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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. (Reuters) — Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions ar…

Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attend a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump’s election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump&…

Bourbon Street is blocked to traffic as workers start removing older models of traffic bollards, which the city started to replace, three days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 4, 2025. (Reuters) — The F…

President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 22, 2024. NEW YORK (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is un…

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-LA, stands, as he is re-elected speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Fr…

A teller sorts U.S. dollar banknotes inside the cashier’s booth at a forex exchange bureau in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 16, 2024. SINGAPORE (Reuters) — The dollar was on track for its best weekly performance in over a month on Friday, underpinned by expectations of fewer Federal Reserve r…

A person sits near a makeshift memorial, after people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year’s celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 2, 2025. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) — A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New O…

The remains of a Tesla Cybertruck that burned at the entrance of Trump Tower are inspected in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 1, 2025. (Reuters) — Law enforcement officials on Thursday said a U.S. Army soldier from Colorado was likely the person inside a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Int…

Law enforcement vehicles and people stand near the area where a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1, 2025. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) — A U.S. Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into …

Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1, 2025. (Reuters) — Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 a…