The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Trump’s plan requiring passport applicants to list the sex on their birth certificate, overturning a lower court pause. The 6-3 order, not a final ruling, lets the policy take effect while litigation proceeds. Plaintiffs led by transgender man Ashton Orr say the...
President Donald Trump struck landmark agreements with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to cut costs for GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Starting next year, monthly out-of-pocket prices for injections and future pills will range from $50 to $350, officials said. Medicare will cover the drugs for obesity beginning mid-2026, with some...
California voters approved a new congressional map, the most significant Democratic response yet to Trump’s push to redraw districts before 2026. The plan could tilt five U.S. House seats toward Democrats and was passed by public vote, sidelining the state’s commission. Trump’s redistricting drive has already produced GOP advantages in...
In a signature twist of A.J. Preller’s tenure, the Padres promoted special assistant and former reliever Craig Stammen to manager, replacing Mike Shildt, who resigned last month. Stammen, 42 by Opening Day, becomes San Diego’s 24th skipper and the sixth full-time manager under Preller, signing a three-year deal through 2028....
After Alex Ovechkin became the first NHL player to reach 900 career goals with a second period strike, Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was caught tucking the milestone puck into his pants. He later gave it to a linesman and said he always meant to return it, joking he basically had...
On a day defined by the shutdown, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits by Friday, saying partial payments ignored real harm. The Supreme Court allowed enforcement of a passport policy limiting gender markers while the case proceeds. The FAA is imposing 10% air...
Duolingo shares plunged 27% after the language app issued lighter guidance while prioritizing user growth over near-term monetization. CEO Luis von Ahn said the company is shifting investment to long-term bets. For the quarter, bookings and adjusted EBITDA forecasts trailed estimates, and daily and monthly active users missed, though paid...
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a Democratic-friendly redistricting plan, with about 64% of 8.3 million ballots cast. The maps, designed to unseat five GOP incumbents starting in 2026, could erase Republicans’ narrow House edge and stall President Trump’s agenda. The defeat ignited Republican infighting: Assemblyman Carl DeMaio urged state...
Goldman Sachs named 638 new managing directors, a roughly 5% increase over 2023’s class of 608, in one of Wall Street’s most watched promotions. CEO David Solomon and President John Waldron praised the cohort’s client focus and scale, noting the choices were extremely difficult. More than 6,000 interviews fed the...
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced a new team to build “humanist superintelligence,” saying it will be limited, contextual, and built to serve people. In a blog post, he stressed keeping humans “at the top of the food chain,” even as Microsoft and OpenAI head into fiercer AGI competition under...
