After months of deadline extensions, the TikTok U.S. sale is finally complete, with American and UAE investors taking majority control. While the app avoids a ban, questions remain over algorithm licensing, data influence, and who truly controls what users see.
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By Beege Welborn Now, I’m not saying that this is as accurate as the Pentagon Pizza Tracker… Well, hang on a minute. Let’s check in…
By John Sexton I’ve been writing about this California Wealth tax proposal for a couple weeks now and I really thought I’d done justice to…
French farmers are once again erupting in mass protests as anger grows over the EU’s Mercosur trade agreement. The deal is seen as another blow to Europe’s heavily regulated agricultural sector, deepening unrest ahead of key elections.
California regulators voted to keep the Ivanpah solar plant operating despite high electricity costs and the documented deaths of thousands of birds each year. The decision highlights grid reliability concerns and the growing energy demand driven by AI and data centers.
As anti-regime protests engulf cities across Iran, the Islamic Republic is reportedly importing Hezbollah and Iraqi militia fighters to crush dissent. The move signals escalating desperation as domestic security forces falter.
A stark examination of a culture that now celebrates abortion and parental abandonment as empowerment. This piece confronts the spiritual and moral consequences of a society that has inverted right and wrong.
Protests are spreading across Iran as inflation soars above 40% and the national currency hits record lows. Demonstrations now span multiple provinces, signaling the most serious challenge to the regime in years.
One year after the deadly Palisades Fire, LAFD leadership admits its official report was edited to reduce blame and shield senior officials. Firefighters’ own messages contradict claims that the blaze was fully extinguished.
A new German business survey reveals deepening economic trouble, with nearly half of sectors expecting job losses in 2026. Sky-high energy costs, subsidies, and reliance on defense production signal long-term instability across Europe’s largest economy.
By John Sexton A pretty interesting story from the LA Times today suggests that an amateur codebreaker in West Virginia may have solved both the…
By David Strom Aussies used to be a hardy lot, as one would expect from a nation founded to house the outcasts from a more…
Seton Hall University’s student government denied recognition to a Turning Point USA chapter while approving a Democrats Club. School officials claim the decision was based on a standardized rubric, not political bias.
China has been militarizing islands in the South China Sea for more than ten years at this point. They've dredged sand in order to turn tiny spots in the ocean into military bases.
The system never recovered from the pandemic but for a few years it relied on government pandemic money to keep it going. By 2023, that money was starting to run out and services had to be cut.
I tell you what - Democrats and Somalis are going to rue the day the Senate Dems forced the government into that extended shutdown. That was the tipping point, and just the extra bit of time needed to bring this extraordinary, biblical amount of waste, fraud, and abuse into the public sphere, where it had been floating at the edges for decades.
Today's readings bring those questions into sharp focus as we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent. They also remind us of what we anticipate in this season, symbolically and literally.
By John Sexton Today the NY Times has published the story of a trans woman named Jennifer Capasso. Capasso, who lives in New York, was…