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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 20-year-old Chicago man has been arrested in connection with a thwarted violent plot targeting a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House.Alexander Iniguez Mercado was indicted Thursday in federal court for allegedly serving as an administrator and member of Signal messaging groups used to plan a violent attack on the June 14 event, Fox News has learned.He is one of eight suspects from across multiple states who have been charged in connection with the conspiracy.According to the indictment, the FBI contacted Mercado by phone just one day before…

Apple announced Thursday that it has raised prices for some popular devices, citing demand for key memory chips also used to power AI. This week’s announcement of price increases comes amid a broader supply chain squeeze of memory chips and other components used in electronics as demand grows for AI data centres.This means global supplies of the chips, a key component in technology like laptops and similar devices, have been facing pressure.“The consumer electronics industry is facing an unprecedented challenge. The rapid expansion of AI data centers has created an extraordinary surge in demand for memory and storage,” said Apple…

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a “100% TARIFF” on the goods of any country that imposes a digital services tax on U.S. companies.”This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.He added that those tariffs “will be immediately imposed” should countries proceed with their digital-tax plans.Trump has previously vowed to retaliate against countries that impose digital services taxes, claiming they unfairly target U.S. tech giants. Last year, Trump vowed to cut off all trade talks with Canada over its own proposed version of the…

New U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, June 17, 2026.Eric Lee | ReutersFederal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has added two more key advisors as he seeks to remake how the central bank approaches its views on the economy and monetary policy, people familiar with the moves confirmed to CNBC. Though Warsh has talked about broad changes that need to be made at the Fed, he instead reached inside for these appointments, naming economists Daniel Covitz and Eric Engstrom to…

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Around two weeks ago, Elon Musk’s SpaceX conglomerate went public. Everyone who is remotely interested has a fair idea of the numbers. But in a nutshell, it was easily the biggest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in history. It also led to Mr Musk becoming the first ever trillionaire, however briefly. Without doubt, the whole SpaceX (SPCX) IPO was a stunning success. The first trade was matched at $150, which represented a perfectly reasonable 11% premium to the issue price of $135 per share, and the stock then rallied to close out at just over $160, representing a first-day gain of…

“There is a risk of extremely heavy rain at warning levels,” top government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.”So far, we have received reports of one person seriously injured and three people with minor injuries”, as well as flooding in dozens of buildings mainly in the southern region of Kagoshima, he said.”We offer our heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by the disaster, and we will continue to gain an accurate picture of the damage situation,” he said, adding the government is cooperating with municipalities to take “emergency disaster response measures”.Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled a total of 120…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Japan time. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 10:29 p.m. Japan time about 30 miles west of Tokyo, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the…

President Trump has “a fundamentally different conception of the U.S. presidency” than his predecessors, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan explain in their new book, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.”Haberman and Swan sat down with “CBS Mornings” Friday to talk about their book, which dives into the president’s second term and is the result of more than 1,000 interviews. “This administration is so unrecognizable [compared] to Trump’s first one,” Haberman told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King. She said “it became really clear to us,” over many months of reporting, “that we were covering not the…

Big developments in Murdaugh, Mangione, Robinson cases Alex Murdaugh’s defense files new motions for his retrial. Luigi Mangione’s lawyers slam plea deal reports. Tyler Robinson returns to court. The Supreme Court hands down decisions on immigration, expanding presidential powers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, can still face the potential death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder, a Utah judge ruled Friday.Judge Tony Graf Jr. found Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard was in contempt of a court order for statements he made about his opinion on the strength of evidence in…