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  The United Kingdom has entered a recession for the first time in 11 years due to the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the economy. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that from April to June, GDP plunged 20.4% The figures marked a second consecutive quarter of contraction, the technical definition of a recession. The economy began to rebound in June after lockdown...

President Donald Trump said that in the next two weeks he'd be working on an executive order to require health insurance companies to cover those with preexisting conditions. This requirement — that insurers cover those with pre-existing conditions — is already law, and it has been since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Trump, since taking office in...

Jamie Dimon, CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, underwent heart surgery on Thursday. Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith, two executives who report to Dimon, will lead the bank while Dimon recuperates.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, underwent emergency heart surgery on Thursday, the bank said in a memo to employees, clients, and shareholders. He is...

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was on Friday fired from the National Security Council and escorted from the White House. He was a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, which upset the president. During his opening statement, Vindman compared his situation to the Soviet Union of his youth, where whistleblowers were harshly punished. Directly addressing his father, he said: "Do...

President Donald Trump was acquitted on two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. He owes a great deal of it to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell's ruthless campaign to bring about a speedy trial and a forgone conclusion left Democrats with little but the hope that voters will notice when the 2020 election arrives. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Shortly after the US...

The bushfires in southeastern Australia are raging on with no sign of stopping. Officials were bracing for unfavorable conditions, and temperatures hit a record high in Canberra. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Saturday that 3,000 Australian Defence Force reservists would help with bushfire recovery. He also announced nearly $13.9 million (AUS $20 million) to lease water bomber planes. The first of those evacuated...

The actor from the widely derided Peloton holiday advertisement gifted his actual girlfriend the $2,000-bike for Christmas. "Here's hoping this goes over better the second time.... Merry Christmas to my actual girlfriend (pls don't leave me)." The ad was briefly unnoticed on internet, until a user on Twitter commented on the ad, saying "this ad is making me lose my goddamn mind." Visit Business...

A baby black rhino was born on December 24 — Christmas Eve day — at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan. It marked a rare occurrence of a "critically endangered" black rhino being born in captivity. The mother, 12-year-old Doppsee, gave birth to a male calf at 5:40 a.m. local time. It was a first in the 100-year history of the zoo —...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared at a CNN town hall on Thursday night and made her case for introducing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. She also addressed a tense moment with a reporter at a press conference earlier that day. "Do you hate the president, Madam Speaker?" James Rosen, from the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group asked Pelosi. She responded that she didn't...

An active-duty US sailor opened fire at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Wednesday, before shooting themselves, a military official said. In a press conference on Wednesday, Rear Admiral Chadwick confirmed that two victims were killed and one was injured. The shooter also died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A 36-year-old male victim remains in guarded condition at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, a...

London Metropolitan Police released the name of the London Bridge terror suspect. The Friday afternoon attack left two dead and three wounded. Police shot and killed the suspect. In an early Saturday morning update, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan. He was reportedly wearing a hoax suicide vest. "This individual was known to authorities, having been convicted in 2012...

A man used a 5 foot narwhal tusk to confront the London Bridge terror suspect, according to an eyewitness in Fishmongers' Hall, a building at the north side of the bridge where the attack allegedly began. On Friday afternoon, two victims were killed and three were injured by the alleged attacker, who was wearing a fake explosive vest, law enforcement said. The suspect was...

In response to an attack on Saudi oil facilities — an attack the US argues appears to have been perpetrated by Iran — the US is sending additional US forces to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff revealed Friday evening. Gen. Joseph Dunford and Defense Secretary Mark Esper characterized the move...

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party congressman and current conservative radio personality, is considering challenging President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican nomination, according to a New York Times report. The Republican base, however, may not be receptive to a GOP challenger to Trump. An August Gallup survey found that 88% approve of Trump's performance. Walsh regularly courted controversy during his short tenure in...