Media Bubbles

Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats wrote to Google this week with questions about how it deletes users’ location history when they have visited sensitive locations such as abortion clinics, expressing concerns that the company may not have been consistently deleting the data as promised.

A year after a teenager killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, there are increasing objections to the harm some lockdown drills may be causing.

Celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sports and politics took to the social media platform to sing Turner's praises.

With a potential default just over a week away, the House speaker is maintaining pressure for a rollback in spending in exchange for raising the borrowing limit.

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Donald Trump has consolidated the support of slightly above half of his party at this early stage of the race for the Republican nomination, a newly released CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, highlighting the former president’s potential path to a third nomination – and the challenges his rivals will face over the next months in establishing their own bases of support.

Casey DeSantis has advised her husband on media strategy and taken on some of the state’s big issues. The presidential campaign trail is next.

Republicans are taking the idea of “wholesale politics” literally these days. You may be familiar with “retail politics,” which has traditionally referenced intensely personalized politicking — you know, kissing babies, shaking hands, visiting ...

A bitter Washington showdown is unfolding over the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su. The result is that Biden—who has repeatedly self-identified as the ...

Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch soared nearly 27% Wednesday morning after the mall retailer released a stellar first-quarter earnings report.

Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, has died at age 83. The news was confirmed on Turner's official Facebook page.

Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and the head of Block Inc, has previously supported unconventional Democratic candidates.

At the time, an overwhelming percentage of Republicans said that the election was illegitimate — despite months of investigation revealing no evidence of voter fraud. More than half of Republicans (and Republican-leaning independents) said that there was solid evidence that the election was illegitimate, which there wasn’t.

The surge in real estate prices, coupled with rising mortgage rates, has made buying a home prohibitively expensive in most larger cities.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday. The 44-year-old Republican governor is an outspoken cultural conservative and long seen as Donald Trump’s leading rival for the Republican nomination.

Democrats and Republicans still can't agree on overall spending levels or work requirements for social programs.

Once President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy shake hands on a debt-limit deal, there is still a procedural and political gauntlet to run before the US can avert a default.

The newborn got separated from its mother while trying to cross the Lamar River. A man stepped in to try to help, but only ended the animal's chances of survival, the National Park Service says.

Unless Washington reaches a deal on the debt ceiling, payments millions of Americans rely on each month could be in jeopardy in little more than a week.

Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd's controversy-plagued "The Idol" premiered at Cannes and showed why it might be the most divisive show of the summer.

The House GOP passed a bill Wednesday to repeal Biden's student loan forgiveness plan—but the effort faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

The Treasury Department has warned the federal government could be unable to pay all its bills by as soon as June 1.

The ground under New York City is sinking 1-2mm per year, partly due to the sheer mass of all the buildings but it isn't the only city to be suffering – what can be done to save them?

The bill, House Joint Resolution 45, proposes to nullify a rule issued by the Department of Education last October suspending federal student loan payments and discharging those debts.

In U.S. debt limit talks, even going to the brink of default can harm investor confidence. Yet the nation has survived past cases of mini default.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday said debt ceiling talks are at a “breaking point,” with the House GOP and the White House at an impasse over whether to lower federal spending, even

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"Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music," a post on her Instagram account read.

The idea of AI in the workplace may be unnerving – yet far more workers are excited about the technology than it may seem.

Schools around the United States await a Supreme Court decision due by the end of June that is expected to prohibit affirmative action student admissions policies nationwide.

Target faces a potential second backlash from customers who are upset by the discount retailer’s reaction to aggressive, anti-LGBTQ+ activism, which has also been sweeping through Republican state legislatures.

Karl Rove is predicting that the anticipated race between former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in the GOP presidential primary will get closer in the coming months.

Conservatives are pushing the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for deep reductions, while Democrats are offering a spending freeze.

If the FTC wants to know why there's such a notable lack of competition within America's baby formula market, it ought to ask other parts of the government.

President Joe Biden commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in a speech at the White House Wednesday, where he once again called on Congress to pass "commonsense" gun control measures.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus and their allies are standing behind Kevin McCarthy, even as they urge the House speaker not to yield in debt limit negotiations with President Biden.

Tens of thousands of children, many traveling alone, trudge from South America to seek asylum, posing challenges for migration officials.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) criticized Republicans for their concern over legislation regulating gas stoves, saying they're more concerned about appliances than climate change.

Travel advisories fly on right, left after NAACP's Florida warning The NAACP may have started something with its advisory warning travelers against visiting red-state Florida.   The American Principles Project put out a warning Wednesday advising families against visiting California and Minnesota “due to dangerous attempts by their governments aimed at overriding parental rights.

Foot traffic is down 27% in the historic shopping district amid concerns about crime and homelessness. But tourists are visiting high-end stores.

The New York State Department of Health said it is working to repeal a mandate requiring all health care workers at regulated facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Shaquille O’Neal and Steph Curry appear to have an inside joke about the infamous FTX lawsuit. The Basketball Hall of Famer and the star Warriors point guard shared a laugh when Shaq cryptically hinted at Curry causing him trouble on Tuesday’s installment of “Inside the NBA.”

Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based pharmaceutical company, has announced positive results from the Phase 3 trial of a smoking cessation drug called cytisinicline.

The alleged neo-Nazi man accused of ramming a rented U-Haul truck into White House security barriers will be held in federal jail until next week.

Ron DeSantis gives a victory speech after defeating Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist during his election night watch par

In a copy of the missive, which was obtained by The Post, Stewart-Cousins cites “distressing” allegations that Toney-Finch recruited homeless men to pose as unhoused veterans who were kicked out of Newburgh’s Crossroads Hotel to make room for migrants.

The NYPD said three people were taken into custody Wednesday where a group of veterans and Republican officials held a rally for Daniel Penny.

Skip Bayless believes Ja Morant’s cryptic Instagram posts from Wednesday morning, which were quickly deleted, are “a cry for help” as they came 11 days after the Grizzlies star was filmed on Instagram Live holding a gun for the second time in less ...

The family of missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos continues to seek justice four years after her disappearance. Three people have been charged in Dulos' suspected murder.

David Brandt, the Ohio farmer who became a viral meme after espousing the virtues of “honest work,” is dead at 76 after getting injured in a car crash in Illinois last week.