Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix, accusing the company of illegally collecting and monetizing personal data from users, including children, in what he described as a “behavioral-surveillance program of staggering scale.” The lawsuit, filed in Collin County state court near Dallas, alleges Netflix misled consumers for years […]
President Donald Trump on Monday labeled himself the “father of fertility” on Monday for his administration’s work to protect in vitro fertilization and cut costs associated with the procedure. Trump made the comments during an Oval Office event with administration officials, congressional allies, and IVF advocates announcing a new federal directive allowing employers to offer […]
An education and advocacy organization filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the Trump administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing a quirk in the law. The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, seeking a preliminary injunction. The group argued that the Department […]
A bipartisan group of senators asked President Donald Trump to announce the sale of new weapons to Taiwan, marking a public flash of frustration ahead of his visit to China this week. In a letter, eight senators — six Democrats and two Republicans — urged the president to notify Congress of $14 billion in planned […]
President Donald Trump described his ceasefire with Iran as being on “life support” on Monday after rejecting a proposal from Tehran over the weekend. Although Trump was adamant that the ceasefire remains in place, he called it “unbelievably weak.” “I would call it the weakest right now, after reading a piece of garbage — I […]
The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday sent a letter to Disney’s CEO, warning the owner of ABC that it is the “target” of a censorship campaign. Anna Gomez, the only Democrat commissioner on the board chaired by Brendan Carr, sent the letter as Disney and ABC are under investigation at the […]
Six deceased individuals were found in a train car near the border town of Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, according to local police. Fire and EMS workers in Laredo pulled a half-dozen bodies from inside a Union Pacific Railroad car after a railroad employee called emergency responders to report possible deceased inside a car while […]
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett expressed hope Monday that there is an off-ramp for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to peacefully exit the central bank. Powell’s term as chairman is ending Friday. But in a highly unusual move, he has vowed to stay on at the central bank as a board member until the […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday renewed calls for the Justice Department to prosecute former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci, arguing prosecutors were running out of time to pursue charges over allegations Fauci lied to Congress about U.S.-funded research tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Paul, who chaired several contentious Senate hearings on […]
President Donald Trump claimed Tehran is willing to give up its nuclear capabilities, a key proponent of ending the Iran war, but the United States must be the one to remove the nuclear power. “Iran told me very strongly they intend to give us the nuclear dust, as I call it,” Trump said during an […]
