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Trump Team Rebuffs Talks on Mass Deportations, Latin American Countries Say
Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about its migration and deportation plans.
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Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan
Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.
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Somehow, James Gunn Always Gets You: An Appreciation of “Creature Commandos”
Damn you, James Gunn. You got me again. That’s what I was thinking at the end of the fourth episode of the Max animated series “Creature Commandos.” Titled “Chasing Squirrels” and written by Gunn, the episode reveals the calamitous history of a bug-eyed, furry humanoid known as Weasel. There’s an obligatory early scene where the…
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Rain-Collecting Rattlesnakes Give New Meaning to ‘Thirst Trap’
A new study reveals the surprising ways rattlesnakes have evolved to collect water in the desert.
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Trump Picks Ex-Congressman to Manage U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
Brandon Williams served aboard a nuclear submarine and represented a New York congressional district for one term, but has said little about his experience in the management of atomic weapons.
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U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
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Instagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit From a TikTok Ban
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.
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Remote Work for Civil Servants Faces a Challenge Under Trump
Federal employees and others in the capital have grown attached to work-from-home arrangements. But hybrid work may disappear in the second Trump era.
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Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
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Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them
A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.