Democratic socialist Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong is facing renewed scrutiny after past remarks about race and "whiteness" resurfaced online, including comments referencing members of her own family. "My proximity to whiteness continues, right... My son is biracial. He is half-white and half-Korean. I think navigating what his identity is and how people perceive him is always at the back of my mind as well," Hong, who has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2021, sai
Several major news organizations are hosting reporter fellows with salaries paid by donor-supported AI journalism groups—relationships that frequently go undisclosed. The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism places fellows with outlets like Bloomberg, Time, NBC News, the Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. And while some outlets are alerting readers to those funding relationships, others aren’t, raising questions about how disclosure standards are applied. The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism pays i
The National Football League made a major move toward player safety in 2020 when Guardian Caps were introduced. Just two years later, they were made mandatory for select positions in practices. But history is changing once again, as Houston Texans safety Jalen Pitre has been named the first-ever NFL Guardian athlete. "I think the biggest thing is just spreading the message that football is important to me, and it needs to be played the right way with the right things. Guardian Cap is the league
Beginning his career as an actor, Gill went on to write plays including The York Realist as well as directing for the Royal Court and National Theatre Tributes have been paid to the director and playwright Peter Gill who died on Monday at the age of 86. His agent Mel Kenyon said Gill’s work had a “rare emotional delicacy” and was “beautifully observed and finely tuned” while the director Michael Grandage said Gill’s “contribution to the British theatre will come to be regarded as quietly seismic
What is Trump Media's Truth API and why is it controversial? When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners. From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems - monitor his statements to perform trades within seconds. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) now wants to charge for such market-moving information put out on it Truth Social platform. It has launched
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A trade vessel in the Strait of Hormuz reported being struck by a projectile overnight Tuesday as it was transiting near the coast of Oman. The incident, reported to U.K. Maritime Trade Operations, comes amid conflicting reports of Iran participating in peace talks with the U.S. this week. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a deal to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and denuclearize Iran was "imminent." The UKMTO offered few details about the incident, saying only that the vessel had be
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Capitol Hill staffers typically rely on private conversations and faceless social media accounts to identify toxic offices — but a new platform is offering a verified place to anonymously rate and review members of Congress and the workplaces they run. Capitol CNCT, a program designed to centralize resources for congressional staffers, launched on July 20 a new tool called "The Scoop," where verified staffers can share anonymous, but verified, reviews of the offices where they're employed. Forme
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The Powerball jackpot climbed again overnight after no one matched the winning numbers. It's now among the top 10 all-time jackpots.
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Newly minted "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton is hoping to tamp down the leaks to the press about newsroom drama, much of which he insists are false. "Since I started here there has been roughly a rumor a day. About me, about you, about what's coming next — 95% percent of them are fabrications and blatantly incorrect," Bilton wrote Monday in a staff memo obtained by Fox News Digital . "I no longer have the time or the patience for them, and I'd rather we spend that energy on the stori
