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As campaign finance reform is being challenged at the U.S. Supreme Court, conservative justices are considering overturning the 2001 ruling.Published December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe conservative-controlled U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could overturn existing limits on political party spending, potentially opening the door to further loosening of campaign finance regulations.On Tuesday, conservative justices including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito took a favorable stance toward a Republican-led effort to overturn a 2001 court decision that upheld federal election laws more than 50 years old.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend…

OpenAI has hired Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its new chief revenue officer. The news was first reported by Wired and later confirmed by OpenAI in a blog post. Dresser’s new role comes after more than 14 years at Slack’s parent company, Salesforce. During his time at Slack, Dresser oversaw the introduction of several AI capabilities. OpenAI said Mr. Dresser will be responsible for the company’s revenue strategy for enterprise and customer success. This is a crucial role given the difficult road ahead if the company wants to turn a profit. “We are on a path to putting AI tools…

NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 28: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten speaks at the Wall Street March on August 28, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe American Federation of Teachers, a powerful union representing 1.8 million members, is calling on the Senate Banking Committee to reconsider the Responsible Finance and Innovation Act, a cryptocurrency market structure bill, calling the proposed legislation “both reckless and irresponsible” in a letter obtained exclusively by CNBC. AFT President Randi Weingarten wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.)…

President Donald Trump decides to buy US tech giant Nvidia Selling more advanced semiconductors to China has faced pushback from some Republicans wary of giving China an edge in the global race for AI supremacy.The agreement, announced by President Trump in a Truth Social post on Monday night, allows Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China on the condition that the U.S. government gets 25% of the sales.The H200 chip isn’t Nvidia’s most advanced chip, but it’s more powerful than the company’s H20, which was previously developed specifically for the Chinese market.The White House spent the summer…

The US government has imposed sanctions on four Colombians and four companies they help run for forming a “transnational network” to profit from Sudan’s civil war.On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement identifying Álvaro Andres Quijano Becerra, Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero, Mateo Andres Duque Botero, and Mónica Muñoz Ucuros as participants in a program to recruit former members of the Colombian military to fight in Sudan.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listOnce in the East African country, the ex-soldiers were allegedly used to train the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group embroiled in a power struggle…

The National Weather Service is moving at a snail’s pace to rehire hundreds of positions laid off or cut by the Trump administration, with about 80 final job openings accepted for meteorologists, hydrologists and other professional staff. The agency received permission to add a total of 450 jobs in late July after DOGE cut about 550 jobs earlier this year. The decision to allow the new hires came after members of Congress and the public expressed concerns about how NWS staffing cuts would impact public safety. The hiring delay means the National Weather Service is heading into an even more…

A 59-year-old man will appear in court in January over abusive social media messages sent to England defender Jess Carter during Euro 2025.The 27-year-old defender revealed during the tournament in Switzerland that he had been subjected to racist slurs on his social media accounts since the tournament began.The FA contacted British police about Carter’s abuse and the unnamed man, from Great Harwood, Lancashire, was arrested by Cheshire Police in August.The force said in a statement: “Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, this man has been summoned to appear at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Friday 9 January, where he will…

Pew Research Center released research on Tuesday showing how young people are using both social media and AI chatbots. Internet safety for teens remains a hot topic globally, with Australia set to implement a social media ban for under-16s from Wednesday. The impact of social media on teens’ mental health has been widely debated, with some studies showing how online communities can improve mental health and others showing the negative effects of doom scrolling and spending too much time online. Last year, the US Surgeon General also called on social media platforms to put warning labels on their products. According…

Move to China. Vietnam appears to be stealing some of the shine from Asia’s biggest market. Stock market growth, domestic reforms, and trade developments have made Vietnam a huge favorite in 2025, with the VanEck Vietnam ETF (VNM) soaring around 62%. The iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) lagged behind, rising nearly 31%. Vietnamese stocks have outperformed emerging market economies more broadly. VNM’s year-to-date gain is more than double the nearly 30% gain recorded by the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), a fund that tracks large- and mid-cap emerging market stocks. Vietnam’s domestic benchmark VN index has soared a whopping…

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a prison in southern Ecuador that has been ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI said on Monday. SNAI said the bodies were found after an explosive device detonated outside Machala Prison, but it was unclear whether the explosion was directly related to the inmate’s death. SNAI added that authorities were conducting autopsies and “routine procedures” to determine how they died. “Police arrived at the scene at that time and simultaneously carried out immediate intervention and investigation at the center,” SNAI told reporters in a statement after…