TikTok went offline Saturday night after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring its Chinese owner to sell the app by Sunday or face a ban. Then, after President-elect Trump said he would issue an executive order today… Read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet today to vote on the Gaza ceasefire deal after Israeli and Hamas negotiators worked out their remaining differences. A wider cabinet vote to approve the deal is expected tomorrow…. Read more

On Wednesday night, President Biden addressed the nation for the last time from the Oval Office, and for the first time since announcing that he was withdrawing from the election last July. Going into the speech, most expected Biden’s farewell… Read more

The confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, began yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democrats grilled him, while Republicans largely seemed to indicate their support. This is unsurprising, of course—if Kamala Harris had… Read more

President Joe Biden delivered his final foreign policy address yesterday, stating that a deal to end war in Gaza through a ceasefire and hostage release deal was “on the brink” of being finalized. Israel and Hamas have reportedly been presented… Read more

At least twenty-four people, including child actor Rory Sykes, have died so far in California’s devastating wildfires. Sixteen more remain missing. More than twelve thousand structures have burned, including many houses of worship. One was Altadena Community Church, built in… Read more

“The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.” That is how Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his company’s efforts to curtail the spread of misinformation for the better part of a decade…. Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has been in the news a lot in recent days. He asked the US Supreme Court to block his New York hush money sentencing scheduled for tomorrow. Since winning the election, he has repeatedly raised the idea… Read more

“I’m young, pretty, and friendly—all very good, positive qualities that you have too.” This is how Sister Inah Canabarro, the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117, greets visitors to her retirement home in the southern Brazilian city of Porto… Read more

Nothing lasts forever, as they say. Despite the obvious reality of human finitude and mortality, tech millionaire Bryan Johnson says he spends upwards of $2 million a year on an anti-aging regimen he believes is enabling his body to “achieve… Read more