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Law
Judge halts Paramount-Warner’s $81 billion merger for two weeks after states warn it would ‘extinguish competition’
By The Associated Press and Wyatte Grantham-PhilipsJuly 20, 2026
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Energy
U.S. bombs Iran for ninth straight night as Tehran strikes Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain
By The Associated Press and Jon GambrellJuly 20, 2026
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Politics
French President Macron backs effort to ban kids under 15 from social media before departing office next year
By The Associated Press and Samuel PetrequinJuly 20, 2026
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Personal Finance
Student loan defaults hit record $233 billion with 1 in 5 borrowers over 9 months behind
By Nicky Forster, Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Personal Finance
Meet a 40-year-old who filed for bankruptcy in 2022 but still can’t erase $94,000 in student-loan debt: ‘you’re just lost in the system somewhere’
By Heather Hollingsworth, Nicky Forster and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Politics
JD Vance becomes first sitting vice president to welcome a child in office in over 150 years
By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment
‘Everybody’s a sucker for a dog’: scholars see modern schmaltz in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey
By Hillel Italie and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Politics
Andy Burnham accuses UK of taking wrong turns since the 1980s in first speech as Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street
By Jill Lawless and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Politics
France wants to ban social media for kids — but Brussels says the bill breaks EU law
By Samuel Petrequin and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
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Energy
Gas prices snap back to $4 as Trump’s Iran truce unravels
By The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
Spain earns $51 million for World Cup win and runner-up Argentina gets $34 million as total payout for all 48 teams hits record-high $871 million
Arts & Entertainment
Spain earns $51 million for World Cup win and runner-up Argentina gets $34 million as total payout for all 48 teams hits record-high $871 million
By Luis Andres Henao, Graham Dunbar and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2026
Box office debut for ‘The Odyssey’ tops ‘Oppenheimer’ and is Christopher Nolan’s best opening since ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012
Arts & Entertainment
Box office debut for ‘The Odyssey’ tops ‘Oppenheimer’ and is Christopher Nolan’s best opening since ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2026
U.S. military announces the death of another service member, blaming the ‘controlled detonation’ of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq
Middle East
U.S. military announces the death of another service member, blaming the ‘controlled detonation’ of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq
By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, Ben Finley and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2026
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Success
The people sewing your clothes can’t see the stitches clearly — a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion in gains
By Al Emrun Garjon, Julhas Alam and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2026
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Politics
Trump officials were trying to use a Biden rule to gut billions in grants — a judge just said no
By Michael Casey and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2026
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Mark Cuban says he has the solution to growing income inequality, and it's to reward every employee—from CEO to janitor—with company stockplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 20, 2026
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‘I want to die broke’: Billionaire philanthropist Denny Sanford dies after giving away $4 billionplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeJuly 20, 2026
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'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimisticplaceholder alt text
By Jason MaJuly 18, 2026
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