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Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI, Report Says

Key Takeaways An Elon Musk-led investment group reportedly made a $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit controlling OpenAI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who founded the company with Musk in 2015, rebuffed the offer in a post on Musk-owned X. Musk sued OpenAI last year, alleging Altman was breaching the company’s founding mission by prioritizing

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The Securitization of the “America First” Agenda

Episode 225 of the Investopedia Express podcast with Caleb Silver (Feb. 10, 2025) Published February 10, 2025 05:36 PM EST Douglas Rissing / Getty Images Subscribe Now: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / PlayerFM Investors are bracing for more political chaos after last week’s tariff wars which tripped up sentiment, sending the dollar higher and gold to record levels. On this

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CFPB Shuts Down. Credit Unions ‘on High Alert’ – Credit Union Times

Regulatory supervision of credit unions and banks has stopped at the CFPB. The Washington, D.C. offices have been locked. CFPB employees have been told “not to perform any work tasks this week,” according to an internal email. The situation playing out at the CFPB is one that similarly reflects the shutdown of the USAID offices

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Pope’s envoy worried over USAID cuts, US migrant crackdown – ABC News

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s charity said Monday that U.S. plans to gut USAID were “reckless” and could kill millions, while Pope Francis’ point man on development urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles about caring for others. Cardinal Michael Czerny, a Czech-born Canadian Jesuit, is one of the cardinals most closely associated with

Palestinian president revokes prisoner payments dubbed “pay for slay” – Axios

Palestinian president revokes prisoner payments dubbed “pay for slay”  Axios PA’s Abbas ends programme of allowances to families of slain Palestinians  Al Jazeera English PA told Trump aides it’s prepared to end ‘pay-to-slay’ stipends — sources  The Times of Israel Palestinians Scrap Stipends That Israel Saw as Stoking Terrorism  Bloomberg Palestinian Authority restructures ‘pay-for-slay’ policy for West Bank terrorists  The

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At least 51 people killed in Guatemala bus crash – Al Jazeera English

Officials say rescue efforts under way to save people trapped in the wreckage. At least 51 people have died and others have been injured when a bus plunged into a polluted ravine outside Guatemala City, according to Guatemalan officials. Mynor Ruano, a spokesman for the city’s fire service, told reporters on Monday that efforts were

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Cook Islands and New Zealand fall out over China deal – BBC.com

Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Getty Images The Cook Islands is the latest Pacific country to strengthen its ties with China New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal with China. The tiny Pacific Island nation’s leader, Mark Brown, is this week making