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Former President Donald Trump said he was "not a student of Hitler," following backlash to his controversial comments that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country."
Trump said that he never knew Adolf Hitler had used similar language to describe Jewish people and said he had never read Hitler's "Mein Kampf" manifesto.
"I know nothing about Hitler. I'm not a student of Hitler," Trump said in a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt. Read more.
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Bakhmut's destruction was near total, reminiscent, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, of Hiroshima after the atomic blast in 1945.
Thousands of men and women had been sent into this fight, and yet it's done little to alter the course of this slow and increasingly desperate war. Read more
ChatGPT isn't the only AI-powered tool that can help make your job easier.
There are plenty of other AI-based apps and browser extensions that can boost your productivity.
The apps range from helping you with note-taking to creating spreadsheets for you. Read more
Jotham Lim left his corporate gig to become a full-time shopping livestreamer in October.
These livestreams involve two or more hours of nonstop talking.
He's seen a big windfall since making the switch, but is worried about the unstable pay. Read more
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The biggest threat facing the home-buying industry is a mounting wave of class-action lawsuits that accuse the National Association of Realtors conspiring to rip off consumers by keeping the commissions paid to agents unfairly high.
These cases are expected to reach major milestones in the next year, and the ramifications could be staggering: Tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars hang in the balance.
The old way of buying and selling homes could go away forever. Read more
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The point man on President Joe Biden's National Security Council for international economic issues, sent Ukraine a four-page "working draft" the White House expected Kyiv to make in return for continued financial assistance from the United States.
The goal, in broad terms, was to curb the state-facilitated corruption that has long been a hallmark of Ukrainian governance.
Among the recipients of the letter was the Office of the President of Ukraine — a team of some five dozen insiders headed by Andriy Yermak, a longtime friend of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read more.
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Israel's aggressive tactics won't bring about the end of Hamas or the conflict, a former UK defense minister is warning.
The concerns being raised in some ways echo other Western voices alarmed by Israel's methods of rooting out Hamas, which have wrecked the Gaza Strip.
Experts told Business Insider's Sam Fellman that Israel's tactics could be playing into Hamas' hands. Read more.
Western companies clamored to announce their exits from Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine — but many are still operating in the country.
It's not that they aren't trying to get out. The Kremlin, however, is scrutinizing and micromanaging nearly every corporate exit plan before approving it, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
It showed how the Russian authorities make companies jump through hoops, imposing high hurdles on firms trying to exit a market hit by sweeping sanctions, including a 12th round of trade restrictions from the European Union on Monday. Read more.
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were unharmed but appeared shaken after a car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding the presidential motorcade Sunday night.
The crash occurred as the pair left Biden's 2024 campaign headquarters in Delaware. No injuries have been reported.
While no President has a tenure without security threats, Biden and other prominent Democrats have faced several serious safety concerns this year. Read more.
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Shelley Alvarado worked for five years at the Louis Vuitton store in Topanga, California.
All employees were trained to spot signs that a Louis Vuitton bag was fake.
Customers came from all walks of life, and friends had mixed reactions about where she worked. Read more
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Tesla is recalling more than 2 million cars with an over-the-air software update.
A two-year NHTSA investigation found its Autopilot system's "unique design" means it can be misused.
It is the second recall involving Tesla's automated-driving features this year. Read more
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Former President Donald Trump invited North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson to Mar-a-Lago for a "special event" on Tuesday.
Robinson, the frontrunner in North Carolina's gubernatorial race, is known for his strict stances on abortion despite personally admitting to paying for one decades ago.
Trump's willingness to appear alongside Robinson is notable as abortion issues increasingly divide — and mobilize — voters. Read more.
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Elon Musk thinks he has a way to end the controversy Harvard's been embroiled in — defunding the college.
Musk made the recommendation in response to another user's post on X about the college's president, Claudine Gay, and her congressional testimony.
"Shame on the board. They all need to go," Musk wrote on X, referencing a post by Bill Ackman which said that the school's governing boards were retaining Gay as president. Read more.
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Can Donald Trump be charged with a crime? Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in — and fast.
In an unusual court filing, Smith's team has asked the Supreme Court to address former President Donald Trump's claim that, as a former president, he is immune from being criminally charged.
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider the request by Smith expeditiously and ordered Trump to respond to Smith's petition by December 20. Read more.
Russia is believed to have recruited more than 100,000 prisoners to fight in Ukraine, says Newsweek.
The practice of recruiting prisoners was started by the Wagner Group and continued by the Kremlin.
Russia's prison population has dropped from around 420,000 before the war to about 266,000 now. Read more
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For decades, the military might of the US was unchallenged.
But as 2023 draws to a close, conflicts are flaring across the world, and Russia and China are growing increasingly aggressive in their shared ambition to topple the US as the world's biggest power.
China has provided Russia with vital economic and diplomatic support in its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, while the US has provided billions in aid to Kyiv. Read more.
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An estimated 102 million people are eligible for a small payout after a Google settlement.
Google is paying to settle an antitrust lawsuit over its Google Play Store.
About 70% of eligible people can expect to get paid automatically. Read more
Holiday gifting is hard enough for people that do have wishlists. So what about the people who really have it all?
The founder of luxury styling firm Lalaluxe, Nicole Pollard said billionaires and centimillionaires often like things that can be personalized.
Warren Buffet famously used to give each of his family members $10,000 in cash — but after he learned they were blowing it, switched it up and now gives stock to some and chocolate to others. Read more
Former Tesla owner Shreyansh Jain was hit with a $14,000 repair bill from an issue he encountered less than 24 hours after taking his brand new Model Y home, according to a recent report.
The Model Y's suspension broke with only 115 miles on the odometer, the report said.
Reuters found that Tesla has faced thousands of complaints over suspension and steering issues. Read more
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Gen Z isn't big on Facebook, and they feel the same about the man who made it.
In a July Business Insider survey done in collaboration with YouGov, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranked lowest in trustworthiness among the demographic when compared with a list of fellow business icons.
Meanwhile, the business exec who won over the greatest proportion of Gen Z: media and entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey, who was ranked trustworthy by 46% of Gen Z respondents. Read more.
After the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump ineligible to run for or hold public office, the former president vowed to appeal the issue to the Supreme Court of the United States.
While the Colorado decision has focused on his eligibility to be included on the state's primary ballot, the ruling would also apply to the general election.
Six legal experts explained to Business Insider the options that SCOTUS has: do nothing and allow Colorado's ruling to lapse, refuse to add the case to the docket, or agree to hear arguments and issue a decision themselves. Read more.
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI is empowering its board with veto powers over the company's leadership.
OpenAI said in its statement that it would be establishing a "cross-functional Safety Advisory Group." The group, OpenAI says, would be tasked with reviewing reports on emerging risks before updating the company's leadership and board of directors.
However, the final decision-making authority would lie with OpenAI's board rather than CEO Sam Altman. Read more.
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When Fortnite released its new Lego mode on Thursday, it took players less than one day to recreate 9/11.
The release of Lego Fortnite brought millions of players to the game, smashing the previous record for most online players at once with 6.6 million, Dexerto reported.
Players started posting videos of themselves recreating the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center on social-media sites such as TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter. Read more.
Mexican cartels are accessing an intelligence and security database used by government agencies to hunt down their victims in real time, sources told Vice News.
The criminals can geolocate people through minute-to-minute location logs and obtain private information and documents through software called Titan, which is being shared on WhatsApp, according to the report.
According to the investigation, personal information is obtained from a large database, and GPS technology is used to track cellphones. Read more.
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Israel is pumping seawater into Hamas' network of underground tunnels, per the WSJ.
It's not a new idea. In 2013, Egypt flooded tunnels connecting Gaza to the Sinai, but with sewage.
Two years later, Egypt pumped seawater, hoping to stop the movement of weapons and fighters. Read more
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House Republicans are poised this week to formalize their impeachment probe into President Joe Biden.
According to a Morning Consult poll, voters are slightly more likely to support Republicans moving forward, 44% support launching impeachment proceedings compared to 40% who do not.
As of now, House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to narrowly pass a formal resolution that would lay out Republican's impeachment inquiry. Read more.
Two-time Emmy award-winning actor André Braugher died on Monday following a brief illness, his publicist confirmed to Business Insider. He was 61.
The star is known for his roles in the 2010s police comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" — where he played Captain Raymond Holt — and the '90s series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
The cast and crew of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" have since shared their condolences and tributes to the late actor. Read more.
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Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power.
But reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu's government helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization.
Israeli security officials would meet with a Qatari diplomat at the border between Israel and Jordan, according to the New York Times report. Read more.
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Jeff Bezos' housekeeper sued him last year over alleged racial bias and unsafe working conditions.
The case was dismissed, but included in court documents was a copy of her nondisclosure agreement.
The agreement shows Bezos' obsession with privacy. Read more
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Elon Musk was on a heater.
From 2019 to 2022, it seemed as if every gamble that Musk took was paying off. Then Musk did what every risk-addicted blackjack player inevitably does: pushed his luck too far.
Overconfidence, confirmation bias, and delusions of control led to a string of bad decisions — and BOOM — Elon's empire is in trouble again. Read more