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The DOJ announced Friday that TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will pay $400 million to settle allegations related to violations of federal children’s privacy laws. Axios reports that the DOJ has reached a significant settlement with social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The $400 million agreement represents one of the largest settlements ever secured in a case involving the federal privacy law designed to protect minors online. Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. characterized the settlement as a major achievement for American families. “This settlement…

Gaming platform Roblox is arguing that an 8-year-old girl gave up her right to sue the company by clicking “I agree” on its terms of service, according to court filings in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her mother. The girl tragically took her own life at just 13 year old after being introduced to dark and violent subcultures on Roblox, TikTok, and Discord. The Louisville Courier Journal reports that Jaimee Seitz filed the lawsuit in October 2025 in federal court in the Eastern District of Kentucky, alleging her daughter, Audree Heine, was exposed to “harmful and violent influences” on Roblox…

WASHINGTON—IndyCar and Fox Sports announced Thursday at the White House that they are making a $2 million donation to fund scholarships at Purdue University and Indiana University as part of first lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future initiative. The donation, which will go toward scholarships for youth aging out of foster care, was unveiled in front of the first lady and President Donald Trump in the afternoon in the Rose Garden. These mark the 25th and 26th schools to join the Fostering the Future scholarship network around the country. “Today, Indiana University and Purdue University join Fostering the Future’s growing…

Squatting and perpetual benefits abuse are rampant in Italy. The culprits are largely Italian. However, parallel to this system of living off the state, there are millions of migrants receiving public benefits. Photo courtesy of Altalex.   Rome’s city council is preparing to spend public money rehousing hundreds of people who spent more than a decade living rent-free in a squatted building that the government failed to clear for years, a failure that has already cost Italian taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. The roughly 400 residents of Spin Time Labs, a nine-story former state office block in Rome’s Esquilino…

Germany’s Federal Prosecutors office is investigating a suspect after a weapons cache, which reports state law enforcement insiders say they believe may be linked to Russian intelligence, was discovered near Berlin. Understood to have been found in November 2025 after police received a tip-off, the “professionally constructed” hiding place containing two handguns and ammunition was discovered at a warehouse in a wooded area on the outskirts of Berlin near the state border with Brandenburg, Tagesschau reports. Once the weapons were discovered, the security services sabotaged the handguns or replaced them with duds to render them useless, then placed them back into the…

The FBI arrested a woman on Thursday who allegedly pledged herself to ISIS and planned to bomb the New York Capitol in Albany. A confidential source reportedly indicated to the FBI that 35-year-old Jessica Bowie of Albany had pledged support for the Islamic State and had sought out instructions on how to make explosives, per the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. “She was arrested Wednesday by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Albany, First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone told reporters Thursday,” reported NBC News. “Bowie is expected in court…

The meeting between the Russian and US presidents in Alaska last year caused a sensation in both form and substance. Expectations were so high, whether expressed as hope or alarm, that the Anchorage summit was almost certain to disappoint.The conflict surrounding Ukraine is too deep and complex to be resolved at a single meeting, even one involving the leaders of Russia and the United States. Negotiations to end the Vietnam War dragged on for years, despite both sides understanding from the beginning that the conflict would eventually have to end.The real question was whether Anchorage could provide the starting point…

Image via @LeeAndersonMP_/X In August 2026, the Home Office in the UK issued ‘rape leaflets’ to asylum seekers. The official nine-page guide, titled “Understanding behaviors and expectations in the UK: A guide for asylum seekers,” explains basic UK laws and social norms. Apparently, not raping people needs to be spelled out. The page on consent and rape notes, “In the UK, both people must say ‘yes’ to sex.” Having sex with someone without their consent “is called rape” and is “a serious crime.” It can lead to prison, loss of support/accommodation, and harm an asylum claim. The guide then has…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least three people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia´s Krasnodar region killed two others, a day after a strike on a Ukrainian shopping center killed 16 people. In the latest attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that one person was killed and another wounded when ballistic missiles hit railway infrastructure in the capital, Kyiv, overnight. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its forces had hit a locomotive depot. In a separate attack, local authorities said one person was killed Saturday afternoon in a Russian…

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) advised Democrats against ditching left-wing extremist Hasan Piker, saying it would convey “weakness.” The congressman expressed his thoughts on the issue of Hasan Piker, who previously said that America “deserved 9/11,” during an appearance on The Left Hook podcast with Wajahat Ali on Wednesday. When asked if Democrats should abandon Piker, Khanna called it “absurd,” citing his appearances on Joe Rogan’s podcast and his appearance on the Ben Shapiro Show. “Should I not go on Ben Shapiro’s podcast because I disagree with him?” Khanna asked. “We had an oral argument on the minimum wage. Just because someone is engaging…