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Wall Street ended lower on Thursday following a late-session reversal, with Facebook weighing on the market after President Trump said he would sign an executive order related to social media companies and said he would hold a news conference on China on Friday. Stocks had been higher for most of the session as investors continued …
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said they were cancelling a vote on FISA renewal Thursday, after House Republicans and progressive Democrats signaled they would not support the reauthorization of expired domestic surveillance powers and President Trump said he would veto the bill if it passed. In …
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Attorney General Bill Barr has appointed a federal prosecutor to probe deeper into the “unmasking” requests that Obama administration officials submitted against Trump associates, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec confirmed Wednesday night. In an interview with Sean Hannity, Kupec said that John Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, would oversee the …
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Rival social media CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey had a public spat Wednesday night after Zuckerberg criticized Twitter for its fact-check of President Trump’s prediction that mass voting-by-mail would lead to fraud. Speaking to Fox News’ Dana Perino, Zuckerberg — who has repeatedly pushed back on criticism for his decision to not censor political …
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Wanda Sykes skewered Scott Baio after the “Charles in Charge” star came after her for defending Joe Biden in light of his controversial “you ain’t black” remarks. Baio, a vocal President Trump supporter, blasted the comedian on Twitter last Friday. “Hey @iamwandasykes why is it okay for @JoeBiden to say something clearly racist but @therealroseanne …
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On Wednesday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo accused columnists at the New York Post of wanting to “kill all Democrats,” while pushing back on accusations that he was attempting to blame President Trump for the outbreaks of coronavirus in New York nursing homes. Cuomo has come under fire for a March 25 executive order in …
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The Trump administration is planning to end waivers that allow certain foreign businesses to work at Iranian nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The waivers, which were included in U.S. sanctions placed on Iran in 2015, allow certain Russian and Chinese companies to conduct business at Iranian nuclear sites. Operations covered by the waivers …
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Republican Representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said President Trump should stop his attacks on MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough, breaking with other Republicans who appeared reluctant to criticize Trump over his tweets. “I do think the president should stop tweeting about Joe Scarborough. We’re in the middle of a pandemic. He’s the commander in chief of this …
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Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) on Wednesday called to revoke liability protections for social media companies in a move that could have far-reaching ramifications for the regulation of speech on the internet. “It’s pretty simple: if Twitter and Google and the rest are going to editorialize and censor and act like traditional publishers, they should …
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President Trump on Wednesday threatened social-media companies with regulation and even closure over past alleged election interference, a day after Twitter fact-checked two of the president’s tweets, a first for the company. In several tweets on Wednesday morning, the president accused social-media companies of silencing conservatives, as well as interfering in the 2016 election. “Republicans …
Wall Street ended lower on Thursday following a late-session reversal, with Facebook weighing on the market after President Trump said he would sign an executive order related to social media companies and said he would hold a news conference on China on Friday. Stocks had been higher for most of the session as investors continued …
