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Mark Zuckerberg Announces Meta Will Dump 'Politically Biased' Fact-Checkers

Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta is abandoning its fact-checking program as he criticised the system for becoming “too politically biased.”The tech billionaire unveiled the changes in a video on Tuesday. Zuckerberg said his companies — which include Facebook and Instagram — would instead implement a “community notes” model similar to the one used on X, which is owned by Elon Musk.The policy shift comes as tech companies attempt to curry favour with President-elect Donald Trump following the Rep...

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Bernie Sanders Slams Elon Musk Over H-1B Visas

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) picked a fight with billionaire Elon Musk over the H-1B visa program on Thursday, saying the visas enrich wealthy business owners by pushing down workers’ wages.“Elon Musk is wrong,” the Vermont senator posted on X, the social platform owned by Musk and formally known as Twitter. “The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire ‘the best and the brightest,’ but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad.”He a...

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Democracy Advocates Say Trump’s Return Means They Must Work Even Harder

WASHINGTON — Americans who believe in democracy will have to work even harder in the coming years, as the man who tried to overturn the 2020 election he lost returns the White House this month, advocates warned Thursday.“Trump has already demonstrated that he will behave as an autocrat once he’s in office,” said Tom Joscelyn, a longtime counterterrorism adviser who served on the staff of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.“He will abuse the power of...

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Trump Loses It Over Flags Flying Half-Staff At His Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump went on a social media rant Friday over American flags being flown at half-staff during his inauguration, both complaining about the situation and blasting his opponents for laughing about it.“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump wrote. “They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves....

Trump Says Bill Gates Asked To Meet With Him In Bizarre Truth Social Post

In a head-scratching Truth Social post that Donald Trump may have intended as a private message to Elon Musk, the president-elect says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has asked to meet with him.“Where are you? When are you coming to the ‘Center of the Universe,’ Mar-a-Lago,” Trump posted on his social media platform Friday morning. “Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!! DJT”The message contains an apparent reference to the Tesla CEO’s s...

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Elon Musk Tells X Users 'No Hashtags' And Guess What Happened Next

Elon Musk may own X, formerly Twitter, but that didn’t stop many of the social media platform’s users from giving him the business on Tuesday.What did the Tesla mogul do to deserve the snark? Well, he told the site’s users to no longer use hashtags to identify and organise specific topics.The admonishment came in response to a post from a man who asked Grok, the platform’s AI chatbot, to weigh in on using hashtags in posts.Grok apparently isn’t a fan of the tags, calling them “as useful as a ...

Prince Andrew Withdraws From Royal Christmas After Chinese Spy Allegations

Prince Andrew is still proving to be a problem for his brother, King Charles, despite deliberately stepping back from public life five years ago amid a series of scandals.The prince, also known as the Duke of York, is back in the spotlight after being linked to an alleged Chinese spy who was banned from the UK over national security fears.According to documents published by a British immigration court on Thursday, the Chinese national secured an “unusual degree of trust” with Andrew, who was ...

There's A Theory That May Explain Why People Are Cheering On The UnitedHealthcare Shooter

Before law enforcement arrested Luigi Mangione as a suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the “CEO shooter” had already gained a cult following. “I hope the UHC CEO shooter is never identified and goes on to become a hero of American folklore for hundreds of years,” reads a post with over 149,000 likes.Then there were the thirst tweets that popped up as soon as law enforcement released grainy surveillance camera images of the suspect: “Is there a Mrs. Guy Who S...

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Outgoing Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Has A Fall In Latest Health Episode

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suffered a sprained wrist but was not otherwise seriously injured after falling following a weekly lunch gathering with his colleagues, his office said Tuesday.“Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. He has been cleared to resume his schedule,” according to the statement.Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said McConnell’s fall happened after he left the lunch and was going through a Senate ...

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Donald Trump Spills On Private Talk With Prince William

President-elect Donald Trump has revealed what was talked about during what he described as a “great” private chat with Prince William while in Paris, France, for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.“I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well,” Trump told The New York Post. “And I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad.”Prince William’s wife, Kate Middleton, and his father, King Charles I...

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Prince Harry Gets Snarky In Response To Meghan Markle Divorce Rumours

Prince Harry clearly finds online chatter about the state of his marriage to Meghan Markle to be a royal pain. The Duke of Sussex spoke on stage with Andrew Ross Sorkin during The New York Times’ 2024 DealBook Summit on Wednesday, when Sorkin admitted to Prince Harry that he “Google News-ed” him prior to their conversation, per People.Sorkin then revealed the results of his search, and noted that people seem “fascinated by everything you’re doing, all the time” — and noted that an overwhelmi...

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See The First Images Of Notre Dame Cathedral's Restored Interior, 5 Years After Devastating Fire

Five years after a fire tore through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the results of intensive and painstaking renovation work on the building were revealed ahead of its reopening on 8 December.French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, toured the site, with video of their visit broadcast live. “This is overwhelming,” he said as he viewed the glistening, cleaned white stones, Reuters reported. About 1,300 workers waited outside the cathedral for Macron’s arrival, with some express...

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Joe Biden Warns Trump Not To 'Screw Up' Relationships With Allies Over Tariff Threats

US President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed hope that President-elect Donald Trump will reconsider his pledge to apply tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying the move would be “counterproductive.”Earlier this week, Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada as soon as he takes office. During a visit to the Nantucket Fire Department on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, Biden suggested taking such action against US neighbours and allies would be a mistake.“I hope ...