Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump Admin To Press Ahead With Amazon, Meta Antitrust Cases
The Trump administration will press on with its antitrust cases against Amazon and Meta, a top official said on Thursday, vowing to maintain pressure on Big Tech’s market dominance. In an interview with FOX Business, newly appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson confirmed that ongoing cases against Amazon and Meta would proceed, emphasizing…
Read MoreWhat Is Brutalism? And Why Do Architects Hate ‘The Brutalist’?
“The Brutalist,” an epic drama loosely inspired by the life and work of architect Marcel Breuer, is one of the favorites for Sunday’s Oscars. But the film has drawn scorn from design experts, who accuse it of glaring errors, and question whether its main character is even a Brutalist architect. Here are five things to…
Read MoreTrump Says He Would Endorse Florida Congressman Byron Donalds for Governor: ‘Run, Byron, Run!’
While Rep. Bryon Donalds (R-FL) has not officially announced a run for Florida Governor, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to encourage his candidacy. Latin Times President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) for a potential run for governor of Florida. Trump praised Donalds in a Truth Social post on Thursday…
Read MoreTrump Meets With Tiger Woods About Merging PGA Tour with LIV Golf
President Trump, using the power of the presidency to intervene in global sports diplomacy, on Thursday deepened his efforts to broker an elusive agreement involving the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league that could ultimately benefit his family’s golf courses. For the second time this month, Mr. Trump hosted key negotiators at the…
Read MoreMusk Vows To ‘Fix’ X Feature Over Ukraine And Zelensky
Elon Musk said Thursday that a feature on his social media platform X which allows users to fact-check potentially misleading posts was being “gamed” over Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky and vowed to “fix” it. Musk spoke after his ally US President Donald Trump turned on his one-time ally Zelensky in recent days, accusing the Ukrainian…
Read MoreMarshall Rose, Who Helped Revive Two New York Institutions, Dies at 88
Marshall Rose, a real estate developer who was instrumental in reviving the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and transforming the adjacent Bryant Park from a mecca for drug dealers into a verdant Midtown oasis, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his…
Read MoreFull List of Republicans Who Broke From Trump to Vote Against Kash Patel
Kash Patel was confirmed as the new FBI director on Thursday. Latin Times The Senate confirmed Kash Patel to become Director of the FBI on Thursday by a vote of 51-49. The only Republicans to break ranks and vote against Patel were Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins. Every Democrat voted against the confirmation,…
Read MoreI.R.S. Fires 6,700 Employees Amid Tax Filing Season
The Trump administration started firing about 6,700 employees at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, extending its cost-cutting measures to the federal agency responsible for collecting tax revenue from millions of Americans. The job cuts at the I.R.S. are hitting probationary employees who were recently hired around the…
Read MoreMusk Called Out After Complaining His Own Fact-Checker Is Contradicting His Zelensky Claims: ‘You Can’t Stand the Truth’
Elon Musk was met with backlash after he criticized his own social media platform’s fact checking feature. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Elon Musk publicly criticized X’s Community Notes system for contradicting claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is widely unpopular and afraid to hold elections. In a post on Tuesday, Musk accused Community Notes—the fact checking…
Read MoreTrump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite ongoing concerns that adversaries are stoking political and social divisions by spreading propaganda and disinformation online, current and former government officials said. The administration has already reassigned several dozen officials working on the issue at the Federal Bureau…
Read MoreFox News, CNN and Other Outlets Urge White House to Drop AP Ban
Dozens of major news organizations, including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News, wrote to the White House this week urging the Trump administration to immediately lift its ban on The Associated Press, which had been prohibited from attending a number of official press events over the past week. The White House has said it…
Read MoreElon Musk’s Own AI Chatbot Labels Most of His X Posts ‘False’ or ‘Misleading’: ‘Plenty of His Posts Don’t Survive a Google Search’
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, determined that over half of his posts on X are false or misleading—yet most of his political falsehoods go unchecked. ABC News/Reuters Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot, Grok, seems to have turned against its creator—deeming more than half of his posts false or misleading. Journalist Isaac Saul put Elon Musk’s…
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