Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram to settle allegations that it designed its platforms to addict children while misleading the public about their risks. The proposed agreement resolves claims by 51 states and territories, including a federal case involving 29 states that was being […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Order of Freedom to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday for giving Ukraine access to his company’s Starlink satellite internet service during the embattled country’s ongoing war with Russia. The Order of Freedom, considered one of Ukraine’s highest state and civilian honors, was issued in a presidential decree published […]

A federal judge in Texas has struck down a 2023 state law restricting public drag performances, ruling that the measure violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague. U.S. District Judge David Hittner, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan, ruled that Senate Bill 12, which sought to prohibit “sexually oriented performances,” is an unconstitutional restriction […]

Three Secret Service officials were placed on leave in a misconduct investigation, the details of which aren’t public. The suspension included Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi. The trio, all of whom are in the Secret Service’s communications office, have lost their security clearances and access to their work devices, as is protocol in misconduct […]