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Elon Musk spars with Kathy Griffin, defends Twitter censorship plans after bans of impersonators
Twitter owner Elon Musk is defending his preferred censorship model for social media after touting new restrictions on users who fail to disclose they were impersonating other people, signaling more rule changes are coming. Mr. Musk announced a blanket ban on all users impersonating others without identifying as a parody on Sunday evening, which […]
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Live updates | Climate Summit
The Latest on COP27, this year’s annual UN summit on climate change. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – More than 100 world leaders are preparing to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge – greenhouse gas emissions, which leads to global warming. However, observers say it will be hard to make progress given all […]
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At global summits, Biden aims to assert America’s leadership
President Joe Biden will aim to assert America’s global leadership during his upcoming trip to Southeast Asia that will be shadowed by a verdict on his presidency after Tuesday’s elections. The foreign policy challenges that have helped define Biden’s first two years in office -– Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increasing influence of China […]
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Elon Musk vows to boot Twitter account impersonators
BOSTON — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform’s new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names – not their account names – and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire’s decision to offer […]
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Job growth gives inflation-saddled Democrats a lifeline heading into Election Day
The final jobs report before Tuesday’s midterm elections gave President Biden a thin lifeline for a closing campaign argument, but it was likely too little, too late to ease voters’ year-long concerns about historically high inflation and eroding wages. Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday, a performance better than Wall […]
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Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads
The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter. The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it’s much easier to rage-tweet at a perceived enemy than to seek common ground, whether the argument is about transgender kids or baseball. In the chaos that has enveloped Twitter the platform – […]
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IAM District 19 rail workers voted to accept deal with major railroads
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19 rail union voted to accept a tentative agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee Saturday. IAM District 19 represents around 4,900 workers. Of those, 59% of eligible workers voted, with 52% of voters approving the deal. “Our union recognizes that the agreement wasn’t […]
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Biden stumps on job growth, as voters dread inflation
President Joe Biden has notched an envious record on jobs, with 10.3 million gained during his tenure. But voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections are far more focused on inflation hovering near 40-year highs. That’s left the president trying to convince the public that the job gains mean better days are ahead, even as fears of […]
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