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Story at a glance When it comes to social media, parents are mostly concerned with teenagers being exposed to inappropriate content or wasting too much time, according to a new survey.   A Pew Research Center survey of 1,316 parents published Friday found that 46 percent are “extremely” or “very” worried about children between the...

Some users stampeded to alternative services, such as Mastodon.

The Biden administration is vacating a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of World War II-era scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is known today as the “father of the atomic bomb.” In a written statement first shared with The Hill, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the 1954 decision barring Oppenheimer’s clearance went through a...

A top official for the European Union warned Twitter CEO Elon Musk about “red lines” that exist and potential “sanctions” to come following the platform’s suspension of multiple journalists who cover him and Twitter. Věra Jourová, the vice president for values and transparency on the European Commission, tweeted that the EU’s Digital Services Act requires...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said the five Republican lawmakers opposing his Speakership bid have not moved their stances, despite the two sides continuing conversations ahead of next month’s floor vote. “We’re still continuing to talk, but they have not moved,” McCarthy told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt during an interview...

President Biden on Friday signed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open through next week as congressional negotiators haggle over the details of a longer-term spending deal. Biden signed the bill upon returning to the White House from Delaware, where he’d given remarks about legislation to help veterans who were exposed to toxic...

Sen. Krysten Sinema filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday as an Independent candidate in the 2024 Arizona Senate race, a week after she announced she would be leaving the Democratic Party.  The paperwork filed with the FEC does not necessarily mean that Sinema will ultimately run for the Senate seat,...

By reauthorizing SBA, Congress can ensure America’s business owners and entrepreneurs have a partner fully equipped to support their economic independence.

An Iowa man who received national attention over video showing him leading a group of people chasing U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday. Doug Jensen, a 43-year-old man from Des Moines, Iowa, was found guilty in September of assaulting,...

North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Friday struck down a state voter ID requirement, finding that it was enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose and violated the state’s constitution. Senate Bill 824 — which was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature in 2018 over a veto from its Democratic governor — sought to implement a state...

President Biden on Friday took a victory lap for legislation approved by Congress that expands benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxins during service. “I made it real clear to the United States Congress, if they didn’t pass this damn burn pit bill, I was going to go on holy war. Not...

Transgender athletes in Connecticut and their advocates secured a victory on Friday when an appeals court ruled that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) may move forward with a policy that allows transgender girls to compete on female sports teams. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that discrimination against...

A Nobel laureate is facing accusations of sexual harassment, with the university where he serves as a professor reportedly opening an inquiry. Philip Dybvig, who has worked as a banking and finance professor at Washington University in St. Louis for more than 30 years, has been accused of sexual harassment by more than half a...

As a retired general officer who, from time to time, has publicly expressed my opinions about political issues and candidates, I read with great interest Dov S. Zakheim’s recent op-ed opposing political activities by retired flag and general officers. His thesis is that because political polls have shown that many Americans have lost confidence in...

Climate intervention might provide emergency medicine the world needs.

While researching "strep throat" or "group A strep," you may also come across information on group B strep, or even types C, D, F, G and H.

Proven medical treatments like IVF become the collateral damage of the battle to dismantle reproductive freedom.

Administrators at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a historically Black school, say they will work "to bring a resolution" after a white professor had a Black student arrested in her classroom after a verbal dispute. “We received a report that there was a significant commotion in Carolina Hall this morning, and as such, a WSSU employee...

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff sought to highlight the 988 mental health hotline ahead of the holidays with a Friday visit to a Community Crisis Services Center. The Biden administration announced $130 million in grants for the 988 hotline, funding from the bipartisan gun control legislation that the president signed into law in June. “The holidays are...

Brittney Griner on Friday expressed her gratitude to members of the Biden administration who helped secure her release from Russia this month and pledged to aid President Biden’s efforts to bring home former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is still imprisoned in Russia. “President Biden, you brought me home and I know you are committed...

Former President Trump’s digital trading cards have sold out less than 24 hours after he first announced they were available. As of Friday morning, the site selling the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) says they are sold out, and links to purchase the digital cards are no longer available. OpenSea Data, which tracks the sales and markets...

CNN technology correspondent Donie O’Sullivan warned on Thursday that Elon Musk’s decision to suspend several reporters, including himself, from Twitter could have a “chilling impact” on journalism. “In terms of me personally, many of the national reporters at the Times and the Post, we’re OK,” O’Sullivan said on CNN on Thursday night. “I’m on the...

A growing number of parents oppose requirements for routine vaccinations against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in order for children to attend school, according to a new survey released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey found 35 percent of parents of children under age 18 oppose school vaccine requirements, up from 23 percent...

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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) in an interview said that the Republican Party is “moving on” from former President Trump. “He’s done his time; he’s done his service. We’re moving on as a country, as a party,” Sununu told CNN reporter Dana Bash on a Thursday episode of “Being.” “We want the next...