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  • Elon Musk spars with Kathy Griffin, defends Twitter censorship plans after bans of impersonators

    Twitter owner Elon Musk is defending his preferred censorship model for social media after touting new restrictions on users who fail to disclose they were impersonating other people, signaling more rule changes are coming.   Mr. Musk announced a blanket ban on all users impersonating others without identifying as a parody on Sunday evening, which…

  • Live updates | Climate Summit

    The Latest on COP27, this year’s annual UN summit on climate change. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – More than 100 world leaders are preparing to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge – greenhouse gas emissions, which leads to global warming. However, observers say it will be hard to make progress given all…

  • At global summits, Biden aims to assert America’s leadership

    President Joe Biden will aim to assert America’s global leadership during his upcoming trip to Southeast Asia that will be shadowed by a verdict on his presidency after Tuesday’s elections. The foreign policy challenges that have helped define Biden’s first two years in office -– Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increasing influence of China…

  • Job growth gives inflation-saddled Democrats a lifeline heading into Election Day

    The final jobs report before Tuesday’s midterm elections gave President Biden a thin lifeline for a closing campaign argument, but it was likely too little, too late to ease voters’ year-long concerns about historically high inflation and eroding wages. Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday, a performance better than Wall…

  • Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads

    The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter. The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it’s much easier to rage-tweet at a perceived enemy than to seek common ground, whether the argument is about transgender kids or baseball. In the chaos that has enveloped Twitter the platform –…

  • IAM District 19 rail workers voted to accept deal with major railroads

    Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19 rail union voted to accept a tentative agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee Saturday. IAM District 19 represents around 4,900 workers. Of those, 59% of eligible workers voted, with 52% of voters approving the deal. “Our union recognizes that the agreement wasn’t…

  • Biden calls anti-socialism protesters ‘idiots’ in Illinois stump speech attacking GOP

    President Biden called anti-socialism protesters outside of his Illinois campaign event “idiots” during his speech boosting Democrats. Mr. Biden, who made his remarks in Joliet, stopped to acknowledge a group of protesters outside his rally who held signs that said “socialism sucks” and “vote pro-life.” One sign read “Where’s Nancy?” “I love those signs when…

  • Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is expanding into legal cannabis in three different states

    Rap and business mogul Sean Combs, known otherwise as “Diddy”, has agreed to purchase legal cannabis operations in multiple states for $185 million. Mr. Combs purchased nine retail stores and three production facilities across New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois, from companies Cresco Labs and Columbia Care. Those two companies had to divest their assets as…

  • Biden stumps on job growth, as voters dread inflation

    President Joe Biden has notched an envious record on jobs, with 10.3 million gained during his tenure. But voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections are far more focused on inflation hovering near 40-year highs. That’s left the president trying to convince the public that the job gains mean better days are ahead, even as fears of…

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