Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday for information about its moderation of Palestinian content amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Dozens of human rights and civil society organizations have raised concerns about Meta’s “reported suppression, filtering, and mistranslation of Palestine-related content over the past two months,” Warren...
Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause its container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice after various vessels came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. “Following the near-miss incident involving Maersk Gibraltar yesterday and yet another attack on a container vessel today, we have instructed all Maersk vessels in the area bound to...
A powerful storm is expected to form Friday evening in the Gulf of Mexico and head toward Florida on Saturday and up the east coast over the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a “Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms” warning over parts of Florida from Saturday into Sunday morning, warning that frequent...
Presented by BP — Plus: McCarthy's final lap {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Friday! Senators just can't get enough of each other, so they’re returning to Washington, D.C., Monday. Everyone on Capitol Hill seems THRILLED. 😑 Here’s what we’re covering today: White House and Senate negotiators are getting closer to a deal that would pair border...
Judge Thomas Lehmann ruled Wednesday that plaintiffs were unable to prove the Minnesota Legislature overstepped its authority when it voted to restore ex-felons' voting rights.
A conservative government watchdog has released documents obtained via FOIA that it says show the FBI's targeting of Catholics was more widespread than it has acknowledged.
Gun rights groups are set to defy the Justice Department's rollout of model legislation that gives states a framework to codify gun storage requirements.
President Biden's re-election campaign is making a push to shore up support from Black voters as polls continue to show him losing the backing of the traditionally blue voting bloc.