Florida Primary Results, US-Canada Tariffs, Meta Trial Begins
A wave of state-led litigation against Meta alleges the company deliberately designed addictive social media platforms that harm youth mental health, drawing parallels to Big Tobacco, while primary elections in Florida, Alaska, and Wyoming reveal a fractured Democratic Party and shifting
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