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Ted Cruz reacted to silence from civil rights groups Saturday as Canadian officials continue to clash with the Canadian trucker "Freedom Convoy" occupying the streets of Ottawa, Canada.

A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, authorities in Paris say.

A foreign policy expert slammed the Biden administration's handling of the Ukraine crisis, saying the White House's actions could "provoke" a Russian attack.

Scott Galloway / No Mercy / No Malice : How Apple may get to $1T in revenue by 2030, from $366B in 2021, using its hardware expertise, high consumer trust, and capital reserves to enter new markets   —  Round numbers have no inherent meaning — they're a consequence of 10 fingers.  But they provide a benchmark, a way to focus our observations.

U.S. Capitol Police are bracing for a potential "Freedom Convoy" truck protest to Washington D.C. for President Biden's State of the Union address on March 1 and considering temporary fencing around the Capitol to prepare.

Kelly Clarkson is seeking a big change in her life.

Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary showdown: Jeff Bartos takes aim at Dr. Oz, David McCormick for skipping a debate scheduled for Monday

Avi Asher-Schapiro / Thomson Reuters Foundation News : Internal documents: 400+ Salesforce employees signed an open letter objecting to its NFT plans, including helping other companies create and sell NFTs   —  After Salesforce announced a foray into the NFT market, hundreds of workers revolted, raising environmental and fraud concerns

Erika Jayne has been hit with a new $2.1 million lawsuit in which she's accused of financial elder abuse and “aiding and abetting” her estranged husband Tom Girardi.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is citing the failure so far by the Biden administration to release the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annual report as the latest example of the lack of transparency that the Department of Homeland Security has exhibited when it comes to the effects of its liberal immigration policies.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harrys' departures from royal duties began in 2020 over what they described as the British media’s intrusions and racist attitudes towards the former “Suits” star.

Top Hillary Clinton campaign officials have been noticeably silent following new claims by Special Counsel John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.

Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Voltron Data, which builds tools based on the Apache Arrow open source project, raises a $22M seed and an $88M Series A   —  Voltron Data was launched last year by former employees from NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL and the co-founder of Apache Arrow.  The group came together to build …

Shah, 48, is facing multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

In a terse U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Russia’s continued hostility toward Ukraine is a "moment of peril" and threatens global stability.

Andrew Blok / CNET : YouTube details new efforts to stop misinformation, including stopping such content before it goes viral and limiting cross-platform sharing of misinformation   —  Stopping misinformation before it goes viral is a top goal for the video site. … YouTube outlined on Thursday new efforts it plans to undertake to tackle misinformation.

Several prominent Republican lawmakers and thought leaders said they see the recent recall election in San Francisco as a precursor to massive GOP gains in Congress.

Migrants on Mexico’s southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday in a gruesome bid to convince Mexico to let them in, so they can travel north and try to get into the United States.

Democrats remain silent after the latest Durham filing, which alleges Clinton's campaign spied on former President Trump.

Corin Faife / The Verge : CISA, FBI, and NSA say Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted US defense contractors for at least two years, acquiring export-controlled technology and more   —  The state-sponsored actors acquired information on weapons, aircraft design, and combat communications systems over a period of years

"Full House" star passed away on Jan. 9 at age 65.

The State Department on Wednesday warned against any move by the Kremlin to sever its commitment to the Minsk agreements as it looks to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as "independent."

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who insists children should still wear masks in schools, was slammed on Twitter Tuesday after he said smiling faces was his purpose for teaching.

William Frawley passed away in 1966 at age 79 after suffering a heart attack. Vivian Vance lost her battle with breast cancer in 1979 at age 70.

Chet Hanks is opening up about what it was truly like growing up in the spotlight as one of Tom Hanks' children.

Attorneys for Michael Sussmann, the former Clinton campaign lawyer charged as part of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, demanded that the court “strike” the “factual background” section of Durham’s latest filing, arguing it will “taint” the jury pool.”

Wall Street Journal : Sources: the SEC is probing if Binance properly disclosed to consumers the relationship between its US arm and two trading firms with ties to Binance's founder   —  Regulator is interested in trading firms with links to Binance's founder, people familiar with the probe say

The family of Halyna Hutchins announced the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday.

Gary Chambers Jr., an East Baton Rouge activist running for the Senate, appeared on the podcast of the person listed as a spokesperson for Farrakhan, who has a long history of antisemitic comments.

Niket Nishant / Reuters : Money transfer service MoneyGram agrees to be acquired by PE firm Madison Dearborn for $1.8B; MoneyGram has $800M in debt and over 150M customers   —  Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners said on Tuesday it would buy MoneyGram International Inc (MGI.O) in a $1.8 billion deal …

The head of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) had advance notice of Attorney General Merrick Garland's controversial memo about protecting school boards, a top NSBA official confided in an email reviewed by Fox News Digital.

A super PAC supportingGOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance tells Fox News its spending 7-figures to run a new ad that reintroduces the best-selling author and venture capitalist to voters in Ohio

New York Times : A profile of Peter Thiel, who plans to leave Meta's board to focus on politics, funding far-right MAGA candidates who peddle conspiracies and deny Biden won   —  Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump's biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement.

Todd Bishop / GeekWire : Microsoft tells employees it will fully reopen its facilities in Washington state starting February 28, citing high rates of COVID-19 vaccination in King County   —  Updated below with information on Expedia reopening.  —  One of the longest “three weeks” in history will soon come to an end.

Julia Fox's representative confirmed to Fox News Digital that the "Uncut Gems" actress and Kanye West are no longer dating. The two enjoyed a month-long romance after meeting on New Year's Eve.

On Sunday, Alyssa Scott took to Instagram and wrote a heartbreaking tribute to her child Zen, who passed away on Dec. 5 from a brain tumor at just five months old.

Elizabeth Hurley was praised by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Kathy Jacobs, known as the “oldest rookie” at age 58.

Kanye West took to Instagram on Valentine's Day following Kim Kardashian's date night with Pete Davidson.

Controversial author and Critical Race Theory advocate Ibram X. Kendi reportedly earned over $500 per minute to give a speech at the University of Virginia.

Mark Levin was slammed by the media for ostensibly promulgating a "conspiracy theory" that Donald Trump was being spied on ahead of the 2016 presidential election

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears argued that lawlessness in America is “coming from the highest levels,” explaining that she believes that includes the president.

Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph : Optimism fixes a critical bug that would have allowed creation of unlimited ETH tokens in the Ethereum layer-2 scaling project's accounts, awards a $2M bounty   —  Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project's Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH

National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said that he cannot “predict” what will happen in Ukraine, but said if Russia goes forward with an invasion, he said, “It's likely to begin with a significant barrage of missiles and bomb attacks.”