The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
Neal Mohan, left, the chief executive of YouTube, in 2024. The company’s lawyers argued in court on Tuesday that YouTube was an entertainment platform, not a social media platform.
A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.
After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.
Dozens of measures sprinkled throughout the recently enacted spending package seek to tie the Trump administration’s hands on funding, an act of quiet bipartisan resistance to efforts to trample congressional power.
“These bills provide literally hundreds upon hundreds of specific funding levels and directives that this administration must now, by law, follow,” Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said.
The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state.
A polling location in Detroit. The decisions offer an early indication of how the Justice Department’s nationwide quest to essentially establish a national voting database may be running into significant headwinds from the judiciary.
The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
Lisa Gelobter, in 2018, who is credited with helping create the technology behind GIFs, will be charged with improving New Yorkers’ digital access to essential services.
The National Labor Relations Board, having accused the company of unfair retaliation in 2024, now says it has no jurisdiction over Elon Musk’s space company.
Eight SpaceX employees were fired soon after asking the company to distance itself from comments made by Elon Musk, including one in which he made light of accusations of harassment directed at him.
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said.
Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel joined forces to demand government action in the face of a spiraling death toll from criminal violence among Arabs.
Michael Reiter, a former Palm Beach police chief, described a 2006 conversation with Donald Trump to the F.B.I. years later, according to a newly released document.
The former police chief’s account highlights the inconsistent statements President Trump has made over the years about his relationship with both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
For years Peter Mandelson, a senior British politician, concealed the depth of his friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, until new files were released.
Republicans have so far spurned most of Democrats’ demands to rein in federal agents carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown, threatening a homeland security funding bill ahead of a Friday deadline.
Henry McGowan headed for Europe, showing signs of mental distress. His father, John McGowan, raced after him. This week, the son will stand trial in Ireland, accused of his father’s murder.
Jeffrey Epstein continued to have access to college administrators even after his felony convictions and prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution by a minor.
Explaining why officials dropped limits, Dr. Mehmet Oz said alcohol “brings people together.” But social drinking also can lead to health problems, studies show.