The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal seeking to hold Reddit responsible for child pornography on its site. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices on Monday rejected a request from a group of unnamed victims and their parents to reverse a lower ruling that favored the forum website. Internet companies enjoy wide legal protections for third-party content under a controversial shield known as Section 230, which has remained largely unchanged since it was passed in 1996 ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron DeSantis plans to kick off his presidential campaign in Iowa on Tuesday, the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states as he tests his pitch as the most formidable Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump. The Florida governor's two-day trip to the leadoff caucus state — starting at a suburban Des Moines megachurch and ending at a Cedar Rapids racetrack — comes after a stumbling online announcement last week that formalized his long-anticipated entry into the growing Republican field. It will be follow ..read more

(The Hill) -- America's credit card balance has passed $1 trillion, or it's about to, depending on whom you ask.  The average interest rate on a new card is 24 percent, the highest figure since the Reaganomics era.   A typical American household now carries $10,000 in credit card debt, by one estimate, another record.   If that doesn’t sound like a lot of debt, try paying it off. At $250 per month, with 24 percent interest, you’ll be making payments until 2030, and you’ll spend a total of $20,318, twice what you owed. And that assumes you never use the card again.  ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a deal no one in Washington claims to really like. But after weeks of negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have struck an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avert a potentially devastating government default. The stakes are high for both men — and now each will have to persuade lawmakers in their parties to vote for it. Biden, in an exchange with reporters on Monday, said he felt good about where things stood, but acknowledged that he wasn't sure if all Democrats on the left will get on board. Biden called on the liberal wing ..read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who’s running in the 2024 presidential race, blasted the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck in principle over the weekend, arguing the U.S. is still “careening toward bankruptcy.”  “Prior to this deal … our country was careening towards bankruptcy. And after this deal, our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy,” DeSantis said on “Fox & Friends.” “To say you can do 4 trillion [dollars] of increases in the next year-and-a-half, I mean, that's a massive amount of spending. I think that we've gotten ourselves on a trajectory here — really since ..read more

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The day that President Joe Biden's administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso Vargas was ready to show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled body. Instead, he stood frozen with his pregnant wife and 5-year-old son at a Tijuana crossing, feet from U.S. soil. Crying baby, bodies found in Florida home during welfare check The administration also has highlighted improvements made in recent weeks. The app can prioritize those who have been trying the longest. Appo ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill shielding private spaceflight companies from certain liabilities on Thursday. DeSantis signed off on the bill just one day after announcing his 2024 presidential bid with SpaceX founder Elon Musk. The bill, titled Spaceflight Entity Liability (SB-1318), was one of the 27 signed into law on May 25. It shields companies like SpaceX or Blue Origin (founded by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos) from lawsuits if passengers and crew members are harmed or killed. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Tom Wright, whose district covers parts of Volusia ..read more

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis is about to hit the campaign trail, but today, he was in Orlando addressing families at the Florida Parent Educators Association's Homeschool Convention. "Good morning, homeschool convention!" DeSantis told the crowd. DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, raises $8.2M ahead of early state blitz It was his first public appearance since he announced his 2024 presidential campaign. This convention is not a political event. The Florida Parent Educators Association says it exists to help families with homeschooling. For approximately 30 minutes ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Sierra Club Florida has joined a coalition of six advocacy groups in their condemnation of "the politics of anger and fear" in Florida. The Sierra Club, an advocacy group that works to preserve the environment in Florida and across the nation, issued a statement Friday morning saying it stood with the NAACP and Equality Florida's travel advisories ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to speak at a homeschooling convention in Orlando Friday. The event marks DeSantis’ first in-person public comments since he announced he will run for president in 2024. DeSantis announced his campaign during a Twitter Spaces discussion with Elon Musk on Wednesday, just after signing a bill that exempted presidential candidates from a Florida law requiring state officials to resign their position in order to seek higher office.  The Twitter Spaces conversation was marred by technical issues, resulting in mockery from the governor ..read more