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(Headline USA) A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform in the latest legal setback against the social media giant that has already cost it billions of dollars. The jury found over 43 million violations of state consumer protection law...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) During an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed China’s position on Taiwan and told the US president to approach the issue “carefully,” The South China Morning Post reported, citing the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. The report said that...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview with NPR, published on Thursday, that in the days before the United States and Israel launched the war with Iran, President Donald Trump dismissed Carlson’s concerns about the conflict by saying, “We all die anyway.” Carlson said...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In less than one week, a U.S. Coast Guard crew seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine across three interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their efforts are part of an international drug trafficking interdiction effort, Operation Pacific Viper, launched in August 2025. Since then,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Over the past week, officials have announced several measures, including a yuan-denominated gold futures contract, with the goal of further positioning Hong Kong as an international gold hub and raising the yuan's global status. Earlier this summer, Hong Kong launched trial operations of a...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Here’s a question for you. If you were alive 2,000 years from now and dug up an old box of $100 bills, do you think you could spend it anywhere? I’m going to guess no. In the first place, it’s highly unlikely paper money would last...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republicans in competitive midterm races are confronting voter anger over surging fuel costs, with little time left to deliver meaningful relief. The Wall Street Journal report identified expensive diesel and gasoline as an increasingly serious electoral problem, especially across rural states where farming and trucking...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The high-profile fashion designer behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's, D-N.Y., "Tax the Rich" dress is facing a $1 million civil lawsuit alleging she failed to pay event planners for a "celebrity mega bash," according to a recent news report.  Aurora James is facing the lawsuit from The Gathery, which alleges that James never paid the company...

(The Center Square) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has filed hundreds of state-mandated “transparency” reports intended to disclose millions of dollars donated to third parties at her behest, but at least 23 filings reviewed by The Center Square show her requesting money from "Anonymous." Anonymous donations are legal in some...

(Headline USA) A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special...

(Headline USA) Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 stores in North America and Europe. In a letter to employees,...

(Headline USA)  The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation's most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong, with a news outlet reporting Wednesday that China has obtained the F-35 equipment. The F-35 Joint Program Office said in a statement that it and the Defense Department are aware...