Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday accused Meta of suppressing Palestine-related content on its platforms, calling its actions “deeply troubling.” Their letter, addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is a follow up to a December one Warren sent that was also about Instagram and Facebook suppressing Palestinian content. The senators say...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will have to pay just under $300,000 in a deal that keeps him out of federal court. The deal — which also requires the attorney general to perform 100 hours of community service and take continuing legal education classes — allows Paxton to avoid a trial for securities fraud, for...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) decried on Tuesday the U.S. decision to abstain from a vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. “The Biden administration abstaining from the UN ceasefire vote is deeply offensive and strategically stupid,” Cotton said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as...
Former President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the judge who rejected attempts to delay his hush money trial in New York, calling him a “certified Trump Hater.” Judge Juan Merchan at a hearing on Monday set the trial for April 15, denying Trump the chance to delay all his criminal trials until after the...
Hydropower generation in the U.S. West plunged to a 22-year low last year — an 11 percent drop from the year before, according to a new federal data analysis. The total amount produced in the region amounted to 141.5 million megawatt-hours, or about 60 percent of the country's total hydroelectricity output in the 2022-2023 "water...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running an independent campaign for president, is expected to name Nicole Shanahan as his running mate at an event Tuesday in Oakland, California, according to multiple reports
Congressional leaders are weighing their options in anticipation of federal aid to Baltimore, Maryland after a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.
The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, said 940,000 people in the U.S. have until May 17 to submit tax returns for unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, which total more than $1 billion.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sent a fundraising email to supporters saying 'criminal referrals' are the 'culmination' of his impeachment inquiry.