The backsliding seems to have started when multi-billionaire Elon Musk bought out Twitter in 2022, seemingly with an eye on leveraging its reach to influence the 2024 American presidential election.... As part of his plan to remake the platform in his own image, part of which was to rename it ‘X’, Musk has gradually removed restrictions for accounts violating various platform policies, especially on racial, gender and religious equality.... This has earned it enough favour that Mr Musk has eve

" I am really sorry about that.... " I was adamant not to lie … so I really don't think there's anything that was a lie.... I think I just didn't say too much." ABC News' Mark Guarino contributed to this report....

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailGet our free View from Westminster emailEmail* SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent.... Read ourPrivacy noticeAs the dust settles on Keir Starmer’s first major reshuffle and politicos begin to scour the names of the ministers in his new cabinet, one could be forgiven for wondering whether anything much had changed at all

The authorities are faced with the fiendish task of convincing democratic-minded voters that there is no point in voting, while making every effort to boost turnout among the conformist, state-dependent electorate. The significance of Russia’s impending parliamentary elections is generally either

The Pentagon on Thursday said it's" very unlikely" that Russia would be able to recover anything useful from the U.S. drone brought down into the Black Sea after a collision with a Russian fighter jet. Although Russian ships were said to be in the area, Brig.... Pat Ryder gave no update on Russian efforts to recover the drone at an afternoon news conference, but said it's" very unlikely" anything useful could be salvaged." We assess it's very unlikely that they would be able to recover anything

" I know that they're going to end up weakening Social Security because the country is weak." Trump echoed that point, more directly, when speaking with Breitbart." There’s so many things we can do," he said.... " There’s so much cutting and so much waste in so many other areas, but I’ll never do anything to hurt Social Security." Former President, Donald J. Trump speaks at the CPAC Conference in Washington, Mar.... But, so far, the parties can't agree on solutions, as lawmakers also remain en

Forty years ago, renowned treasure hunter Roger Miklos claimed to have discovered one of Adolf Hitler’s lost U-boats on the ocean floor off an island in the Turks and Caicos.... During World War 2, Nazi Germany’s U-boats – or submarines – plagued the Atlantic Ocean, sinking more than 1, 500 Allied ships, many of which were ferrying crucial supplies to Britain from North America and the Empire. The conflicts became known as the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from 1939 until the end of the

The main thrust of the poll was that overall approval of the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak is negative, but with a massive partisan divide. Trusting Trump or trusting Fauci.... Pay attention to t his detail about trustworthiness in the story by CNN polling director Jennifer Agiesta: Some of the division in views of the virus may stem from a wide divergence in trusted sources of information about it.... Among Democrats, just 4% say they trust the information they get from th

A husband obviously, but also giving up your career." To which Meghan replied:" I don't see it as giving anything up.... More infoSUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.... This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding....

He has rebuked former President Donald Trump and members of Congress.... The chief justice is not the boss of Justice Clarence Thomas or any of the associate justices.... When recusal occurs, rarely is a reason made public....