said earlier Thursday that it had received information indicating that the Red Cross is on its way to a...

Trump surgeon general nominee confirmation hearing postponed as she goes into labor

A virtual confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick Dr. Casey Means has been postponed because she went into labor. Means, 38, was appearing remotely because she was nine months pregnant with her first child. Her opening remarks for the hearing expected on Thursday had been prewritten. ‘Our nation is angry, exhausted, and hurting from preventable disease. Rates of high blood pressure, many cancers, autoimmune conditions, type 2 diabetes, mental health disorders, dementia,...

Vance to meet with Duffy, aviation leaders as shutdown ‘gravely’ impacts crucial industry

Another aviation-related union is demanding lawmakers reopen the government as Vice President JD Vance prepares to hold a roundtable with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and airline industry leaders Thursday as shutdown woes mount, Fox News Digital learned.  The roundtable will be held at the White House Thursday afternoon, and will include Airlines for America CEO and former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and other airline leaders, a White House official told Fox News Digital.  The...

Once a trade war weapon, US soybeans return to China’s shopping list

On the heels of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Beijing has agreed to restart its purchases of U.S. soybeans, a $30 billion cornerstone of American agriculture that was once wielded as a weapon in the battle for global trade leverage. Once a quiet export success story, America’s humble soybean became a political flashpoint after Beijing halted imports in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods. China’s shift to suppliers in Brazil...

Republican senators blast FDA for expanding abortion pill access

Republican senators on Wednesday urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to tighten safety standards and reconsider partnerships tied to abortion pills, accusing the agency of expanding access without adequate oversight. On the call, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., expressed frustration that the agency hadn’t already overhauled safety parameters around abortion pills — and that it had instead expanded its partnerships with producers of the drugs that make chemical abortions available....

Number of pensioners caught in 60% tax trap doubles

The number of pensioners paying a punishing 60 per cent income tax rate has more than doubled in just three years, as frozen tax thresholds drag tens of thousands more older savers into higher tax bands. New figures from HM Revenue & Customs show that around 77,000 people aged 66 and over fell into the “60 per cent tax trap” in the last tax year — up from 38,000 in 2021–22. The steep rate applies...

iPhone, Amazon and Virgin Atlantic named UK advertisers of the month for September

Apple’s iPhone, Amazon and Virgin Atlantic have been named YouGov’s UK Advertisers of the Month for September, after each brand saw a sharp increase in consumer awareness of their advertising. According to YouGov BrandIndex, which measures the percentage of consumers who have seen an advert for a brand in the past two weeks, all three brands posted significant gains in Ad Awareness during the month. Amazon recorded the biggest uplift, rising from 26.5% on September...

Virgin Media O2 to team up with Musk’s Starlink to launch UK’s first satellite-connected mobile service

Virgin Media O2 is set to become the first UK mobile network to offer customers automatic satellite connectivity in areas with no phone signal, after striking a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The new service, O2 Satellite, will launch in the first half of 2026, giving users coverage in rural and remote regions where terrestrial masts are unavailable. The company said smartphones compatible with the technology would automatically connect to satellites when no mobile signal...