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What to expect politically from creators

The Supreme Court has been asked to take up a case that could overturn the 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, and Tefi Pessoa, a lifestyle creator with 1.9 million TikTok followers, can't understand why more LGBTQ+ creators aren't talking about it.

"How is anyone LGBTQIA+ in America right now and not talking about gay marriage?" she posted to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday.

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As scientists delve deeper into a star system with seven rocky worlds, the prospect of one being a habitable planet seems to be quickly fading. 

Researchers who used the James Webb Space Telescope, a joint partnership of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts, determined the third planet from the TRAPPIST-1 star is unlikely to have air. For anyone keeping count, that's strike three for the



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The author became a parent after most of her friends.
  • While I was off traveling and getting an advanced degree, most of my friends were having kids.
  • Some of them are dropping kids off at college while I'm still in the grade school pick-up line.
  • I started my family in my 30s, which means younger moms have become my allies — and friends.

In my 20s, I watched my friends raise


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Adam Pretorius.
  • Adam Pretorius, a real estate agent in Iowa, was nearly scammed into selling a $200,000 lot.
  • Pretorius said fewer safeguards are in place to protect vacant lots.
  • He's trying to spread awareness and make sure agents don't skip steps when verifying sellers.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Adam Pretorius, who's been a real estate agent in


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Deborah has fast become one of Nicole Ramirez's favorite colleagues. She's quick to deliver compliments, sharp-witted, and hyper-efficient. Perhaps best of all, there's no internal competition with Deborah at the health marketing agency they work for, because she isn't on the payroll. She isn't even human.

Ramirez, a 34-year-old who lives in the Pittsburgh area, says she




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Defaulted student-loan borrowers are at risk of wage garnishment this summer.
  • The New York Federal Reserve found a surge of student-loan borrowers in serious delinquency.
  • It puts more borrowers on track to default and face wage garnishment this summer.
  • Trump is also condensing the number of available income-driven repayment plans.

The second half of the year is looking grim for millions of


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Everybody wants to be Ryan Reynolds. Donald Trump wants to be Ryan Reynolds. The "SmartLess" podcast guys want to be Ryan Reynolds. Even Klarna wants to be Ryan Reynolds. I don't mean they want to star in "Deadpool" or marry Blake Lively (though neither of those is a bad deal). I mean that they're all slapping their brands on mobile phone networks in


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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at dismantling environmental protection rules for commercial space companies. It seems that SpaceX and Blue Origin might not have to consider the environmental impact of their rocket launches so heavily in the future.


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