Zohran Mamdani is rolling out his first wave of free childcare. See which NYC neighborhoods get free 2-K this fall.

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with children during his visit to a childcare center in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on December 11, 2025.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a childcare center before getting sworn in.

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Trump in phone call: Iran is 'running out of launchers'

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President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump

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Claude hits No. 1 on App Store as ChatGPT users defect in show of support for Anthropic's Pentagon stance

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Several AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek.
Anthropic's Claude has seen an influx of users defecting from ChatGPT

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Paramount won't say whether Middle East money is funding its WBD deal

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, at a US-Saudi event in Washington, DC; November 2025.
Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammed bin Salman at a US-Saudi investment event in Washington DC, in November 2025. In December, Paramount said a Saudi-controlled fund would pitch in $10 billion towards its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Bernie Sanders is proposing a 5% billionaire wealth tax that would fund $3,000 checks for many Americans

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna unveiled the wealth tax proposal on Monday.

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Photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic republic

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The Shah of Iran and family
The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.

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I led communications at FEMA during a hurricane, and had to flee my home after a death threat

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Jaclyn Rothenberg
Jaclyn Rothenberg

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Netflix says it bailed on WBD because of money, not Donald Trump

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives for meetings at the White House on February 26, 2026 in Washington, DC., shortly before announcing that Netflix was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House on Thursday, and shortly after announced his company was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Who is Michael Selig? Meet the Trump administration's prediction market regulator

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CTFC Chairman Michael Selig
Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at a confirmation hearing in November.

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'Epic Fury': Video shows US and Israel attacks on Iran as Tehran retaliates

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Explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday, Feb. 28, as the US and Israel launched a joint "preemptive" attack, called "Epic Fury" by the Pentagon

Iranian forces say they struck a US naval base in Bahrain, as the country launched strikes across the region in retaliation.

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