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Elizabeth Warren said cancelling $50,000 student loan debt would give 36 million borrowers ‘permanent total relief’

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill July 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty ...

Billionaire Peter Thiel hosted closed-door fundraiser for a Trump-backed Liz Cheney challenger at his Miami compound

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Peter Thiel. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Billionaire Peter Thiel hosted a fundraiser for Rep. Liz Cheney’s challenger Harriet Hageman. ...

Trump says his publisher — Donald Trump Jr. — can’t find enough paper, ink, glue, or leather to make copies of his ‘very successful photo book’

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Former President Donald Trump said this week on a podcast that he was running into a shortage of paper, ink, ...

How to use your iPhone’s built-in sleep timer to fall asleep to the media of your choice

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The location of the iPhone’s sleep timer isn’t immediately apparent. Oscar Wong/Getty Images The iPhone has a sleep timer built ...

An ex-Army private who waved a ‘Pepe the Frog’ flag during Capitol riot was sentenced to 44 months in prison for assaulting officers

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Languerand pictured holding a “Pepe the frog” flag on the Upper West Terrace on January 6, 2021. The Department of ...

How to cancel your SiriusXM subscription in 2 ways

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Prices are accurate at the time of publication. You can cancel most SiriusXM subscriptions using your phone. OpturaDesign/Shutterstock The method ...

Before there were ‘Night Stalkers,’ these daredevil pilots got US special operators to their missions deep behind enemy lines

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The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, ...

How to choose between the 5 types of mortgage refinance programs

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There are several types of mortgage refinances to choose from. kali9/Getty Images You must have a strong financial profile to ...

Fannie Mae’s HIRO program helps you refinance, even if you’re underwater on your mortgage

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Richard Drury/Getty Images The HIRO program lets you refinance your mortgage if your loan-to-value ratio is over 97%. Your must ...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s long, messy breakup with Democrats

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at Arizona at a Senate hearing. ROD LAMKEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The relationship between Sen. Kyrsten Sinema ...

The Freddie Mac Enhanced Relief Refinance program may help refinance your mortgage, even if you wouldn’t qualify elsewhere

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The FMERR program is for people who still owe a large percentage of their mortgage. Stephen Zeigler/Getty Images You can ...

IHG Rewards Club Traveler card review: Earn 80,000 points and get good benefits for no annual fee, but not the best card for IHG loyalists

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The bull market in stocks will have ‘a new lease on life’ if this technical indicator flashes, research firm says

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images The January decline in stocks has bulls on notice as volatility surges and several technical support levels ...

NC businesses can still get COVID-19 recovery grants, but the deadline is days away

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About 4,300 NC businesses have already applied for the Business Recovery Grant Program. The deadline is Monday. Here’s how to ...

NC businesses can still get COVID-19 recovery grants, but the deadline is days away

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About 4,300 NC businesses have already applied for the Business Recovery Grant Program. The deadline is Monday. Here’s how to ...

What is a home appraisal, and how much will it cost you?

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A home appraisal is different from a home inspection. Mikolette A home appraisal is a report that states how much ...

Google increases parental leave policy to nearly 6 months and adds more vacation time for employees in a boost to wellbeing benefits

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaking during a Google event in California in 2016. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google is boosting its ...

The investment chief at the world’s largest hedge fund says stocks must sink another 20% before the Fed steps in: report

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 5, 2018. Reuters/Brendan ...

‘No new models in 2022’: Wall Street analysts react as Tesla’s 4th-quarter earnings spark 7% drop in stock price

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Matt Rourke/AP Photo Tesla fell 8% on Thursday after it reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst ...

The 46 best Valentine’s Day gifts for her, from a hotel-quality robe to roses that last a year

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A Ukrainian conscript went on a shooting rampage and killed 5, officials say, as military readies for war with Russia

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Members of the National Guard of Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko A man conscripted into Ukraine’s National Guard shot and killed five ...

Economist Mohamed El-Erian says the Fed missed a ‘golden opportunity’ to signal to markets what it’s going to do to tackle inflation

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Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser of Allianz Rob Kim/Getty Images Mohamed El Erian said the Federal Reserve missed a “golden ...

Saudi Arabia and Thailand restored diplomatic ties 33 years after 4 Saudis were killed trying to recover $20 million in royal diamonds stolen by a Thai cleaner

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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 26, 2022. ...

Elon Musk said he took his kids to Walmart to see the pandemic toiler paper shortage with his own eyes

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images Elon Musk compared the toilet paper shortages to global chip ...

Buzzy beauty brand Glossier just laid off more than 80 employees

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Staff at a Glossier store. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Beauty brand Glossier just laid off more than ...

The Great Reshuffle is helping Microsoft as engagement and advertising on its LinkedIn job platform soar

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Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26.2 billion. Edward Smith/Getty Images Engagement hit a record high at LinkedIn in the ...

Sen. Ron Johnson says it’s not ‘society’s responsibility’ to care for ‘other people’s children’ while arguing against child care subsidies for working parents

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Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told a local news channel this week that he “never really felt it was society’s ...

GM sold 26 electric vehicles last quarter but projects it will overtake Tesla by 2025. Elon Musk said GM has ‘room for improvement.’

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says GM appears “to have some room for improvement.” Picture Alliance/Getty Images GM is investing heavily ...

Heirs of Pablo Picasso venture into crypto, selling more than a thousand digital art pieces of legendary artist’s never-before-seen ceramic work

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Marina Picasso, right, granddaughter of artist Pablo Picasso, and her son Florian Picasso pose with a ceramic art-work of Pablo ...

Oath Keepers leader will remain jailed on Capitol riot sedition charges after judge rules him a flight risk, citing testimony that he built ‘escape tunnels’ in his backyard

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Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes was charged with seditious conspiracy in the January 6 investigation. Photo by Philip Pacheco/Anadolu ...