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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security budgetary hearing in Washington, DC on May 14, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty ImagesHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has an absolute right to deport people without due process, after she incorrectly defined the meaning of the term habeas corpus.Noem was grilled on habeas corpus — the constitutional right of individuals to challenge their detention by the government in a court of law — during the Senate hearing.”Secretary Noem, what is habeas corpus?” asked Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.”Well, habeas corpus is a constitutional right…

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Elon Musk interviews on CNBC from the Tesla Headquarters in Texas.CNBCTesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company will have robotaxis on the streets of Austin, Texas by the end of June.In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Austin, Musk said Tesla aims to bring its robotaxis to Los Angeles and San Francisco following the planned Austin debut.Musk said the robotaxi service will start with about 10 vehicles in Austin, and rapidly expand to thousands of vehicles should the launch go well with no incidents. Since 2016, Musk has been promising Tesla investors,…

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle is adding a new artificial intelligence subscription service that offers exclusive access to the company’s most “cutting edge” AI products.Called “Google AI Ultra,” the new plan includes the highest usage limits and access to its latest AI models and premium features, the company announced Tuesday at its annual developer conference Google IO.At $249.99 per month, the subscription plan also includes early access features to experimental products as well as a YouTube premium subscription.”It’s for people…

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franckreporter | Getty ImagesNearly 2 million federal student loan borrowers who’ve requested to be in an affordable repayment plan are stuck in a backlog of applications, waiting to be approved or denied, according to new data recently shared by the U.S. Department of Education.The Education Department disclosed the information in a May 15 court filing in response to a legal challenge lodged by the American Federation of Teachers. The teachers’ union sued the Trump administration in March for shutting down access to income-driven repayment plan applications on the Education Department’s website.IDR plans cap borrowers’ monthly bills at a share of…

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