Tesla’s record-shattering $1 trillion pay proposal for CEO Elon Musk is hitting turbulence as influential proxy adviser ISS has urged shareholders to vote it down, calling it an “extraordinarily high” package that could limit the board’s flexibility for years to come. This marks the second consecutive year ISS has recommended against Musk’s compensation plan. Its …

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CHICAGO — Federal immigration officers enforcing the Trump administration’s crackdown in Chicago are now required to wear body cameras, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. The judge cited concerns that officers were failing to follow a previous court order meant to regulate their interactions with protesters. Under Ellis’s order, officers equipped with …

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The gears of the U.S. federal judiciary are grinding to a slow halt. Starting Monday, courts across the country will begin furloughing staff and scaling back non-essential functions after their emergency reserves ran dry amid the ongoing government shutdown. For the first time in nearly three decades, thousands of judicial employees may be sent home …

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In a move that reignited debate over presidential clemency, Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former U.S. Representative George Santos — the scandal-scarred lawmaker whose brief political career was defined by deception and downfall. Santos, once a rising Republican from New York, had been serving an 87-month sentence for fraud and identity theft …

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The storm circling John Bolton, once a towering figure in American foreign policy, now swirls inside a Maryland courtroom. At 76, the former U.S. National Security Adviser stands accused of transmitting and keeping classified national defense information—eighteen counts in all. Yet the contours of his case look far sharper, and perhaps sturdier, than the politically …

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A fresh legal storm has hit Microsoft, as a group of consumers in San Francisco federal court allege the tech titan manipulated the AI market to inflate prices for ChatGPT. The proposed class action claims Microsoft leveraged its exclusive cloud computing agreement with OpenAI to control access to the computational resources that power the popular …

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As the federal government shutdown drags into its 11th day, the Trump administration has unveiled a stopgap plan to ensure military personnel continue receiving paychecks. The president announced on Truth Social that he is directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to mobilize “all available funds” to pay troops on October 15. Though specifics on the …

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Alphabet’s Google has sounded alarms over Australia’s upcoming ban on social media use for anyone under 16, arguing the measure may prove more symbolic than effective — and could backfire. During a parliamentary hearing in Sydney, Google representatives said the law, which takes effect in December, would be “extremely difficult to enforce” and unlikely to …

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