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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! From bringing the heat to retreating on the beef.Elon Musk appears to be backtracking on some of the wild accusations he made during his ugly spat with President Donald Trump earlier this week.Musk sensationally posted on Thursday that the president’s name appears in unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files — and said that’s why the files haven’t been made public.”@RealDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files,” Musk wrote on X. “That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”Musk followed the post with another, saying, “Mark this post…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. soldier died during a training incident in Hungary this week, the Army’s 101st Airborne Division confirmed to Fox News Digital Saturday. Sgt. Aaron Cox, 24, of Mabank, Texas, died Thursday near Camp Croft from injuries sustained in a crash when he was driving a vehicle in preparation for the Saber Guardian 25 exercise.Cox was an infantryman assigned to the “Strike” 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division. US ARMY BLACK HAWK PILOT FOUND DEAD IN HONDURAS, INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY”The loss of Sgt. Cox is a tragedy for all of us on…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange run by the Winklevoss twins, has filed to list in the US, aiming to capitalise on soaring investor demand for some of the digital asset industry’s biggest names.The company said on Friday it had filed confidential paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, a day after stablecoin operator Circle more than doubled on its debut in New York.A confidential filing with US regulators allows companies to progress their plans to list before publicly…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Only 5 per cent of an estimated £160bn of excess assets held in defined benefit pension schemes will be extracted despite a change in rules to make releasing surpluses easier, the government has predicted.The Department for Work and Pensions estimated in an impact assessment that “around £8.4bn” of surplus after tax would be returned from schemes to workers and companies over 10 years as a result of new rules tabled in this week’s pensions bill.The estimates come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…

A McDonald’s sign blown away by wild winds and gnawed on by rodents during an epic mouse plague may seem like rubbish to most.But to emerging rural artist Clementine Belle McIntosh, the clapped-out McCafe tarpaulin banner is a vivid symbol of the tensions between consumerism and the environment.McIntosh used the advertisement in a piece called Out Of Home, adding layers of papier mache made from old copies of the Gilgandra Weekly newspaper and colour from avocado and onion skins.The four-metre tall work is the centre of her first major exhibition, Sowing and Sewing, at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in…

Defending champions Spain face 2019 winners, and Iberian rivals, Portugal in Sunday’s Nations League final in Munich.Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo acknowledged that he was “another generation” to Spain starlet Lamine Yamal but said Sunday’s Nations League final was more than just a battle between the duo. The final in Munich has been framed as a showdown between veteran Ronaldo, 40, one of the game’s biggest names, and 17-year-old Yamal, the most exciting young talent in world football. Ronaldo scored the winner to send Portugal past Germany into the final, and Yamal was named man-of-the-match after bagging a brace in Spain’s…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information on the Trump administration’s contingency plans if billionaire Elon Musk breaches his companies’ current contracts with the U.S. amid the ongoing public fall out between him and President Trump.In a letter to Rubio as acting national security adviser and obtained by CBS News, Warren said Mr. Trump and Musk’s public disagreements about the upcoming reconciliation bill that escalated into a public online spat could “have serious implications for U.S. national security.”The Massachusetts Democrat mentioned Mr. Trump’s proposal to terminate Musk’s government contracts and subsidies, which the world’s richest…

Protesters attempt to block ICE van ICE and federal agents clear protesters from blocking the front gate of a detention center in Los Angeles on Saturday in order for a van to pass through. (Credit: Bill Essayli via X) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal officials are urging Democrat politicians to tone down “dangerous” rhetoric about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, after violent protests and disorderly demonstrations broke out over the weekend in Los Angeles and New York City.Multiple people were detained by immigration agents on Friday as seven locations in Los Angeles were raided.In response,…

Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing criticism from within his own party for inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcoming G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., despite allegations the Modi government orchestrated a campaign of violence in Canada. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal, who represents a riding in Surrey, B.C. with a large Sikh community, disagrees with Carney’s decision and says dozens of his constituents have reached out to him in “outrage.”“It is sending the wrong message…  [constituents] are telling me that the approach we are taking is that anyone can come into Canada and kill Canadians and they can…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL star cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested in Kentucky early Saturday morning for allegedly assaulting a police officer, among other charges. The 41-year-old was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer, according to Kenton County Jail records. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Jones assaulted a Covington police officer, though it’s unknown what had led to the incident in the first place.  Former NFL defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones was taken into police custody on November 15, 2024. (Eric Rueb / The Providence Journal / USA Today Network)This is…