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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shattered records, spawned a blockbuster hit concert film and made the pop singer a billionaire. Now, she credits the nearly two-year tour with helping her “greatest dream come true”: becoming the owner of all of her music.Swift on Friday announced that she had purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, putting them under her control for the first time since they were sold to record executive Scooter Braun in 2019.The 35-year-old shared the news in a post on her website, thanking her fans for the financial support that helped her make the sale possible.”All…

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C) gestures beside Malaysia’s Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin (R) and other defence officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a multilateral meeting ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025. Mohd Rasfan | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday warned that the U.S. was prepared to “fight and win” against China if deterrence efforts failed, while urging Asian allies to strengthen military coordination and raise defense spending.Speaking at the annual defense summit Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth stressed…

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Hester Peirce, commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS — Now that the SEC is out of the business of regulating meme coins, investors shouldn’t expect any guidance on $TRUMP, according to Hester Peirce, one of the agency’s veteran commissioners.The SEC said in February that it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law. That took the crypto tokens out of its purview just weeks after President Donald Trump launched his own meme coin…

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Bitcoin 2025 brought together thousands of investors, builders, and believers for a showcase of crypto’s next chapter.MacKenzie SigalosLAS VEGAS — At the world’s largest bitcoin conference this week on the Vegas Strip, the most consequential story wasn’t about bitcoin.Stablecoins, the dollar-pegged digital tokens now driving a full-scale financial and political shift in Washington, stole the show.The momentum behind stablecoin legislation and crypto market reform is accelerating — and it’s attracting a new kind of donor, investor, and voter. That shift took center stage at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas.Vice President JD Vance became the first sitting U.S. vice president to…

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A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesPBS on Friday sued President Donald Trump to block his effort to cut off federal funding for the public broadcaster.The U.S. Constitution and the half-century-old law governing public television “forbid” Trump from attempting to defund PBS or “serving as the arbiter” of its programming, PBS wrote in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.The lawsuit from PBS and one of its member stations in Minnesota came three days after NPR filed a similar suit against Trump and…

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