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President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American oil companies were making a fortune on the Iran war. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Trump said on Saturday that American oil companies are making a "fortune" on the Iran war. Americans, however, are paying record prices at the pump, according to AAA. Trump made the comments less than two weeks from the midterm elections. Though regular Americans are paying more at the pump , US oil companies are striking it rich, President Donald Trump said on Saturday. Speaking at a rally in Georgia, Trump said that oil prices are "temporarily high," but added that the throttling of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed oil buyers to American companies with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. "The United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars," Trump said. "I don't give a damn, I'm going to say it — we're making a freaking fortune." Indeed, a Q2 report this year fro...

Leslie Hodgin and her husband moved to the Netherlands in January 2026. Leslie Hodgin Leslie Hodgin and her husband had dreamed of moving abroad. They finally took the leap in January, deciding not to waste time in their 50s. Hodgin said the move was expensive and time-consuming, but she's been happy with their relocation. This story is based on an interview with Leslie Hodgin, a 55-year-old marketing consultant who moved from the US to the Netherlands with her husband, John Lyman, 52. It has been edited for length and clarity. Until 2026, I was living in Richmond, Virginia, with my husband and our cat. My dad was in the Army, so I grew up all over the world, but Richmond is my adopted home. I lived there for about 10 years. During that time, I got an offer to move to Seoul, South Korea, for my marketing job. My husband, John, and I were dating at the time. We got married one week before moving to Seoul for two years. After the contract ended, we returned to the States. I love Ric...

Peter Thiel said that after Steve Jobs died in 2011, Apple hasn't innovated. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Peter Thiel said Apple hasn't innovated since the iPhone. Thiel said Tim Cook hasn't taken the company in new directions. The billionaire venture capitalist said eccentric CEOs like Elon Musk "are way better for society." Peter Thiel, evidently, isn't a fan of the iPhone Duo . In fact, the billionaire PayPal cofounder and tech investor said he hasn't been very impressed with much of anything that Apple has done since its eccentric founder, Steve Jobs, died of cancer in 2011. "In my telling, it did nothing new after Jobs," Thiel said of the iPhone maker in a September interview with author Walter Isaacson for the "Builder's Podcast," which was released on Thursday. "It turned out, yeah, the mobile phone was this giant invention — there was not that much more to do," he said. "Then it was just scaling and branding a...

The moment you realize the internet is "held together by glue and dreams." from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/ewkm6RD via IFTTT

The author travels with her parents and her family. Courtesy of the author My 21-year-old son wanted to visit a lively beach club during our family vacation. I never expected my parents, both in their 70s, to get up and dance to ABBA. Seeing their joy reminded me that getting older doesn't mean giving up new experiences. My 75-year-old dad told me he'll feel like he's closer to dying if our annual family vacations stop. He's not ready for that. Neither am I. It stopped me in my tracks and frankly scared me a little . While I know my parents are aging, I haven't begun thinking about life without them, and I found myself spending the rest of the vacation looking through this new lens. For the last 12 years, my husband, my parents, my son, and I have traveled all over the world on an annual multigenerational trip . And while the sights have been spectacular, what struck me most on this last vacation is just how much each of us has grown to value these trips. I'm i...

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/gRZTJM4 via IFTTT

Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) were born outside the US. Getty Images The US House of Representatives has 435 members, each representing a state congressional district. US representatives do not need to be natural-born citizens in order to take office. See the 26 current representatives born outside the US. Similar to the US Senate , members of the House of Representatives do not need to be natural-born citizens in order to take office. In fact, the only members of government who do are the president and vice president. The House of Representatives, one of the two chambers of Congress alongside the Senate , has 435 voting members. They represent congressional districts allocated among the states based on population and serve two-year terms with no term limits. To qualify as a US House representative, a person must be: At least 25 years old A US citizen for at least seven years. Live in the state they want to represent at the time of the election. Many current...