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The industrialist asked the US Supreme Court to undo a part of a deal he made with the SEC, which he says violates his free speech rights. Read More.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday called on social media platforms to censor content about “abortion pill reversal.” In a letter, ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and the panel’s Democrats called on Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to “combat the spread of misinformation” on their platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and X—formerly known […] Read More.

HONG KONG—World shares were mostly up on Friday ahead of a U.S. government jobs report, after Wall Street rose Thursday to snap its first three-day losing streak since Halloween. On Thursday, the S&P 500 climbed 0.8 percent to 4,585.59. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2 percent to 36,117.38, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.4 […] Read More.

Most of the money in a super PAC for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid came from PAC supporting his Florida governorship. Read More.

Facebook parent company Meta will soon be launching default end-to-end encryption for every Messenger user, the company announced on Dec. 6, marking a win for privacy advocates. The default encryption for all personal chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook will make them “even more private and secure,” Loredana Crisan, the head of Messenger, wrote […] Read More.

As Joe Biden weaponizes rhetoric about Donald Trump being a “threat to democracy,” he's now is facing the same allegations from his only real Democrat primary challenger in 2024. Read More.

The total annual number of inspections of drug manufacturing establishments by the FDA dropped by 79 percent for foreign nations in 2022 compared with 2019. Read More.

The 58-year-old suspect was arrested after a joint investigation by the FBI and the Queensland Police. Read More.

During a town hall forum with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the former president also made a prediction about incumbent President Joe Biden. Read More.

Air filters flew off the shelves during the pandemic, but research questioned their efficacy in preventing infections. One expert has a different take. Read More.

LONDON—Oil prices jumped by nearly 1 percent on Tuesday, lifted by uncertainty over voluntary output cuts by the OPEC+ group of producers, tensions in the Middle East, and some encouraging economic signals in Europe. Brent crude futures rose 63 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $78.66 a barrel by 0946 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude […] Read More.

Over 5 million people watched last Thursday’s Fox News prime-time TV debate between Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and California’s Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom. Hosted by Sean Hannity, the “Great Red vs. Blue State Debate” attracted just under 5 million viewers for its live broadcast, followed by an additional 700,000 via a rebroadcast. Deadline reported […] Read More.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said a second Biden administration would be disastrous for the world, dismissing suggestions by former Rep. Liz Cheney that a second Trump term would be bad. In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. Graham was asked about Ms. Cheney’s recent comments during a CBS interview, in […] Read More.

STOCKHOLM—Music streaming giant Spotify said on Monday that it will lay off around 1,500 employees, or 17 percent of its headcount, to bring down costs, after letting 600 of its staff go in January, and 200 more in June. After a round of job cuts at the start of the year by tech companies, some […] Read More.

A senior White House official has stressed that the United States intelligence community did not know anything about Hamas’s plans to target Israel. Read More.