(Headline USA) The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia's war in Ukraine, saying he’s seen encouraging signs from some of the world's richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Agency...
(Headline USA) Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read.
Add in an authoritarian push to censor and suppress opinion or...
(Headline USA) A Florida law intended to hold social-media publishers like Facebook and Twitter accountable violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The ruling deals a major victory to the left-leaning tech companies---who had been accused by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, government officials and conservative influencers of...
(Headline USA) Republican Senate hopefuls in Alabama made last-minute pitches to primary voters Monday in the tight race for the GOP nomination for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Richard Shelby.
U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., appeared at a Huntsville rally with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he sought...
(Headline USA) As government officials, corporate leaders and other elites at the World Economic Forum grapple with how to confront their version of catastrophic climate change, a central question is emerging: to what extent can oil and gas companies be part of a transition to lower-carbon fuels?
In different times...
(Headline USA) Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday could spell an end to the faceoff between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, while Stacey Abrams will be crowned the Democratic Party's nominee after running unopposed.
More than 850,000 Georgians cast ballots during weeks of early in-person voting,...
(Headline USA) Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching its invasion of Ukraine if it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy, a sign of rising anxiety over inflation and other challenges that have been exacerbated by the failings of the Biden administration's policies, according...
(Headline USA) One of the last pro-life Democrats in Congress is in a primary runoff in Texas to hold on to his seat.
In suburban Atlanta, two Democratic congresswomen are vying for the same House seat after Georgia's Republican-led redistricting.
And in northwest Georgia, pro-MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a...
(Headline USA) During her two years as President Donald Trump's spokesperson, Sarah Sanders used the White House briefing room to expose the failings of Democrats on issues such as immigration and crime. She is poised to win the Republican nomination for Arkansas governor on Tuesday after employing the same...
(Headline USA) When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court's police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work.
Her most public role...
(Headline USA) Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing a tough primary challenge Tuesday, nearly two years after he drew the wrath of former President Donald Trump for refusing to try to investigate credible evidence of vote fraud in the 2020 election.
Raffensperger has since acknowledged that some...
(Headline USA) Hyundai is recalling 239,000 cars in the U.S. because the seat belt pretensioners can explode and injure vehicle occupants. Three injuries have been reported, two in the U.S. and one in Singapore.
In a letter to the Korean automaker, government regulators said that the driver’s and front passenger’s...