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A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024.Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday cleared the merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, after the Japanese steelmaker’s previous bid to acquire its U.S. rival had been blocked on national security grounds.”This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon Steel, which will create at least 70,000 jobs, and add $14 Billion Dollars to the U.S. Economy,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.U.S. Steel’s headquarters will…

Jeff KassoufMay 23, 2025, 03:27 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.Racing Louisville FC midfielder Savannah DeMelo spoke publicly this week for the first time about being diagnosed with Graves’ disease and hyperthyroidism, describing her struggles managing the conditions last year but expressing confidence that she can continue to perform at a high level.Attention was drawn to DeMelo’s health during her team’s March 22 road game against Bay FC. DeMelo…

New York CNN  —  President Donald Trump announced a partnership between U.S. Steel and Japanese steelmaker Nippon that he says will keep the headquarters in Pittsburgh and draw $14 billion in investment toward the US economy. “This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon Steel, which will create at least 70,000 jobs, and add $14 Billion Dollars to the U.S. Economy. The bulk of that Investment will occur in the next 14 months,” Trump posted on TruthSocial Friday. Trump will visit the steel plant next Friday for a “BIG rally,” he said. But Trump’s post included…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A United Nations expert warned Friday at the conclusion of her two-week visit that Guatemala’s prosecutor’s office is increasingly using criminal law against former prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, journalists and others.Margaret Satterthwaite, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, traveled the country meeting with judges, lawyers, lawmakers and others, including Guatemala’s chief prosecutor.“The instrumental use of criminal law by the Prosecutor General’s Office appears to amount to a systematic pattern of intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights, targeted at specific groups,” Satterthwaite wrote in her preliminary report. “This persecution appears to…

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney announced Friday that it reached a tentative agreement with the union representing about 3,000 machinists in Connecticut who’ve been on strike since May 4 demanding improved job security and better wages, retirement benefits and health care coverage. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are scheduled to vote May 27 on the revised contract offer. The company said the tentative agreement, reached after the two sides resumed talks on Thursday, addresses “key points of interest among union members.” It did not provide details.In a post on…

US President Donald Trump prepares to sign executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Trump’s social media tariffs threats against Apple and the European Union reflect a worrying issue for the markets and economy, according to trade experts and logistics experts: the negotiating process isn’t going the way Trump wants.”Trump is not wrong that the EU has been less forthcoming than other countries, but the EU also has good reason to be reluctant to engage in this kind of exercise, and so they…

Fresh from a 10/1 winner in midweek, our betting expert Jones Knows unleashes his Premier League insight across the final round of matches.Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea, Sunday 4pm, live on Sky Sports – PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Chelsea are the vulnerable ones in the final day race for the Champions League. Based on their soft underbelly away from home, winning just one of their last 10 Premier League games, this is a great spot for Nottingham Forest.A criticism of Enzo Maresca this season has been the predictability of Chelsea’s play and that is more apparent when you remove Nicholas Jackson…

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAnthropic on Thursday said it activated a tighter artificial intelligence control for Claude Opus 4, its latest AI model.The new AI Safety Level 3 (ASL-3) controls are to “limit the risk of Claude being misused specifically for the development or acquisition of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons,” the company wrote in a blog post.The company, which is backed by Amazon, said it was taking the measures as a precaution and that the team had not yet determined if Opus 4 has crossed the benchmark that would require that protection.Anthropic announced Claude Opus…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering a major overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size, lead to the ouster of some political appointees and return many career government employees back to their home agencies, according to two U.S. officials and one person familiar with the reorganization.The number of staff at the NSC is expected to be significantly reduced, according to the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive personnel matter. The shake-up is just the latest shoe to drop at the NSC, which is being dramatically made over after the ouster early this…

Liverpool’s chances of signing Florian Wirtz have increased significantly as he considers leaving Germany – though the Reds are still ‘cautious’ about any move for him.Wirtz is a major Liverpool target this summer but as recently as earlier this week, they believed he wanted to stay in Germany – either by signing for Bayern Munich or remaining at Bayer Leverkusen for one more. Liverpool have been waiting for confirmation from Wirtz that he wants to play in England before making a formal offer. The player’s change of heart is being viewed as a significant boost to Liverpool’s hopes of completing…