A U.S. federal jury found Elon Musk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the social media company's stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a US$44 billion takeover in 2022. read more
Robert Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, died on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. He was 81. read more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating thirteen states under a federal health care conscience law -- the Weldon Amendment-- based on information that the states are allegedly coercing health care entities to provide coverage of, or pay for, abortion contrary to conscience. read more
A Mexican teenager has died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in South Florida, according to a statement from the agency. read more
A US judge on Tuesday ruled that more than 1,000 Voice of America workers should be reinstated ... read more
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Chavez, who died in 1993, groomed and sexually abused young girls whose parents worked in the movement during the 1970s. read more
President Donald Trump warned Democratic lawmakers Saturday that unless they approved funding for the Department of Homeland Security "immediately," he would send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports ... read more
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: This is an existential challenge to mail-in voting, and it has arrived just as we have the midterm elections coming up. read more
Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. Lewandowski denies the allegations. read more
Things got crazy awkward during an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, when a reporter asked Trump why he hadn't warned Japan before attacking Iran. "One thing, you don't want to signal too much," Trump said. "Who knows better about surprise than Japan, okay? Hey, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" read more
The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people read more
The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators ... read more
The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability. read more
Additional warships and 2,500 marines have been deployed to the conflict in Iran as the pain of the war widens and the U.S. is forced to turn to protecting targets, securing shipping lanes and deterring attacks. read more
A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon's restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times. read more
Massive Western heat wave, potential El Nino raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather. read more
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