Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt His Sentencing in N.Y. Criminal Case  —  Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect's request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday's scheduled sentencing.  —  Days away from his criminal sentencing in New York …

In exclusive sit-down, Biden reveals his biggest regret and the compliment Trump gave him  —  Interviews like this one have been rare in Biden's tenure.  He has held fewer news conferences and individual sessions with reporters than any president since at least Ronald Reagan.

Here are some of the horrible things that you can now say on Instagram and Facebook  —  Meta's policy changes allow calling gay and trans people ‘mentally ill’ while removing a ban on referring to women as ‘household objects.’ … As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added …

Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says  —  New York CNN —  President-elect Donald Trump's team was given the questions asked by Fox News anchors at an Iowa town hall last January in advance by someone inside the network …

Transcript: Trump's Angry Rants to Media Show How Bad Things Will Get … Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.  I'm your host, Greg Sargent.  —  On Tuesday, Donald Trump held a press conference.

All signs point to Moody for Senate  —  Presented by Good morning and welcome to Wednesday.  —  Time is running short for Gov. RON DESANTIS' first big decision of 2025 — picking MARCO RUBIO's replacement in the Senate.  —  Asked on Tuesday if he's made up his mind, the governor said he still …

Garland to release Smith's Jan. 6 report, hold back Trump Mar-a-Lago report  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release only the volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report dealing with Donald Trump's plans to subvert the transfer of power after losing the 2020 election …

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors  —  The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are “abusing their position” by publishing content the group believes to be antisemitic, according to documents obtained by the Forward.

Zuckerberg wears $900,000 watch to announce end of Meta fact checks  —  Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth about $900,000 in a video explaining his company's decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the U.S.  —  Play Video

California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up  —  A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.

Sunny Hostin Accidently Exposed Her Husband's Alleged Insurance Scam, Now He's a Defendant in a RICO Case  —  Is Sunny Hostin the most empty-headed person on the planet?  That's a legitimate question given some of the things she's said on “The View” over the years.

EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments  —  The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.

What banning medical debt from your credit score actually means  —  In the final days of its tenure, the Biden administration has banned credit reporting agencies from including medical debts in their reports, aiming to make it easier for people to access credit, including loans and mortgages.

Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner  —  Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US  —  The Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has said Meta's decision to end factchecking on its platforms …

Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance Tool  —  Some Motorola automated license plate reader surveillance cameras are live-streaming video and car data to the unsecured internet where anyone can watch and scrape them, a security researcher has found.

Democrats Prevail in Virginia Races, the First Elections Since Trump's Win  —  The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state's legislature.  —  Democrats on Tuesday held two key state legislative seats in Virginia …

Trump says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico.  Can he do that?  —  The president-elect told reporters Tuesday that he wanted the body of water called the Gulf of America, but he provided no details on how the change would be enacted.  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States …

Facebook Deletes Internal Employee Criticism of New Board Member Dana White  —  Meta's HR team is deleting internal employee criticism of new board member, UFC president and CEO Dana White, at the same time that CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced to the world that Meta will “get back to our roots …

Read what Joe Biden said during his exclusive interview with USA TODAY: Transcript  —  Transcript of President Joe Biden's Oval Office interview with Susan Page, USA TODAY's Washington Bureau Chief, on Jan. 5, 2025:  —  PAGE: This is the limits of my technological ability.  —  BIDEN: Believe me...

GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of Democrat as winner of close high court race  —  The order allows the state Supreme Court to hear a challenge by the Republican candidate in the race — who trails by just 734 votes — to have 60,000 ballots thrown out.