It’s hard to go a day without hearing about something Donald Trump has shared on Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group. The president uses the service to share everything from racist Obama memes to a weird, self-aggrandizing acknowledgment of the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s death. Nathan Howard/Getty Images Psychology … Read more
LIVIGNO, Italy — Eileen Gu will likely win another medal Monday in the women’s big air freeski final. And she will likely come to the news conference, as she always does, and sidestep any questions about the true nature of her citizenship, the political implications of her choice as a 15-year-old to represent China — … Read more
The most recent President Donald Trump has attacked reporters who raise questions about the Epstein files, demanding that the country “move on to something else,” but that is highly unlikely. Many of the documents have not been made public, and those now public have been heavily redacted. The Justice Department will allow members of Congress … Read more
When Kyle Rittenhouse returned to social media in December, he promised big things to come. A month later, those big things still don’t seem to have materialized for him. Instead, Rittenhouse, who is famous for shooting three people, killing two, during a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wis., in 2020 before claiming self-defense and being … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW In the hours following the death of Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, President Donald Trump took to social media to mock the famous political family. At Truth Social on the afternoon of December 30, Trump shared screenshots of MAGA supporters insulting Kennedy for their response to his recent decision to add … Read more
Troops are cleaning up their social media amid fears of a Pentagon crackdown on political speech. “I had to get my nickname off LinkedIn,” a Marine sergeant told Business Insider. Pentagon leaders have said their moves are aimed at depoliticizing the military. Pentagon leadership’s increasingly tight grip on speech critical of conservatives and the Trump … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life. His limited world of social contacts meant his hopes centered on growing the national waiting list for a transplant. That was until earlier this year, when the Philadelphia hospital … Read more
Kyle Rittenhouse is back on social media this week, and he’s already drawing the ire of at least one Florida sheriff. Rittenhouse, who shot three people, killing two, during a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, claimed self-defense and was acquitted of all charges. He remains controversial, however, and his new gig appears … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep farm, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his far-flung circle of friends once Australia’s world-first social media ban goes into effect Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in the … Read more
By Byron Kaye and Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Sydney teenager Ayris Tolson thinks the start of her first summer holiday under Australia’s youth social media ban will be relatively easy as she spends time with her family, but as the weeks pass, she fears she will be lonely and isolated. From December … Read more