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Trump Sends Letter to Japan Outlining 25% Tariff Starting on August 1

In yet another tariff development, President Donald Trump said today that he is sending letters to Japan and South Korea outlining a plan to raise tariffs on imports from both countries to 25% on August 1. The news comes one day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on CNN to discuss Trump's latest tariff plans.

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TikTok Is Reportedly Making a US-Specific Version of Its App

A little over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News that a group of "very wealthy people" would buy TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, a new report suggests that TikTok is developing a new version of its app specifically for users in the United States.

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Public Lands Sell-Off Stripped From ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ in Hard-Fought Win for Conservation

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has announced that he is withdrawing his latest public lands sell-off plan from the Senate budget reconciliation bill, one which would have mandated the sale of millions of acres of public land throughout the Western United States. The original plan would have been a massive blow to outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists, and nature photographers.

A smartphone screen displays the introduction to Claude, an AI assistant by Anthropic, with options to submit business interest or talk to Claude. The word "Anthropic" is blurred in the background.

Federal Judge Gives AI Companies a Landmark ‘Fair Use’ Victory

American artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, which develops large language models competing with platforms like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, has won a key ruling in a United States federal court. A federal judge ruled this week that AI developers can train AI models on copyrighted content without obtaining permission from the content creators.