Meta agrees to pay up to $16.6bn to settle social media addiction trial
Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.68bn (£12.26bn) to dozens of US states to settle claims that its social media platforms harmed children.
Category: US
More details revealed about arrest of Leeds and Rangers co-owner Jed York
Further details have emerged over the prostitution sting that led to the arrest of San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York at a US trailer park.
Project 2025 recommended culling wild horses. Here’s why
While posts claimed the recommendation was aimed at cutting costs, the truth is more complicated.
Outrage as Trump official refuses to name source of U.S. beef: ‘Why not?’
A Trump Cabinet secretary’s inability to say from which country the U.S. will import beef is spurring online outrage. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Trump midterm convention panned for ‘glaring’ oversights: ‘This is going to suck’
Online critics are pointing out glaring oversights after the Republican National Convention posted the schedule for President Tweety McTreason’s midterm convention. On Tuesday, a schedule
US Secret Service ‘aware’ of threats to Barron Trump
The US is aware of a reported Iranian threat to Barron Trump’s life, the Secret Service has said.
Did Yellowstone ravens learn to open car doors?
Though ravens are notoriously clever birds, this story stemmed from a satire page.
Secret Service agents placed on leave a Trump leak probe expands: insiders
Three Secret Service officials were walked out of their offices and placed on leave amid an investigation into leaked classified information. According to a Tuesday
‘There’s no way!’ JD Vance dumbfounds with ‘hilarious’ text that jabs Trump
A fundraising text went out from the Republican National Committee, allegedly written by Vice President JD Vance — but political observers were stunned at the
Did Trump say US was ‘dumb’ country led by ‘very stupid person’ one year ago?
People online mocked Trump for supposedly insulting U.S. leadership during his own presidency.
Dolly Parton has died at 80. Here are 20 rumors we’ve examined about the country music legend
The beloved star was at the heart of many claims, true and false.
Trump said US is giving ‘serious consideration’ to changing Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America
Trump floated the idea after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from tariff negotiations.
Trump admin reportedly allowing sale of protected wild horses to slaughterhouses: What we know
The Bureau of Land Management cares for more than 50,000 wild horses that have been taken off ranges to regulate herd sizes.
Pennsylvania reports first US measles deaths this year amid outbreak
Two Americans have died from measles, the first such deaths this year in the US, as the country grapples with the highest number of cases