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Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We belie...

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We belie...

Palestinians walk among destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday announced that the remains of three hostages had been handed over from Gaza and would be examined by forensic experts, as a fragile month-old ceasefire held. A Hamas statement earlier said the remains were found Sunday in a tunnel in southern Gaza. Since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza, before Sunday's handover. Is...

A young man confronts federal agents after they arrested a worker at a home in his Edison Park neighborhood on Friday in Chicago. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images Over the weekend, heightened immigration enforcement actions in and around Chicago led to muted Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations, with residents reporting a noticeable decline in festivities. At least one Halloween parade was canceled. "There were a lot less parades," Ernesto, a resident of a largely Latino Chicago neighborhood, told NPR. He requested his last name ...

Between billion-dollar investments and global market shocks, partners at Goldman Sachs have no shortage of things to worry about. But two of them share a common nighttime preoccupation.Business Insider separately asked Meena Lakdawala-Flynn, co-head of Global Private Wealth Management and One Goldman Sachs, and Asahi Pompey, global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and chair of the Urban Investment Group, what keeps them awake at night."I'm always thinking about our people," said Lakdawala-Flynn, who has been at the firm for more than 25 years and became a partner in 2014. "You've built talent, you've invested in talent, they're cultural stewards. To me, it's about retaining people."She added that having a "rotating door" makes it more difficult to create strong businesses and cli...

This as-told-to interview with Barry Duong, lead AI strategist for public equities at the professional services AI startup Hebbia, where his team generates original prompts and works directly with financial services firms. Previously, Duong was a portfolio manager at the hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management, an analyst at Citadel, and an associate at New Mountain Capital.His comments, told to Business Insider correspondent Reed Alexander, have been edited for length and clarity.Why I left Wall Street for AIMy most recent stint in the world of financial services was in hedge funds. After I left Balyasny, I was under a noncompete, and I decided to learn more about AI.I started testing tools, including stealth-mode startup products that were in early stages. What was possible was far bigger t...

The government shutdown isn't stopping the Trump administration from forging ahead with its student-loan repayment changes.On Monday, the Department of Education will begin its second week of negotiations with stakeholders on President Donald Trump's plan to overhaul repayment plans and impose new caps on borrowing. The changes were codified in Trump's "big beautiful" spending bill, which he signed into law in July. The department is now undergoing negotiated rulemaking, a process that includes negotiation sessions and periods of public comment, with implementation set to begin in July 2026.The negotiations are continuing despite the ongoing government shutdown. Jeff Andrade, the department's deputy assistant secretary for policy, told negotiators during the first session in October that a...