Linda McMahon, US education secretary, speaks during a roundtable on education at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers have gotten their debts forgiven, or soon will, due to a $23 billion class-action settlement…
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing in Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 19, 2026. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday appealed a federal judge’s blistering order finding he filed a bad-faith $10 billion lawsuit in order to reach an advantageous settlement. The notice of appeal…
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the office of the Attorney General on December 15, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York state sued prediction market platform Kalshi on Friday, alleging that the company is running an “illegal gambling operation.” In a case…
Joe Raedle | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, now owned by SpaceX, sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to challenge a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in the state. In their complaint, filed in a federal court in Minnesota on Monday, attorneys for xAI wrote that the statute “imposes an overbroad, content-based ban…
A Google logo displays on a smartphone screen and the European flag on a computer screen. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images European regulators have fined Google 890 million euros ($1 billion) alleging the company gives preferential treatment to its own services. The fine is Google’s first under the European Union’s sweeping Digital Markets…
A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon-owned Zoox recalled software in 105 of its robotaxis over concerns its vehicles failed to detect heavy smoke and drove into it. Zoox notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the recall…
Vladimir Vladimirov | E+ | Getty Images For victims of fraud, a second financial blow sometimes comes their way — they owe taxes on the stolen money. Scam victims have faced restrictions on whether they can claim their losses as a deduction on their tax return since 2018, due to a temporary change under the…
President Donald Trump (L) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Reuters | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Thursday that the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion so far, the latest Democratic critique of sweeping changes made to the agency. In a report shared first…
“Hong Kong, China – March, 19 2012: A close-up of a Samsung Galaxy S II Android screen with social media applications of Google Plus, Facebook, Play Store and Google Search.” Samxmeg | Istock Unreleased | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Thursday upheld Google‘s fine of around 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) over alleged anti-competitive…
Rainstar | E+ | Getty Images For the fifth year in a row, imposter scams ranked as the most reported type of fraud in 2025, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s latest data. While 80% of the roughly 1 million who filed an imposter scam report didn’t lose money, the other 20% lost a collective…
