Experts are just beginning to understand the impact of social media use on adolescents, and much research has focused on the damage it does to children’s communication skills and mental health, causing irritability, anxiety, and lack of self-esteem.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was subpoenaed to appear before the House Select Committee along with four other Republican congressmen Thursday. McCarthy responded that he still views the investigation as illegitimate.

A Texas federal appeals court has reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law preventing social media companies from banning users over their political views.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc is “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter shares initially fell more than 20% in premarket trading, but after Tesla CEO Musk sent a second tweet saying he […]

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell to a second four-year term as head of the Federal Reserve, paving the way for the former investment banker to continue leading the central bank as it confronts the highest inflation in 40 years.

Amidst a nation-wide baby formula shortage, the Biden administration is coming under fire for decisions that may have exacerbated the situation, including claims that formula is being supplied to a processing facility for illegal immigrants on the southern border as shelves across America remain empty.

Moscow is warning that it may retaliate following Finland’s decision to join NATO, which was announced Thursday, Reuters reported.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50 an hour for workers at all businesses, large and small, on Jan. 1, 2023, under an automatic inflation trigger built into state law and never previously activated, the governor’s office projected on Thursday. The announcement came a day before Governor Gavin Newsom, a first-term Democrat, was […]

In a one-word tweet Thursday afternoon, one that read simply “disconcerting,” Elon Musk indicated he would not be conferring upon verified Twitter users the ability to edit or contextualize tweets those users found objectionable on the grounds of dis- or misinformation.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday proved an unclearable hurdle for the majority of Republicans and Democrats who hoped to more speedily approve a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine.