New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has fired back at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire criticised the appointment of Lilian Bonsignore as the Chief of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Tesla and X owner Musk, 54, claimed that “people will die” because of the appointment of Bonsignore, a former FDNY emergency medical services […]

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Elon Musk’s X has announced it is supporting the legal case of a Republican activist who faces potential criminal charges after resharing a picture of a trans woman using a women’s bathroom. The Global Government Affairs department for the platform formerly known as Twitter wrote on Monday (29 December) that it was “proud” to assist […]

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Marjorie Taylor Greene has continued to take aim at former ally turned nemesis Donald Trump, claiming the president warned her his “friends will get hurt” if those accused of abusing women alongside Jeffrey Epstein were named publicly. Republican congresswoman Greene, who is set to step down as representative Georgia’s 14th congressional district on 5 January, […]

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US politician Zooey Zephyr has called on the government to have a “serious talk” about ‘AI girlfriend’ companion apps and the danger they pose to women and girls. The 37-year-old Montanan Democrat warned that AI companion apps were “priming their users to ignore consent” and need to be regulated. AI companion apps, commonly called ‘AI […]

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Labour voters are more likely than any other party to be “disappointed or angry” to have a gay child, new polling data suggests. A survey of 2,037 UK adults found that 33 per cent of Labour voters would disapprove of their son coming out as gay. Interestingly, respondents were a single percentage less likely to […]

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