PHILADELPHIA — A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event last month. The lawsuit comes in the wake of a video, shared widely on social media, showing two other Black girls apparently…
Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue decline in history
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history on Thursday, dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters – and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies. The company’s stock dropped slightly in after-hours trading following the results, suggesting Wall Street was largely expecting the weak earnings report….
Democrats hammer Hulu for censorship after it restricts political ads on guns, abortion
Democrats are furious with Disney’s Hulu streaming service for allegedly censoring ads focusing on political topics that liberal congressional candidates want to broadcast ahead of the midterm elections in November. Restrictions on ads about abortion and guns miffed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Governors Association. They are urging…
SK Group to spend $22B on U.S. semiconductor, green energy projects, creating 16,000 jobs
The SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, announced Tuesday that it will spend $22 billion in the United States to fund semiconductor, green energy and bioscience projects. The investments will expand SK’s American workforce from 4,000 to 20,000 by 2025, President Biden said at a White House event with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-Won to…
Space, gas, and food: Russia unleashes full weight of leverage as it pressures West, escalates war
Moscow is attempting to unleash its leverage from space to global energy markets in a revamped effort to break Western solidarity and punish the United States and Europe for militarily supporting Ukraine during the more than five months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The latest salvo saw Russian officials declare on Tuesday that their country…
AFGE move to ‘abolish’ labor union for ICE officers spurs call for probe
A key House lawmaker is demanding answers after a major labor union with ties to President Biden took steps to abolish the National ICE Council, which represents thousands of officers at Homeland Security’s deportation agency. Rep. Michael Cloud said the move by the American Federation of Government Employees appears to be retaliation against the ICE…
Senate investigation reveals China’s effort to infiltrate Federal Reserve
China is actively trying to recruit U.S.-based economists to feed information back to Chinese officials and has even managed to place cooperating sources inside America’s Federal Reserve banking system, according to a new Senate report Tuesday. One employee provided information on the Fed’s economic modeling to a Chinese university, while another, who had connections with…
Biden begs Congress to pass $52 billion semiconductor bill
President Biden on Monday pleaded with Congress to pass a $52 billion payout to semiconductor manufacturers as lawmakers face a make-or-break week to get the bill across the finish line. The White House has, for weeks, been in a full-court press to get the measure passed, urging lawmakers to shed a bevy of tough-on-China measures…
TBS cancels Samantha Bee’s ‘Full Frontal’ after 7 seasons
LOS ANGELES — TBS is canceling “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” after seven seasons, removing a rare female voice from late-night TV, the channel said Monday. In a statement announcing the cancellation, TBS said it has made “some difficult, business-based decisions” as part of its new programming strategy TBS was part of WarnerMedia, which merged…
Long-stalled bill to boost U.S. microchip manufacturing heads for crucial Senate vote
Senate Democrats plan to forge ahead with a test vote Monday on long-stalled legislation intended to jolt the U.S. production of semiconductor chips that are vital for everything from automobiles to washing machines to military weapons systems. Known as “Chips-plus,” the bipartisan bill includes more than $50 billion over the next five years for chip…