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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced on Monday that it is reassigning 7,000 employees to focus on AI initiatives, just two days before the company plans to lay off roughly 10 percent of its workers. The New York Times reports that Meta has informed its workforce that 7,000 employees will be reassigned to concentrate on new AI initiatives, marking the latest transformation in the company’s strategic pivot toward AI technology. The announcement comes as the social media giant prepares to lay off approximately 8,000 workers, representing 10 percent of its total workforce. According to an internal memo from Janelle Gale, Meta’s head of…

The Senate parliamentarian late on Saturday night ruled that the Republican proposal to approve $1 billion for the White House ballroom fails to comply with the Senate’s rules; Senate Republicans said they have a fix coming. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised that the Republican plan to provide $1 billion for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if it were to remain in the legislation as is. Republicans are using budgetary reconciliation to fund the ballroom and the Border Patrol as well as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Using reconciliation would…

Senate Republicans are greeting the Justice Department’s announcement of a new “Anti-Weaponization Fund” with concern, confusion and questions — and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is offering up little clarity on how it will work. At a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday morning, Blanche fielded queries from members of both parties about the logistics of the $1.8 billion account, who would have oversight and whether it could function as a “slush fund” for individuals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Democrats are, predictably, enraged by the terms of the settlement for President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against…

Microsoft has officially confirmed that faulty third-party drivers have been silently draining laptop batteries and degrading system performance in Windows 11 for years. PCWorld reports that Microsoft addressed the long-standing issue at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2026, announcing a comprehensive overhaul of how it evaluates third-party software drivers. The acknowledgment comes after years of user complaints about unexpected battery depletion and performance problems that have plagued Windows 11 in particular. According to the company’s presentation at the conference, the root cause of these issues stems from how Microsoft previously assessed driver quality. The evaluation system focused primarily on…

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) said that Iran’s regime doesn’t have enough ordinance to fight off its populace, “And I hope that the Iranian people do ultimately decide to take up those arms in the ways that they did at the beginning of this year. It’s the biggest threat to that regime, is the Iranian people coming after them because they don’t have enough bullets to fight them off.” Mast began by saying that Iran “is even more degraded since the ceasefire began” due to economic…

Pending home sales climbed in April, the third straight month of rising sales. The number of homes going under contract for sale rose 1.4 percent compared with the previous month, surpassing economist forecasts for a one percent gain. Sales are up 3.2percent year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors. The better-than-expected result signals measured buyer demand despite economic uncertainty and rising mortgage rates. The increase reflects contracted sales that will typically close 30 to 45 days later, providing a forward-looking indicator of the broader housing market. Regional performance was uneven: the Northeast led with a 6.6 percent…

Americans came together and sang “How Great is Our God” on Sunday, gathering on the National Mall for the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” celebration. Thousands descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Sunday for the event focusing on rededicating the country back to God and seeking His guidance for the next 250 years. Christian artist and worship leader Chris Tomlin was one of the headliners for the faith-filled event and led the crowd in a few worship songs. Video shows a crowd singing “How Great is Our God” in unison. American flags could be seen held by some…

Hundreds took to the streets of La Paz to demand that President Rodrigo Paz step down Riot police clashed with anti-government protesters in Bolivia’s administrative capital, La Paz, on Monday. The massive rallies sparked by rising costs of living and fuel shortages escalated into calls for Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz to step down just six months after taking office.A centrist Christian Democratic Party conservative, Paz scrapped decades-old fuel subsidies that had drained Bolivia’s foreign reserves but has so far failed to stabilize fuel supplies. Thousands of farmers, miners, teachers, laborers, and indigenous activists have spent weeks protesting over rising living…

ToplineActing Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Justice Department are facing mounting questions over the DOJ’s decision to settle a lawsuit between President Donald Trump and the IRS—and create a $1.8 billion fund expected to pay Trump’s allies—even as new reporting claimed the IRS was ready to vigorously defend itself in the suit.Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Hearing on Capitol Hill on May 19.Getty ImagesKey FactsBlanche testified Tuesday in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, in…

London’s Metropolitan Police have issued a formal apology to Father Ted creator Graham Linehan after he was arrested last year as he landed in the UK over social media posts criticising transgenderism. Linehan, who is one of the most celebrated comedy writers in British television history, having been the creative force behind hits such as Father Ted, The IT Crowd, and Black Books, was arrested last September at Heathrow Airport by armed police on suspicion of a public order offence over posts he made on comments made on X. According to the Irishman, who has become a leading critic of…