Microsoft faces off against US government over Activision deal, with top execs set to testify
Microsoft and the video game giant Activision Blizzard will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history.
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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd launches 2024 bid for GOP presidential nomination
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd on Thursday launched a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, joining a crowded field looking to challenge front-runner former President Donald Trump.
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Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court
Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip on the private jet of a conservative hedge fund manager.
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Obama says meeting with anti-democratic leaders is one of the more complex parts of being president
Former President Barack Obama told CNN Thursday that meeting with dictators or other anti-democratic leaders is just one of the complex facets of the American presidency.
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Texas Senate votes to bar Sen. Angela Paxton from voting in husband's impeachment trial
State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband's upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night.
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Recession obsession, AI boom and wild markets: What Wall Street can expect for the rest of 2023
The first half of 2023 has been a strange and volatile one for markets. Investors have had to contend with the possibility of recession and war in Europe, interest rate hikes (and pauses), sticky inflation and a softening US economy.
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Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN
In its early phases, Ukraine's counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.
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Australia says Twitter is top platform for online hate, demands explanation
An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.
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First on CNN: Senators press Google, Meta and Twitter on whether their layoffs could imperil 2024 election
Three US senators are pressing Facebook-parent Meta, Google-parent Alphabet and Twitter about whether their layoffs may have hindered the companies' ability to fight the spread of misinformation ahead of the 2024 elections.
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First on CNN: Bill would give Biden new powers to prepare for the next pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed caused a frantic scramble for masks, respirators and other gear to fight the virus. Now, a bipartisan effort in Congress is attempting to ease US reliance on countries like China for critical medical supplies, before the next disaster.
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Small stocks are cheap and finally joining the market rally
Beaten-down stocks of smaller companies are finally making a comeback, underscoring Wall Street's newfound optimism.
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These 5 vessels are key to the search for the Titan submersible
Marine authorities are racing against the clock to get resources in place to find and retrieve the Titan submersible, which lost contact with its mother ship during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic deep below the North Atlantic on Sunday.
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