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Marriages with separate surnames tend to end about 30% sooner, averaging 8 to 10 years before filing compared to about 12 years for couples with a shared name, per the Institute for Family Studies. Nationwide, roughly 75 to 80 percent of married couples still share a surname, so the separate-name cohort remains the minority. Read more: https://t.co/XBDcj5GAnt

Trump administration grants Mamdani security clearance 9 months into his term, per POLITICO The new clearance, approved in the past week by the Department of Homeland Security, means he can now receive classified documents and briefings related to New York City. Read more: https://t.co/PUUhpbN2vB

Trump: If I ran Venezuela, if I ran any country, I would do exactly the same thing that Maduro did. On the immigration crackdown itself, Trump said, "Frankly, it's the hardest job I've had.: Read more: https://t.co/1Cfq84ta8t

BREAKING: The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per Ken Klippenstein Colby has been making the case for a limited nuclear strike capability since 2011, arguing it gives the president a middle option between doing nothing and Armageddon. Read more: https://t.co/PEL3NvS5Q9

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BREAKING: An appeals court has found Trump colluded with the Department of Justice in bringing and later dismissing a case seeking $10 billion in damages from the IRS, per the Hill

BREAKING: The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed that officers have foiled a plan to attack the Texas State Capitol in Austin, per NBC

BREAKING: Rubio ordered Iranian delegation to leave the country, U.S. official says per Reuters

Unusual Whales has launched an app for Options Traders on Robinhood’s AI Agent Marketplace. Here is Robinhood CEO discussing Robinhood's push into agentic trading: https://t.co/ugth17wULg

President Trump has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center, designed by Edward Durell Stone, after efforts to put his name on the Modernist building faced legal challenges, per WSJ

The UK believes Iran played a part in an incident at an air base used by the U.S., British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says.

BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is the end of the "woke department" in the Department of Defense: "No fatties, no tr*nnies, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals, just warriors."

BREAKING: Trump says that Jerome Powell must “resign immediately” or face a lawsuit from the “highest level of the U.S. government.

JUST IN: Pentagon's Hegseth has announced that Elon Musk, alongside former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey, will co-lead an effort called Project Meridian to “study the future of warfare.”

BREAKING: Micron, $MU, earnings: - Revenue: $54.2 billion, est: $51.5 billion - EPS: $33.4, est: $31.8 Unusual Whales has created a robust earnings platform. See more: https://t.co/c0DtB2E6Oz

JUST IN: The Fed is now expected to leave rates unchanged in October, at 62%, per Polymarket⁠.com. Dovish comments yesterday doubled those odds, and this morning's cool PCE report pushed them even higher.

Breaking: Tristan Thompson, former NBA champion, launches flagship investment portfolio on Autopilot It’s currently up 5% so far

BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo announces departure from Portugal's national team camp, per Sportsnet This is after reports emerged he was unhappy with roster decisions made by head coach Jorge Jesus.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reports more than $250 million in income last year The Commerce Secretary reported more than $250 million in income last year, according to his annual financial disclosure obtained by CNBC and the Wall Street Journal — making him one of the wealthiest Cabinet members in modern history. Read more: https://t.co/NI6X3GzwT1

The White House has posted the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence," which appears to misspell United States: https://t.co/G752mq0sD6

GameStop, $GME, CEO Ryan Cohen has bought $10.6 million in stock https://t.co/B7FxaFGFfN To get updates to $GME as it happens, subscribe to Unusual Whales. Read more: https://t.co/8KdLqMc8Id

BREAKING: Meta, $META, took a $355 million tax break on Mark Zuckerberg’s $4 billion compensation by classifying him as a researcher, per the NYT Meta classified Mark Zuckerberg as a "researcher" to claim a $355 million research tax break on his roughly $4 billion in compensation, according to the New York Times. Read more: https://t.co/ACmFAbuN6M

BREAKING: The Federal Reserve's Inspector General said it found no grounds for a criminal referral or administrative misconduct tied to cost overruns in a renovation project that drew scorn from President Trump and an investigation into Jerome Powell

BREAKING: The US has announced the departure of U.S. forces from Iraq, ending its 12-year military mission.

BREAKING: Senate Democrats block bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked the Stop Insider Trading Act, a bill to restrict lawmakers' stock trading, in a 53-47 party-line vote. Read more: https://t.co/kcgLehlXKG

Palantir, $PLTR, CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden, per FORTUNE

"McDonald's is using AI to price your Big Mac," per YF McDonald's has deployed an AI pricing engine across its nearly 14,000 US restaurants and select overseas markets, according to a Reuters investigation published September 29. Read more: https://t.co/rBgfHn26Bl

Carnegie Mellon University and Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, announced a historic $3 billion gift to elevate Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami.

The Transportation Security Administration says it's taking away chairs at airport checkpoints nationwide and that TSA officers who check passengers' IDs must stand, per ABC The Transportation Security Administration confirmed Tuesday that it is removing all chairs from travel document checker podiums at checkpoints nationwide. Read more: https://t.co/WeSBglcUUW