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ARIS (AP) – French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the Parliament voted in favor of the measure, a flagship initiative of French president Emmanuel Macron’s second term. The bill also bans the use of mobile phones in high schools. Several families in France have sued TikTok over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content. Children’s advocates…
At least eight state police officers from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are under investigation for the alleged kidnapping of a local businessman who was forced to pay a ransom for his release. The incident took place in May, but it wasn’t until this week that the head of the Tamaulipas police, Carlos Arturo Pancardo, was forced to confirm the kidnapping and revealed that the internal affairs division was looking into the matter. The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office is carrying out its own investigation. According to Pancardo, the eight officers have been moved out of Reynosa and are being…
Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano said Tuesday that he and other government officials will continue “to drive out fraud, waste, and abuse” after uncovering nearly $100 million in federal payments associated with dead people. In a press release, the Treasury Department announced a new government-wide payment verification system to prevent payments to dead people. “To date, Treasury has screened over 885 million payments totaling approximately $2.77 trillion as part of the new payment verification process,” the release said. (Emphasis original.) “The screening has identified more than 4,900 payments worth approximately $99 million that were associated with deceased…
President Donald Trump congratulated Vice President JD Vance and First Lady Usha Vance on the birth of their son, Alec, over the weekend. Trump took to Truth Social early Monday morning to send his well wishes to the Second Family. “Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family,” he wrote. Alec Neel Vance, the first child born to an active vice president since 1870, was born on Sunday morning. He is the fourth child of the vice president and second lady, who have two other sons, Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter, Mirabel. “Usha and the baby are…
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz committed Tuesday to putting a kids online safety proposal from Sen. Marsha Blackburn on the agenda for his upcoming markup on artificial intelligence legislation — even as President Donald Trump holds off on giving the forthcoming bill his stamp of approval. The Texas Republican also told reporters he “would expect to support” his colleague’s bill, but cast doubt on whether it could pass the full Senate. “It’s not clear to me at all that there are 60 votes for it,” Cruz continued, “but I am happy to have a markup and see where the votes…
Kash Patel, a longtime ally of US President Donald Trump, is reportedly scheduled to visit Russia in October FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to travel to Russia later this year, Politico reported on Monday, citing a US official and another person familiar with the matter.According to the publication, Patel is set to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg on October 14-15 and is expected to meet with officials from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The last FBI director known to have visited Russia was Robert Mueller in 2013.A longtime ally of US President Donald Trump, Patel has worked to counter…
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill launches an “ICE tracking portal,” urging the public to film and report federal immigration agents One of the Democrats’ emerging political ‘stars’ has made a stunning confession that vindicates those who have pushed for the SAVE America Act and investigating voter fraud that has occurred in previous elections. On Tuesday, New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill took to X to confess that she had learned of a “serious software error” in the state’s Motor Vehicle System that allowed thousands of foreign nationals to register to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. This “coincidentally” occurred…
Actor Samuel L. Jackson sparked controversy online over the weekend when he called upon people to cheer against Argentina in the World Cup due it being “historically” racist. The controversy erupted when Jackson shared an Instagram Story that featured his character Stephen from Django Unchained wearing an Argentina soccer jersey; the character Stephen was notorious for being a race traitor who terrorized his own people to curry favor with his white masters. “Dear Black People… Please do not cheer or root for Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup. Argentina has historically been one of, if not the most racist countries in…
After the Trump administration, backed by a recent Supreme Court decision, put the “temporary” back into “Temporary Protected Status (TPS),” the current focus is on Springfield, Ohio, a town of about 45,000 that saw its population explode when 15,000 Haitians with TPS moved in. Now that Trump has successfully revoked a 2010 TPS designation that was only supposed to last 18 months, some 350,000 Haitians nationwide have the choice of being deported or self-deporting. There’s an online rumor that the mere act of revoking this TPS status has resulted in 80 percent of Springfield’s Haitians self-deporting. That is almost certainly…
Senate Republicans are recommending Sen. Darline Graham to take over most of her late brother’s committee assignments. During a closed-door Senate GOP lunch, Republicans announced that Graham, a South Carolina Republican, will be getting seats on the Judiciary, Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Budget committees — filling vacancies left empty after Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly earlier this month. The committee assignments will require sign-off by the full Senate — a generally low-key event that takes place by unanimous consent. The Senate is expected to adopt a resolution formalizing the new committee line up later Tuesday. In addition to…