YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit for $24.5 Million Mr. Trump sued Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube and Google, and other social media companies after the platforms suspended his accounts in 2021.

"Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer". Really, @nytimes.com?

Where the White House Is Leading Us with TikTok? The Trump administration is pioneering a new form of political communication. The imminent prospect of a deal to reshape TikTok’s future in the United States could give the White House even more power. @columjournreview.bsky.social

🕹️ Electronic Arts may go private in a $50B leveraged buyout — potentially the largest in history. The deal, reportedly close, involves Silver Lake (also part of the new TikTok US deal), Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners (Jared Kushner). 📅 Announcement expected next week.

Disengaged voters are the key to winning future elections in the US.

Portland’s city leaders and residents are pushing back against ICE. Now Trump is sending in troops.

Geez maybe this is serious. A marshalling of the "Timbers Army" replete with antifascist symbols, and images of men and women wielding axes 🫣 #PortlandGoestoWar

FTC Gives Final Omnicom/IPG Approval, Imposes Ideological Restrictions.

‘A national emergency’: As Trump goes after the arts, many museums remain silent.

Weeks of Russian incursions into NATO skies have pushed the U.S.-led alliance to the brink of an explosive choice: Strike back or stand down.

Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on Thursday evening in Virginia federal court and charged with making false statements to Congress and obstructing its investigation of the Russia probe, per court documents.

Trump signs executive order to transfer TikTok to US owners. Agreement separates app from Chinese owner ByteDance and allows US investors to take 80% stake.

UN – Trump fucks the world @liberation.fr

The Kimmel Suspension Shows How Fake Authoritarianism Becomes Real. Jamelle Bouie warns that Trump's administration is creating an "illusion" of total control. ABC helped make it reality. @parkermolloy.com

#JeSuisJimmy In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.

A major question right now: what impact has the Disney+/Hulu boycott had? Lauren Egan, writing in The Bulwark, noted that there has been “no organized campaign against Disney,” only an “organic” counterattack.

At Charlie Kirk memorial, Trump rallies MAGA against political opponents.

Trump and Musk meet in Glendale. Eleven days after the murder of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, thousands gathered in tribute — an event where Trump and his administration framed him as a martyr for the conservative cause.

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee could hurt US growth, economists warn.

Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism...

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material. A document spells out the latest in a series of escalating restrictions placed on the press corps covering the Pentagon during Trump’s second term.

The redistricting arms race is expanding into new states, and this month Missouri became the latest testing ground for a gerrymandering strategy that has nothing to do with voters and everything to do with power. The most dangerous gerrymander yet?

CNN’s Betsy Klein: WH says it’s “100% confident” a TikTok deal with China is final. Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt: US to control the app’s algorithm. “We just need the agreement signed — I expect it will happen in the coming days.”.

CNBC’s Alex Sherman: “Netflix should buy rights to Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback from Disney. Big audience, no FCC jurisdiction, no pressure on Disney. Everyone wins.”

‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column.

“America must correct course on broadcasting,” says MAGA influencer Benny Johnson, celebrating the “cultural victory” of getting Kimmel off the air. Is this still called democracy? Wasn’t the market supposed to regulate supply and demand?

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon.

Trump ‘border czar’ Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents.

On Truth Social, Trump blasts prosecutors and politicians for blocking his “GREAT CASE.” He complains of being “impeached twice and indicted five times, for nothing.” Calls for immediate justice while targeting Comey, Schiff, and Letitia James. Rhetoric escalates as elections loom.

Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth.

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

President Trump signed a proclamation on Friday that adds a $100,000 fee for new applicants for H-1B visas. Here’s what to know.

President Donald Trump signaled a deal to keep TikTok online in the U.S. was “approved” by China.

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would require journalists to pledge not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release or risk losing their credentials to cover the military.

Trump’s moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent.

Late-night hosts like Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert are standing with Jimmy Kimmel amid his show’s suspension. They’re exercising their right to free speech their way, a.k.a. using fart noises during the monologue.

President Trump said Wednesday that he is designating “antifa,” a decentralized, leftist ideology, as a terrorist organization following Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting. Trump did not explain what specific groups would be targeted or how he would do it.

Trump FCC Chair Who Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Once Slammed Censoring ‘Late-Night Comedians’.

How social scientists could help to rebuild the federal government.

Inside ABC, emergency meetings were convened after the FCC chair’s Jimmy Kimmel threat, with the late-night host ready to respond on-air—but Disney brass ultimately decided to bench the marquee talent instead. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jimmy-kimm...

Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert might have to self-broadcast. On an existing platform or create their own. They already have a scaled-up audience that will be there. No corporate gatekeeper. No autocrat-serving FCC.

We must condemn all political violence. But recent threats from this Administration are an attack on the media and the First Amendment. Late-night talk show hosts should be able to speak freely and give their opinions. The free press is under attack.

Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC

Donald Trump’s approval rating in 2025 is collapsing. 📉 New The Economist data shows his net approval already far below his first term — and sinking faster than Obama (2009) or Biden (2021) at the same stage.

📊 Political violence in America has clear ideological roots. 👉🏻 According to The Prosecution Project, right-wing extremism has been responsible for the vast majority of guilty verdicts in cases of political violence since 1990. 🔎 Source: The Economist

Donald Trump says he is bringing $15bn lawsuit against New York Times. US president says he is bringing defamation and libel action in Florida against the newspaper, accusing it of being a ‘virtual mouthpiece’ for Democrats.

Jay Leno Warns Charlie Kirk Shooting Is ‘The Death of Free Speech’.

Vance to host episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show".

Knives are out for embattled FBI Director Kash Patel, despite Trump support.

Republicans Still Have Media Subscriptions MAGA Claimed Were Payoffs.