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The administration of President Donald Trump is taking aim at state laws that ban the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports.In late October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released what’s known as an interpretive rule, stating that laws prohibiting medical debt reporting in 15 states are preempted by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.Though the move is not legally binding, it marks an abrupt about-face from CFPB guidance during former President Joe Biden’s administration, which allowed states to make their own credit rules as long as they weren’t “inconsistent” with the federal law. A state requiring each credit agency…

A staggering 800 million people use ChatGPT on a weekly basis, according to parent company OpenAI.And a September 2025 report by the company shows they turn to the chatbot for many reasons — like translation, programming, data analysis, recipes and chit chat.While many of the bot’s uses are fairly mundane, some experts have noticed people turning to ChatGPT for advice on sensitive issues, like therapy.That’s not a great idea says therapist, psychologist and researcher Vaile Wright.”These bots basically tell people exactly what they want to hear,” Wright said on a recent episode of podcast “Speaking of Psychology.””So if you are…

Ahead of a huge clash with Manchester City on Super Sunday, Liverpool boss Arne Slot has praised his opposite number Pep Guardiola, discussed the form of Virgil van Dijk and the Premier League title race.Liverpool head to the Etihad having won their last two games against Aston Villa and Real Madrid. Before that, they had lost six of their previous seven games in all competitions. Man City have responded well to a defeat at Aston Villa two weeks ago, with both teams aiming to close the gap on Arsenal at the the top of the table, live on Sky Sports.Slot…

“Neighbors need food NOW,” the homepage of Second Harvest Food Bank of South Louisiana reads.Amid uncertainty around SNAP funding, food banks across the U.S. are scrambling to pick up the slack for the 42 million Americans who rely on the program for food assistance.SNAP payments have been paused since Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore full funding for the program by Nov. 7. The administration quickly appealed the ruling and on Friday sought an emergency block on the order.While the larger legal battle continues, several states have said…

Affirm CEO Max Levchin said Friday that while the buy now, pay later firm isn’t seeing credit stress among federally employed borrowers due to the government shutdown, there are signs of a change in shopping habits.”We are seeing a very subtle loss of interest in shopping just for that group, and a couple of basis points,” Levchin told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”At least 670,000 federal employees have been furloughed in the shutdown, and about 730,000 are working without pay, the Bipartisan Policy Center said this week.Levchin said he’s closely watching employment data for signs of major disruptions, but the company…

Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been handed a nine-game ban for allegedly racially abusing Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri earlier this year.It was alleged the forward had breached FA Rule E3.1 by acting in an improper manner and/or using abusive and/or insulting words towards the Clarets midfielder during their Championship fixture on February 15.It was also alleged this matter constituted an “aggravated breach”, which is defined in FA Rule E3.2, as the words included a reference – whether express or implied – to colour and/or race.Osmajic denied the charge against him.However, an independent regulatory commission found the charge to be proven and has imposed an immediate nine-match…

U.S. small businesses are reeling under the weight of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.Unlike large retailers, many of which have the resources and scale to blunt the effects of higher costs, many small companies facing bigger tariff bills are struggling to survive.Eunice Byun, the CEO of Material Kitchen, a small business that sells kitchenware for the home, said the complexity of her supply chain has increased tenfold.”We’ve definitely taken it on the chin year-over-year in terms of our top line revenue,” Byun told CNBC.Anjali Bhargava, the owner of Anjali’s Cup, which sells chai concentrate and turmeric blends, said the current economic…

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano on Friday called the decision to ban Luis Suárez for their final game in the Round 1 MLS playoff best-of-three series against Nashville “very strange.”Suárez earned the one-game ban for kicking Nashville’s Andy Nájar in the second half of the match on Nov. 1 at Geodis Park, where Inter Miami lost 2-1. At the time of the incident, the referee did not issue the player a yellow or red card.MLS on Friday, however, confirmed Nashville submitted the foul for review to the league. All MLS teams retain the right to make one unsuccessful challenge…

Block shares fell nearly 8% Friday after weak third-quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations and showed slowing profit growth for the company’s Square service.Here is how the company did compared with LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: 54 cents adjusted vs. 67 cents expectedRevenue: $6.11 billion vs. $6.31 billion expectedRevenue for the quarter was up 2% over last year. The Jack Dorsey-founded firm’s shares have fallen 24% year to date.Square’s gross payment volume was up 12% year over year, but gross profit growth for the point-of-sale service was only up 9% over a year ago, slowing from last quarter’s 11%.The company attributed…

Kelly Wearstler has had a decades-long career as an interior designer. In addition to celebrity clients like Gwen Stefani and Cameron Diaz, Wearstler owns her own product line and has designed hotels around the world.In college, Wearstler studied interior, architectural and graphic design. Her accolades include Architectural Digest’s AD100 and Time Magazine’s The Design 100, and she was the first interior designer to teach a MasterClass.But before founding her design studio in 1999, Wearstler was working as a waitress to support herself and pay off her student loans. Now, over 20 years later, the 57-year-old South Carolina native credits her…