The tech industry is facing accountability on its handling of child safety issues, signaling what could be a pivotal shift in the long-simmering battle over Big Tech’s role in child abuse and exploitation.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured a grueling day on the witness stand Wednesday in a landmark Los Angeles trial about Meta’s strategy to target teens and tweens. Zuckerberg was forced to defend his company’s platforms against accusations of deliberately engineering addiction among children, leading to mental health crises, self-harm, and even suicides. The very next day, Thursday, Republican West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against Apple. The suit alleges that the tech giant knowingly allowed its iCloud service to become a haven for storing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), prioritizing user privacy over child protection.

Podcast host Joe Rogan called Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “a fucking psychopath” while discussing his budget proposal during a Thursday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

Mamdani’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal published on Tuesday allocated an additional $1.2 billion for migrants coming to New York City, the New York Post reported. Rogan said on his show that the spending on migrants was “crazy.” (RELATED: Trump Admin May Be Quietly Plotting To Blow Up Mamdani Campaign Cornerstone)

A fired college official has no regrets in getting an alumnus arrested in Oregon after the suspect pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer on Wednesday, the former employee told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Portland’s Reed College removed Gary Granger as head of security in 2025 for helping the FBI identify Robert Hoopes, a 2023 graduate who hurled a rock at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a June riot. Hoopes’ Wednesday confession to prosecutors vindicates Granger’s actions despite the repercussions, he says. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: College Says Employee Hurt Its ‘Reputation’ By Helping FBI Catch Leftist Riot Suspect)

A principal at Wilson High School in Spring Township, Pennsylvania, ordered students who walked out of class to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to class.

“We go back to class and we’re good. If you stay out here, we will get your names, you will be suspended, OK? That is your option at this point because you are operating outside the bounds of what was granted,” Weber told the students. “That event was canceled. You left school without, you left school without permission. Your rights do not supersede the school. So if you understand that, that is your option.”

The Washington Post’s editorial board mocked Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed tax hikes on Wednesday, arguing that he admitted his city has a spending problem.

Mamdani proposed a $127 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which is larger than the budgets of 47 states, and would increase taxes for more than 3 million residents in the city. The editorial board said Mamdani was admitting that his constituents would have to pay the price in order to fund his socialist policies.

There is a quiet battle being waged over the future of America’s soul and one of its most popular hobbies (or addictions, depending on your view).

Not only is it a battle concerning states’ rights, but also one that concerns the moral values of the nation.

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invested months preparing for her highest-profile overseas trip, but when she arrived at the Munich Security Conference, the progressive lawmaker fumbled through basic foreign policy questions and is now faulting conservatives for the backlash.