Mar 23 WATCH: TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content By Kelvin Chan, Haleluya Hadero, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the hugely popular video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned. Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump lawyer ordered to turn over Mar-a-Lago case documents By Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal appeals court in a sealed order has directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president's retention of classified records at his Florida estate. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 7:10 How Trump’s possible indictments will influence Republican political strategy By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz As the country waits for a Manhattan grand jury's decision in the case involving Donald Trump's alleged hush-money payments, the New York Times reported the former president is said to be invigorated by the possibility of an indictment. It raises… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 4:38 Supreme Court hears trademark case involving Jack Daniel’s and dog toys By John Yang, Saher Khan The maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey has a bone to pick with the marketer of dog chew toys. The distiller of the iconic American liquor wants to muzzle VIP Products over a squeaky dog toy called Bad Spaniels. The case… Continue watching
Mar 22 UN rights chief calls Uganda anti-gay bill ‘deeply troubling’ By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment. Continue reading
Mar 22 Biden administration announces plans to modernize organ transplant system By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The United Network for Organ Sharing has a government contract to oversee how organs are retrieved and distributed and to run the massive computer system that matches patients and organs. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Biden and First Lady Jill Biden mark Women’s History Month at White House event By Zeke Miller, Associated Press First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday used a Women's History Month event at the White House to call on men to step up and fight to protect women's rights. Continue reading
Mar 22 DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to high school classes By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, expanding the current law critics call "Don't Say Gay." DeSantis has leaned heavily into cultural divides on his path to an anticipated White… Continue reading
Mar 22 North Korea fires cruise missiles as South Korea, U.S. stage drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea has launched cruise missiles just days after it carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea to protest its military drills with the United States. Continue reading
Mar 22 Americans’ faith in banks hit low after failures, says AP-NORC poll By Paul Wiseman, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Only 10 percent of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation's banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds. That is down from the 22 percent who said they had high confidence in banks in 2020. Continue reading