What student loan borrowers need to know before Labor Day
Student loan borrowers face an ominous deadline as Labor Day approaches. The Trump administration announced earlier this year that it planned to resume collections for borrowers behind on…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope spots a new moon orbiting Uranus
There’s a new moon on the block. A research team peering into unexplored corners of space revealed this week that our solar system harbors a secret moon that’s tucked away near Uranus. The…
Lee-Trump meeting could reshape future of U.S. forces in Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung faces a daunting task when he meets with President Trump on Monday to press the U.S. leader on stalled talks with North Korea, the future of the…
Pete Hegseth Just Fired a Top General Who Pissed Off Trump
Inconvenient truths don’t go unpunished in the Trump administration. It’s a lesson that Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse learned the hard way on Friday, as The Washington Post reported that he’s…
Russia Bombed a U.S. Factory in Ukraine. Here’s How Trump Responded.
If another country were to bomb an American-owned factory on foreign soil, one might expect—at the very least—harsh condemnation from the sitting U.S. president. The anticipated response…
Trump says U.S. sanctions, tariffs could be coming if Putin, Zelenskyy fail to meet soon
President Trump said he'll consider "massive" sanctions and tariffs if Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy don't set up a meeting within two weeks.…
Trump seems to want to turn DC into a resort
President Donald Trump doesn’t just want federal control of Washington, D.C., he wants aesthetic control as well—and knowing the president’s garish style, it probably won’t be pretty. On…
DOJ Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Transcript in Rush to Appease MAGA Base
The Justice Department released transcripts of its interviews with Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, the Associated Press reported. The DOJ interviewed…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. Source link
Trump says Chicago's next for his federalized crime crackdown
President Trump said Chicago will be the next city to receive his administration's increased federal law enforcement surge to combat crime, similar to his crackdown on the District of…
Whole Foods settles class action lawsuit over hot cocoa packaging. Here’s how much you could get
Companies have several ways to increase their bottom lines. The first way is to raise the prices of products. But doing so can lead to fewer sales. Instead, some companies reduce the…
Reddit—and a dash of AI—do what Google and ChatGPT can’t
Hello, everyone, and thanks once again for reading Fast Company’s Plugged In. For years, some of the world’s most productive web searches have had something in common: They begin at Google…
Self-driving cars are officially coming to New York City
Waymo has the green light to start testing its self-driving cars in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the city has granted Waymo a permit to start testing a small fleet…
The Media Should Be Biased—Against Authoritarianism
The news media has a powerful role in democracy, even if it often doesn’t acknowledge that, says Kathy Roberts Forde, a journalism historian who teaches at the University of Massachusetts…
Kennedy Center will host World Cup draw in December, Trump says
President Trump says the World Cup draw will take place on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Source link
Trump says he's asking Congress for billions to 'beautify' D.C. streets
President Trump said he's going to obtain $2 billion from Congress to beautify the streets of Washington, a plan that's been on his mind and has been called for with executive orders.…
The TikTok dorm water panic is officially here
Instead of worrying about making friends or keeping up with their studies, new college students have a different concern on their minds: dorm water. “Praying dorm water doesn’t ruin my…
Trump says he'll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
President Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company "highly overrated" and said Friday he'll keep extending the deadline for…
Canada withdraws retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods to facilitate trade talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is withdrawing reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods, hoping to soften the ground before a review of the North American trade agreement later this year.…
ICE Used So Much Tear Gas, a Public School Fled Its Campus
As Rolling Stone reported, in June, the fence of the school’s play area displayed a laminated message. Its reported content, which matches a statement Cottonwood posted to Facebook,…
RNC elects Joe Gruters as next chairman
The Republican National Committee elected Trump ally and Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters to serve as next chair of the party. Source link
Trump’s Dumbest Lawyer Throws a Fit After Judge Gives Her the Boot
Alina Habba is whining that federal judges aren’t respecting the president after one ruled that she’d been unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey for over a month. “I am…
Trump seeks control of some private businesses while critics cry 'socialism'
The U.S. government is $37 trillion in debt because, according to President Trump's America First philosophy, Washington's previous leaders have made "stupid deals." Source link
Fed Chair Warns the Economy Is Even Worse Than We Realized
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit from Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Miccosukee Tribe alleging that construction on the new facility was…