Rupert Murdoch is ensuring the handoff of power to his oldest son Lachlan, ending a saga over the control of News Corp. and Fox News. Father and son are seen here in July 2017, as they attended the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch, …
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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The Supreme Court lifted a temporary restraining order that barred federal immigration agents from conducting “roving patrols” and racially profiling people in the Los Angeles area. The …
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Lisa Cook testifies during her Senate Banking nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America A federal judge in Washington D.C., temporarily blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Tuesday night. The ruling stymies Trump’s aggressive effort to exercise more control …
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The JPMorgan Chase headquarters building in New York City is pictured in 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Six years after his death in prison, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to dominate the news. A House committee has released a suggestive note sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday that is signed “Donald …
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Author Dan Brown is known for storylines that delve into myth and conspiracy theories. His new book — The Secret of Secrets — tackles the ultimate mystery: human consciousness. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Robert Langdon is back in action, the dashing and brilliant Harvard professor who has a knack for wandering into situations where he unearths big philosophical questions and at …
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, pictured here in Los Angeles in July 2025, is one among many Hollywood figures to pledge not to work with Israeli movie industry companies in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP More than 2,000 Hollywood figures, including well-known actors and filmmakers, have pledged to boycott the growing Israeli …
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Matthew McConaughey in the 2014 film, Interstellar. Warner Bros./Alamy hide caption toggle caption Warner Bros./Alamy Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was a phenomenon in 2014. Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight. Former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is pulled into a NASA mission to transport the human race to a new planet, via wormhole. Back …
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Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches to Chris Krug of the Chicago Cubs in the top of the ninth inning, en route to his perfect game in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 9, 1965. Harold P. Matosian/AP hide caption toggle caption Harold P. Matosian/AP LOS ANGELES — For baseball aficionados, the name Sandy Koufax is almost mythical. In …
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Michigan District Court Judge Kristen Simmons speaks Tuesday in Lansing while dismissing the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP A Michigan judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 people who signed false certificates saying Donald Trump won the state’s electoral …
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Bands like Xiu Xiu (left) and Hotline TNT (right) recently pulled their music off Spotify, the world’s largest streaming service. Eva Luise Hoppe; Graham Tolbert hide caption toggle caption Eva Luise Hoppe; Graham Tolbert Over the summer, a slew of bands began to make similar announcements on social media: They’d be pulling their music off Spotify, the largest streaming service …
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