With exactly two weeks to go until Election Day, both candidates for president are blitzing the battleground states. And we’ve learned how long student loan repayments for about eight million Americans will remain on hold. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Harris, Trump look for more votes in battlegrounds…

A petition initiated by Elon Musk’s super PAC “America” is seeking signatures from registered voters in swing states in support of the First and Second Amendments of the Constitution. Voters who referred a friend to sign the petition once earned $47, but now Musk is increasing the stakes. From now until Election Day, one petition…

X, formerly known as Twitter, has updated its terms of service, allowing the platform to use user posts for artificial intelligence training. The changes, effective Nov. 15, have sparked concerns over data privacy and content ownership. The new terms grant X a worldwide, nonexclusive license to analyze and use all content shared on the platform.…

With just 15 days to go until Election Day, the campaign trail saw former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s and Vice President Kamala Harris visiting two Georgia churches on Sunday, Oct 20. It was also Harris’ 60th birthday. Republican nominee former President Donald Trump donned an apron Sunday, joining McDonald’s workers at a location in suburban Pennsylvania near…

Israel has launched a new set of attacks on Hezbollah’s financial operations in Lebanon. And we’re learning more about a catastrophic failure on a dock at what was supposed to be an evening to celebrate culture. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Israel targets Hezbollah’s financial operations Israel has launched a string of…

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react after Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. And billionaires Mark Cuban and Elon Musk speak to voters in battleground states. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza…

Columbia University has suspended a pro-Israel professor from campus after he publicly criticized school officials for allowing anti-Israel protests. Officials from the school said they respected Shai Davidai’s right to free speech, but he had recently “harassed and intimidated” other school employees.  Earlier this year a group of pro-Palenstine students also filed a formal complaint…

Far-right disinformation has proliferated around federal response efforts to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, with high-ranking individuals like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and former President Donald Trump spreading a range of lies and false conspiracies. These include claims that Democrats are controlling the weather and that FEMA is diverting hurricane relief funds to support illegal…

The United States says it will closely monitor Israel’s actions during its ground offensive in northern Gaza to ensure there is no “policy of starvation” in the region. Just days after the Biden administration sent a letter to Israeli officials demanding an improvement in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened…

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached a landmark $880 million settlement to resolve over 1,300 claims of childhood sexual abuse. The settlement stems from allegations dating back to the 1940s and is the largest single settlement involving a Catholic archdiocese in the country. This agreement was made possible by California Assembly Bill 218,…