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U.S. Senate Republicans are making a renewed push to pass the controversial $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill, a top policy priority of President Donald Trump.But Thursday’s efforts faced a series of obstacles, with Democrats forcing a vote on several amendments highlighting controversies related to President Trump.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe rapid-fire vote on the amendments, known as “Vote-a-Rama,” is expected to include issues ranging from President Trump’s White House banquet to tariff policy to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.“Amendment after amendment, vote after vote, Republicans will have to answer to the American people,” Senate Minority Leader…
Given that the AI model maker is growing at a dizzying pace, retail investors are hunkering down to get a piece of Anthropic. The company’s $65 billion funding announced last week at a valuation of $965 billion was significantly oversubscribed, multiple investors told TechCrunch. Currently, as private demand remains strong, Anthropic has secretly filed for an IPO and revealed that it is taking steps toward listing. Co-founder Daniela Amodei, speaking at the Bloomberg Tech Conference on Thursday, said the decision was a matter of capital. “There is a very large up-front cost to train a model and provide inference with…
A flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm has been discovered in livestock in Texas, and traders are buzzing over potential stock market winners.shares of Zoetis and Elanco Animal Health A sharp rise in Thursday’s trading awoke the usually dormant stock options market with a strong bullish bias. Zoetis was last up nearly 4%, while Elanco was up 2% in midday trading.Stock chart iconStock chart iconZoetis Stocks in the Last 5 Business DaysIn particular, the trading volume of Zoetis soared. Last year, the company received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an injectable product that…
cloud strike CEO George Kurtz said concerns about AI-powered cyber threats were a tailwind for the company, but investors who were hoping for an impact in the first quarter were premature.”We’re talking about Mythos expiring in mid-April. Our quarter ends at the end of April,” Kurtz said Thursday on CNBC’s “Mad Money.” “We sell enterprise software, but we don’t necessarily ship boxes. So it takes time for these products to get into customers’ hands.”CrowdStrike reported better-than-expected results on Wednesday and raised its full-year outlook. But the stock fell 4% as some investors questioned why the increased attention surrounding Anthropic’s Mythos…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietch | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Thursday he was “honored” to meet with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The US president said he would meet with Iranian leaders if they reached an agreement to end the four-month-old US-Iran war. President Trump was responding to questions from reporters in the Oval Office after the coal announcement.”If an agreement is reached, there is a possibility that we will meet,” he said. “That’s fine.” Khamenei was named Iran’s…
According to a joint statement released Wednesday after the latest round of U.S. mediation, Israel and Lebanon agreed to “implement a ceasefire” with the conditions being a “complete cessation” of Hezbollah shelling and the removal of all Hezbollah operatives from southern Lebanon.However, Hezbollah is not a party to the deal, and leaders of the Iran-backed militant group have rejected the deal.The ceasefire agreement comes after the Israeli government threatened to escalate its actions in Lebanon, a move that threatens to derail peace talks between the United States and Iran. The ongoing ceasefire has been repeatedly violated as Israel and Hezbollah…
Michelle Yang, 29, said she was making about $250,000 a year as a software engineer in New York. This was enough money to travel, buy almost everything I wanted, and for the first time in my life not have to worry about money.But back in 2022, Yong felt increasingly disconnected from her work. Despite the high pay, she says she no longer sees the point in spending her days behind a computer screen. “It felt like a fake piece,” she told CNBC Make It. “What am I really doing this for?”Yong now runs Matcha House, a cafe on Manhattan’s Lower…
BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 14: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang waves as he prepares to depart from the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesNvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been invited to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on June 11, as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren zeroes in on the company’s sales in China, export controls and its role at the center of the global AI boom.”Appearing as a witness provides an opportunity to testify regarding NVIDIA’s views regarding U.S. export control laws and regulations and NVIDIA’s…
The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued a statement labeling anti-government protests in Bolivia as an attempted coup against the country’s right-wing president.On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted on social media that U.S. military officials “reject any attempt to overthrow the legitimate government” of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe also suggested that the protesters, many of whom were teachers, miners, farmers and union members, were colluding with “narco-terrorists,” the Trump administration’s term for drug traffickers.”The United States is watching. Bolivia must not allow itself to fall prey to the…
Poke, a startup that makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text message, has become the first AI agent approved to run on Apple’s Messages for Business platform. Previously, the platform was designed to help companies like airlines, retailers, and hotel chains communicate with their customers through iMessage, offering a standardized interface that supported both automated chat and live agents. Previously, it was not exposed to standalone third-party AI agents. Poke, released in March, was one of the first AI agents designed to be accessible to casual users without the technical skillset or inclination to work with command-line…