Red, White & Blog
by Joe Mandese
You may never have heard of the Election Assistance Commission, but it's the next big chapter in Trump's Election Takeover Playbook. Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
"The veneer of legal process applied over the Commission's retaliation against speech disfavored by this administration is so thin that it is nearly invisible," … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Fox, FS1, and digital services posted 30 million average viewers - with another 12 million on Telemundo/Peacock, according to Telemundo. It was the largest … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joe Mandese
Apologies for getting dark on what should be an uplifting celebration of America's 250th birthday. But as someone who has been covering its media … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Meta Platforms is seeking to block attorneys general from asking a jury to assess penalties of $1.4 trillion, should the jury find Meta liable … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Meta wrote in a statement issued after a recent BBC investigation found paid ads promoting child abuse on Instagram that it did not "knowingly … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
A new device created by Meta developers will record a person's spoken words, create a transcript and run the audio through an AI program … Read the whole story
by Sarah Mahoney
Trump claims credit for the retailer's summer rollbacks -- a reversal from May, when he told Walmart to "eat the tariffs" instead. Read the whole story