Wall Street firms will soon have the ability to see the president’s social media posts before most. Some of those announcements move major markets. Truth Social now plans to sell those firms early access to those market-moving posts, according to Trump Media and Technology Group. That first-look access raises several questions about the legality and […]
From people being forced to sell their family home or face it being taken by the state, to others being told to “consider selling” by a mayor facing complaints, stories about the impact of AI data centers aren’t hard to come by. They’re known to strain existing infrastructure and water supplies and create nuisance noise — […]
In the battle against extreme and hateful content, TikTok stands out as the most likely to take down top offenders, according to a report published this week by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. The organization found last month that white supremacist accounts were increasingly spreading on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. This week, the […]
Jediah Smith has worked on his parents’ South Dakota farm for nearly his entire life. The 23-year-old’s job description includes everything from fixing equipment to tending the seemingly endless rows of corn and soybeans sprouting from the rich dark soil on the state’s eastern edge. “I’ve been doing that ever since I can remember,” he […]
A longtime White House teleprompter operator has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after investigators alleged he used advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to place profitable bets on what the president would say. Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant who has worked with Trump since the 2016 campaign, is accused of wagering on whether […]
Many Americans are stepping outside on Friday to a hazy sky or an orange-tinted sun, perhaps for the second or third day in a row. It comes as wildfire smoke from Canada is spreading across the eastern half of the country. It’s pouring south from hundreds of active fires burning across Ontario and British Columbia, […]
Iran struck a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant Friday, Kuwaiti officials said, damaging infrastructure that is central to the country’s electricity and drinking water supply. Kuwait’s Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ministry said the strike caused a fire and damaged “a large number” of electricity generation units. Officials said crews put out the fire and […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s path to becoming the nation’s top law enforcement officer may now hinge on a meeting he had Thursday with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. Blanche returned to Capitol Hill Thursday for a second day of his confirmation hearing where Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he won’t vote to advance the nomination until Blanche meets face-to-face with Epstein survivors. Tillis says he’s “trying to get […]
A new analysis affirmed what researchers have long hypothesized: Police receive more referrals to drug test pregnant Black people far more often than their white counterparts. The findings came from an analysis that The Marshall Project, Mother Jones, CBS News and Reveal jointly published Thursday after reviewing child welfare data from eight states. Referrals stemmed […]
President Donald Trump says foreign governments are still targeting U.S. elections, and he’s promising to lock them down. Plus, one senator demanded Todd Blanche meet with Jeffrey Epstein survivors before earning his vote. The meeting happened, but it left some of those survivors deeply dissatisfied. And wildfire smoke is spreading across the U.S., turning skies […]
