CORRECTION: Correction, Nov. 13, 2024

In the video, the woman tearing down the flag says, "We are paying you to teach history, and that's what you need to be teaching."

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for a rival social media platform after Elon Musk's X helped propel Donald Trump to a second term in the White House. In the week since the election, more than 700,000 new users signed up for Bluesky, a site that aims to capture the freewheeling feeling of Twitter back before it became X—and was over-run with bots and virulent hate speech, the Guardian reported. Musk has been one of Trump's biggest campaign supporters, pouring an estimated $200 mill

Netflix's (NFLX) ad tier, which was launched about 2 years ago, has reached 70 million monthly active users globally. Netflix President ofAdvertising Amy Reinhard says in the release that "over 50% of new Netflix sign-ups are for the ads plan in ad-supported countries." Yahoo Finance Anchors Madison Mills and Josh Lipton discuss the announcement in the video above. For more expert insight and the latest market action,. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

Britain's The Guardian newspaper announced Wednesday it would no longer post content from its official accounts on Elon Musk's X, branding it a "toxic media platform" home to "often disturbing content"."The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."

In August, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said average selling prices were falling as customers were trading down to cheaper items and buying more essential goods. The new low-cost service will be available within its app and users could search for "Haul", the company said, adding that it will be available for customers when they update their Amazon shopping app next.

Creator subscription platform Patreon is making it a bit easier for fans to support their favorite creators this holiday season. The creator membership platform announced on Wednesday that it will roll out gift subscriptions, as well as functionality for creators to offer discounts for membership sign-ups. The gift subscription feature had previously been in testing for select creators, but will now roll out for all creators.

When Odell Beckham Jr. signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, he decided to take his $750,000 salary in Bitcoin. It was a bold call by the star receiver, especially after the price of Bitcoin had doubled in the four months before he signed his contract. Three...

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said President-elect Trump's transition into the White House "is not going to look anything like it did in 2017." "The level of sophistication on the issues is so far beyond what it was in 2017," Mulvaney told "The Hill" host Blake Burman on NewsNation on Monday. "This...

Wanda Sykes said that even though she "got her hopes up," about Kamala Harris potentially winning the election, she wasn't surprised when Donald Trump won—and she revealed why on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live. "I mean it's so many reasons why you can say it happened," Sykes said on the show, "But I think you know, a lot of us aren't, like, totally shocked" because "sometimes America is just gonna America." Even though she wasn't floored by the results, Sykes admitted she's not feeling great about

Rep. Matt Gaetz is resigning from Congress, effective immediately, just hours after President-elect Donald Trump named the Republican firebrand as his selection for attorney general. House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the news to reporters Wednesday night, saying that he hopes to have a replacement for his seat by Jan. 3. "He issued his resignation letter effective immediately," Johnson said. "That caught us by surprise a little bit."

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, is now refusing to stand by her previous push for Ukraine's NATO membership — a stance she once framed as critical to regional stability.

Former Vice President Pence's adviser Marc Short affirmed President-elect Trump's decision to appoint Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. "Pete served 20 years, he was awarded the Bronze Star twice in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's somebody that I got to know when he was running Concerned Veterans for America," Short said during a Wednesday MSNBC...

"I will not unwrap gifts given to me by people who voted for a party that has talked about building internment camps and mass deportation."

Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 formed in the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday. Hurricane Watches have been posted for parts of Honduras with Tropical Storm Watches in northern Nicaragua. The NHC says Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 will continue to move westward toward the western Caribbean Sea, and Jamaica should see showers and thunderstorms associated with the system throughout the next day.

Pollster Nate Silver said he believes there is "hidden good news" for Democrats in the 2024 election results, despite the party wondering where its messaging went so wrong. In his newsletter, Silver Bulletin, Silver broke down his thoughts on the election and the major loss for Democrats. Silver discussed the party pointing fingers about Vice...

Reports have claimed the TV presenter was one of several celebrities paid a hefty fee for the ultimately unsuccessful Democrat campaign

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House already carried potentially sweeping changes for the Federal Reserve. But now a growing question is not how the Fed will operate under Trump but if it'll continue to operate at all.