Poking Fun at Trump, Mexico’s President Suggests U.S. Should be Called ‘Mexican America’

Poking Fun at Trump, Mexico’s President Suggests U.S. Should be Called ‘Mexican America’

Mexico’s president rejected several of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s assertions about her country and even joked that the United States should be called “Mexican America” after Mr. Trump said the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the Gulf of America. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico used her Wednesday morning news conference to show a world…

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Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation

Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation

Ports on the East and Gulf Coasts could close next week if dockworkers and employers cannot overcome their big differences over the use of automated machines to move cargo. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, on Tuesday resumed in-person talks aimed at…

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Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content. It’s you. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, announced Tuesday that he was ending much of the company’s moderation efforts, like third-party fact-checking and content restrictions. Instead, he said, the company will…

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‘One of the Faces of Jan. 6’

‘One of the Faces of Jan. 6’

The photograph was an immediate symbol of Jan. 6, 2021: a man in bluejeans and a thick plaid overshirt reclining in the chambers of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a smile on his face and his boot resting atop a black spiral notebook on a corner of a desk. The smirk and the lug-soled boot belonged…

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