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8+ min ago (401+ words) The International Fact-Checking Network is deeply concerned by reports that the U.S. State Department has instructed consular officers to deny visas to individuals who have worked in fact-checking, content moderation, and trust and safety. The IFCN's global network includes more than 170 organizations in over 80 countries, all of them committed to nonpartisanship, transparency of sources, and corrections when errors occur. These are the same standards that have defined high-quality journalism for generations. Our signatories do not remove content from the internet. They add information to the public record. We are also troubled by the broader implications for trust and safety professionals whose work protects children from exploitation, prevents fraud and scams, and combats coordinated harassment. These functions make the internet safer for everyone, including Americans. Content moderation by tech companies and journalistic fact-checking both are exercises of freedom of expression." A free…...

10+ min ago (337+ words) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) openly celebrated the news on Monday that Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) had joined the Democratic Party's primary for his Senate seat. Crockett pushed out former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), who is the more moderate of the two, when she joined the race, which pits her against progressive state Rep. James Talarico (D). "Am I hiding my glee? I'll try to wipe the smile off my face, I would say it's a gift," Cornyn told Semafor, adding, "Colin " obviously, he wasn't successful before, but he was what I would call closer to a normal Democrat than Jasmine. [She] is something else." Cornyn joined Fox News on Tuesday and was again asked about Crockett as a potential general election opponent. Anchor John Roberts began, "You've got a new challenger, Jasmine Crockett, who's already looking past the Democratic primary and…...

14+ min ago (588+ words) "I think I'm going to die here," Peters' lawyer, Peter Ticktin, recounted her saying during an interview with Law&Crime. "She's depressed and upset," Ticktin said. "This is a terrible decision." Ticktin, a former classmate of President Donald Trump who represented the commander-in-chief in a failed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton over allegations of rigging the 2016 presidential election, sent a letter to Trump on Sunday urging him to consider a workaround for pardoning Peters on her state charges in Colorado. The Trump administration has said that it's probing ways to get involved. "The question of whether a president can pardon for state offenses has never been raised in any court," Ticktin wrote. "The issue which needs to be answered whether our founders understood or intended when they wrote that the President had the Power to Pardon offenses against the United States,…...

19+ min ago (66+ words) Yemen's Southern Transitional Council says it's taken control of the south, raising fears it will declare independence. Who are the separatists that claim control of all south Yemen? Yemen's Southern Transition Council has declared itself in control of the country's south, raising fears they will declare independence. Members of the internationally-backed government have fled. So what is the STC? Soraya Lennie explains....

22+ min ago (396+ words) The scene filmed Sunday showed France's first lady in discussion backstage at the Folies Berg're theatre in Paris with Ary Abittan, a French actor and humorist previously accused of rape, before a performance he was about to give. The previous night, feminist campaigners had disrupted his show with shouts of "Abittan, rapist!" Before Sunday's performance, Brigitte Macron asked him how he was feeling. When he said he was feeling scared, she made a derogatory and sexist reference to the women, adding: "We'll toss them out." Her office said in a statement that she'd been trying to calm his nerves: "As the video shows, Mrs. Macron's only intention was to reassure an artist who, in his dressing room before going on stage, had just told her, "I'm scared,' because his show had been disrupted the previous evening." "In no way is…...

24+ min ago (226+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after a new military artificial intelligence website appeared to fail immediately. "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Hegseth said in an announcement posted to X on Tuesday. "And that's why today we are unleashing genAI.mil. This platform puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior." "We will continue to aggressively field the world's best technology to make our fighting force more lethal than ever before," he added. Commenters quickly pointed out that they were unable to access the site. "Site is down: upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination," one commenter said. Another person suggested that the webpage "can't handle more then 500 visitors at a time." "Couldn't even handle the general population…...

25+ min ago (1009+ words) Featuring fiction as well as creative nonfiction, this anthology looks at progressive social change through the lens of speculative storytelling and worldbuilding. It features the work of Charlie Jane Anders, NK Jemisin, adrienne maree brown, and more. The anthology imagines new worlds and possibilities for organizing, coalition building, and survival. Queer cousins Andy and Dominique each get their own queer romance plotlines in this LGBTQ+ Black YA novel from Autostraddle fav Leah Johnson and nonbinary co-author George M. Johnson. It's a holiday rom-com, so it'd make a perfect holiday gift or just a cozy read during this time of year. Leah writes my favorite queer YA of recent years, and I can't wait to get my hands on this one! From the author of X comes this novel about desire, beauty, violence, and intimacy. It is a pandemic novel that grapples…...

25+ min ago (1298+ words) Walker Scobell, Rick Riordan and more address the elephant in the room as the young actors grow up faster than cameras can shoot There are plenty of challenges to making television, but there's one major shadow that hangs over every show starring kids: how to handle the fact that they grow up much faster in real life than they will on the screen. But worry not, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" has its long game handled. The series premiered on Disney+ in 2023, marking the second attempt to adapt Rick Riordan's books after a duology of films released in 2010 and 2013. The story follows Percy, a 12-year-old boy who finds out he's actually the son of Poseidon. And yes, they cast a boy of appropriate age in Walker Scobell, who was 14 when the show first came out. Among those reasons is the…...

29+ min ago (192+ words) Noah Wyle and company are back for a chaotic shift on Fourth of July weekend "The Pitt" will return for another chaotic shift in the ER, almost a year to the day of its series premiere. "The Pitt" became a massive hit for HBO Max upon its release this past January. The show was praised for its realistic view at the working conditions medical professionals face in the post-COVID era, through the eyes of the doctors and nurses working in a fictional Pittsburgh emergency room. Each season follows a single 15-hour shift in real time across 15 episodes. Following the premiere of "The Pitt" in January, the medical drama averaged nearly 20 million global viewers per episode, and scored five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, as well as acting wins for Wyle, Katherine LaNasa and Shawn Hatosy. The success of "The…...

29+ min ago (574+ words) Marjorie Taylor Greene arrived in Murray County on Thursday to support the residents opposing a biowaste facility. During her speech, she tried to glorify herself for fighting against opponents, but social media didn't agree. On Dec. 4, the outcast Republican congresswoman, Greene, gave a speech at a Murray County gym against building an'anaerobic digester. Vanguard Renewables, a subsidiary of BlackRock, has proposed to build this digester along Barry-Bennett Road in southern Murray County. However, the residents believe that it isn't safe and decided to organize a public hearing on the matter. Greene argued in favor of the residents, telling the Vanguard representatives, "They are tired and fed up." While she made some points to dissuade the project from continuing, she soon made it personal. "Let me explain to you another reason why I'm here," she said. "Other than talking to the…...