Opinion

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Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X

The Supreme Court has refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children

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AI used to design antibiotics that can combat drug-resistant superbugs gonorrhoea and MRSA

Antibiotics are used to kill bacteria, but some infections have become resistant to drugs. It is estimated drug-resistant bacterial infections cause nearly five million deaths per year worldwide.

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Melania Trump makes bombshell $1 billion threat against Hunter Biden after 'inflammatory' Epstein comments

First lady Melania Trump is threatening to sue Hunter Biden for $1 billion after he made the false claim that she was introduced to President Donald Trump by serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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  • Source: People
  • 08/14/2025
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Popular Grocery Chain Recalls Potentially Contaminated Cheeses Across 9 States

The products, containing Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese, are suspected to be contaminated with Listeria

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Treasury Department confirms US has surpassed $37 trillion in debt

The United States reportedly reached $34 trillion in debt in January 2024, $35 trillion in July 2024, and $36 trillion in November.

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Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Briefly Suspended from X After Going ‘Unhinged’

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was briefly suspended from the social media platform X — which Musk also owns — after it answered users’ questions in “unhinged mode” on Monday.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 08/12/2025
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Delta plane clips empty aircraft ahead of planned takeoff in Atlanta

A Delta Air Lines plane clipped another aircraft while pushing back from the gate Sunday morning in Atlanta, the airline said.

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  • Source: News Max
  • 08/11/2025
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Trump: Nancy Pelosi, Hubby Profited on 'Inside Information'

President Donald Trump again attributed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unparalleled 2024 stock market success to "inside information."

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  • Source: AP News
  • 08/11/2025
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Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that’s more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.”

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Newsom Threatens Response in Texas Redistricting Battle: 'We Will Nullify'

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that his state will move forward with plans for a November special election that would allow Democrats to redraw congressional maps and "nullify" what happens in Texas.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 08/08/2025
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United Airlines resumes flights after tech issue prompted ground stops across the US, causing major travel disruptions

A “technology issue” that prompted United Airlines to ground flights across the US on Wednesday, triggering more than 1,000 delays and dozens of cancellations, has been resolved, the airline told CNN.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 08/08/2025
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Longtime Biden aide testifies in GOP probe that former president aged on job but remained ‘fully engaged’

One of Joe Biden’s former top communications advisers told the House Oversight Committee that she watched the former president age on the job but that he was always in command.

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  • Source: Newsweek
  • 08/08/2025
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Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Netanyahu's Plan to Occupy Gaza City

Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City and eventually implement "Israeli security control" of the entire Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement early on Friday.

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United Airlines resumes operations after widespread tech system error stops flights

United Airlines resumed operations after it temporarily grounded all of its mainline flights on Wednesday evening due to a technical issue.

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  • Source: AP News
  • 08/07/2025
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Lebanese government pushes for army plan to disarm Hezbollah by year’s end

The Lebanese government asked the national army on Tuesday to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons in the small nation by the end of the year, a move that aims to disarm the militant Hezbollah group.

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  • Source: AP News
  • 08/05/2025
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Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales, profits and its stock price.