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In a matter of hours, the City of Lights will open the 2024 Olympic Games and kick off nearly two weeks of world competition in France.

March 10 | Since 2024, Live Nation and the federal government have been stuck in one of the most high-profile antitrust fights in decades — all over the company’s grip on the concert business through Ticketmaster. 

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February 24 | The trade war plot just thickened. 

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February 20 | The shocking arrest of a member of the British royal family continues to reverberate around the world — testing accountability and the monarchy itself. 

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February 19 | California dreamin’ might’ve reached new heights — at least when it comes to the ballot.

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February 18 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might be pulling the plug on AI at the Pentagon.

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February 17 | In a move straight out of Animal Farm, President Donald Trump announced last week that his administration repealed the scientific “endangerment finding,” which determined that greenhouse gases harm human health. 

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