Nearly 35 million new users have flocked to Instagram's Threads this month as the Meta platform seeks to capture users leaving X and keep an edge over emerging platform Bluesky. The growth rate for Threads ramped up in mid-November, with 20 million of this month's new users signing up over the past 10 days, Meta...

The NAACP is expressing concern over how Black Americans might be affected by President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks, some of whom have been linked to the writing of the conservative Project 2025 presidential transition plan. “From accused criminals to confirmed authors of Project 2025, the President-elect's cabinet appointments present a daunting outlook for the next four...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate with her own tariffs against the United States, after President-elect Trump suggested he would impose a 25 percent tax on imported goods from Mexico if her country did not stop the flow of drugs across the border. In remarks on Tuesday, Sheinbaum said that drugs were a U.S....

The governments of China and Mexico warned of retaliatory trade actions and Canada urged restraint Tuesday after President-elect Trump on Monday threatened steep tariffs to pressure those countries into cracking down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., Liu Pengyu, warned that “no one will win a trade...

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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Tuesday he is taking seriously President-elect Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs against a trio of countries shortly after he is inaugurated in January, despite potential consternation among members of both sides of the aisle.  Trump rolled out his plan Monday night to slap 25 percent tariffs on all goods entering...

The Senate’s Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in a new report is slamming airlines for relying on “junk fees,” saying carriers are extracting large amounts of money from the flying public and, in some cases, evading taxes. The panel's report, released Tuesday, comes two days before the Thanksgiving holiday when nearly 6 million people...

An elementary school in New York released a course description for a kindergarten class on "gender identity," which recently went viral online.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin dropped a video inviting the Trump transition team and new administration members to settle in Virginia -- just across the Potomac from the White House.

Incoming border czar Thomas Homan will join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday, and will serve meals to troops stationed at the border.