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Trump cancels meeting with Schumer and Jeffries as a government shutdown looms

It would have been the first time that Trump met with the two top Democrats since his return to the White House.

President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled this week’s planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to negotiate over their demands to shore up healthcare funds as part of a deal to prevent a potential looming federal government shutdown.

Tylenol maker Kenvue rebounds after Trump spreads unproven claims

At the opening of trading, Kenvue shares bounced back by more than 6%.

Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue bounced back sharply at the opening bell Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and, in some cases, discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines, and autism.

These are the best (and worst) cities for women to live, work, and thrive

Where you live determines a lot about your quality of life. These cities offer higher wages and good healthcare for women.

Where you live determines a lot—especially if you’re a woman. From physical and mental well-being to unemployment rates to median income, key components of life satisfaction in the U.S. vary drastically based on location. And given that the pay gap also worsens for women, in particular, as they age, the city they call home can be a huge factor in determining earnings and quality of life later on.

How to build influence on LinkedIn without being cringe

It’s a myth that to build a following as a storyteller, you have to be self-centered, self-promoting, or extroverted.

How a new U.S.-flavored algorithm will alter the experience of TikTok

A rumored split between TikTok’s algorithm in the United States and the computer code running the app elsewhere could put off users—and destroy TikTok’s secret sauce.

The secret of TikTok’s success since its launch has been its algorithm, which presents videos to its 170 million users in the United States. The ability to synthesize users’ interests and keep them scrolling has been the reason the app has grown stratospherically—and is part of the reason why the average user spends more time on the app than watching the average feature film.

Oracle to secure TikTok’s algorithm for users under U.S. deal

It’s unclear whether retraining the copy of the algorithm would essentially create a separate TikTok experience just for domestic U.S. users.

Tech giant Oracle will oversee the security for a licensed copy of the recommendation engine powering TikTok under the terms of a proposed divestment deal, according to a senior official in President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday.

Judge lifts Trump pause on a nearly finished offshore wind project

It’s a victory for Orsted, which has been losing $2 million a day since the Revolution Wind project was halted on August 22.

Danish offshore wind developer Orsted can restart work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, a federal judge ruled on Monday, after President Donald Trump’s administration halted the project last month.

Why TikTok thinks the Rapture is happening this Tuesday

‘RaptureTok’ is going viral after a South African pastor predicted the second coming of Jesus Christ on September 23.

Over the past few days, a new subgenre on TikTok has exploded in popularity: RaptureTok.

Supreme Court lets Trump remove FTC’s Rebecca Slaughter—for now

The high court announced on Monday that it will hear arguments in the case in December.

The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Monday with Donald Trump, allowing the Republican president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission—for now—despite Congress providing job protections for this post.

Salad and Go just closed 41 restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma: See the list of doomed locations in multiple cities

The chain, a would-be rival to Sweetgreen, had been rapidly expanding. Now it’s pulling back on its footprint in an effort to focus on its more successful stores.

Salad and Go, a chain of salad restaurants that is popular in the West and Southwest, has just closed 41 locations in two states.