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Reddit Pushes Google for New AI Deal with Dynamic Pay

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Reddit is in negotiations with Google (and by extension, with other AI platforms) to overhaul its content‑licensing arrangements. The platform says it wants better terms now that its user‑generated content is playing a more prominent role in Google search results and AI tools.

One of the main shifts Reddit is asking for is “dynamic pricing.” Instead of a flat annual fee, Reddit would get paid more when its content is heavily cited or used in AI overviews. It also wants Google to help send more traffic to Reddit—especially users who currently see AI‑generated summaries and move on without clicking through. Deeper engagement means more posts, more discussions, and more valuable data.

The company believes current contracts undervalue its data given how frequently Reddit threads are used in AI results. Executives are arguing these changes will better reflect how critical Reddit’s forums are for training large language models and shaping search responses.

The deal under discussion builds on a prior agreement reportedly worth about $60 million per year, but Reddit sees that as a starting point—not the final metric of its content’s worth.

Reddit’s push comes at a time when creators and platforms across the internet are reassessing how their content is being harvested by AI firms. Many believe their contributions are being quietly repurposed without proper compensation or attribution. With lawsuits from media companies and artists piling up against tech giants over data use, Reddit’s more aggressive posture signals a broader industry shift toward asserting ownership over digital content.

If Reddit successfully secures more favorable terms, it could set a precedent for other platforms to follow. The outcome of these negotiations may influence how social platforms, forums, and independent creators structure future deals with AI companies—especially as AI-generated content continues to replace traditional search traffic and undercut direct engagement with original sources.

FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe Targeted Charlie Kirk

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On Fox Business “Mornings with Maria,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded to findings from Senator Chuck Grassley’s recent release of documents revealing the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation. The probe, launched in 2022, reportedly targeted nearly 100 Republican‐aligned organizations and individuals—among them Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA.

Marshall, speaking to host Maria Bartiromo, said the revelations are “disappointing, but not surprising.” He argued the Biden administration has continued tactics first used under Obama to scrutinize conservative and religious groups, rather than focusing on more pressing issues like crime. He ribbed the criticism over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, saying the public seems to forget what has been done to Republicans in DOJ and FBI operations.

When asked about the targeting of groups like Turning Point and Republican Governors, Marshall said the investigation was a misuse of power. He called the Arctic Frost probe “a vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends,” and said he is proud of Grassley for bringing it to light.

Marshall emphasized that the politicization of law enforcement under the current administration sets a dangerous precedent, warning that if these practices go unchecked, they could be used against any group seen as politically inconvenient. “This is about far more than just Charlie Kirk or a handful of Republican governors. It’s about preserving the integrity of our institutions and ensuring that justice is applied equally—not weaponized against political opponents,” he said.

He also called for immediate accountability within the FBI and DOJ, urging Congress to investigate who authorized the Arctic Frost operation and to enact legislative reforms that would limit the executive branch’s ability to use federal law enforcement against civilians for political purposes. “We need more than exposure—we need consequences,” Marshall said.

State Department Unveils Global Health Strategy

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The State Department released its America First Global Health Strategy, focusing on making the nation “safer,” “stronger,” and “more prosperous.”

According to a fact sheet, the Global Health Strategy “will make America more prosperous by promoting American health innovation around the world and protecting our economy from infectious disease outbreaks and promoting American Health Innovation Around the World.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement published in the strategy that the United States “must keep what is good about our health foreign assistance programs while rapidly fixing what is broken – and this strategy lays out a plan to do just that.” He explained that the strategy “uses global health diplomacy and foreign assistance to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.” The plan details what Rubio described as “a vision to end the inefficiencies, waste, and dependency of our current system.”

“In its place, we cast a positive vision for a future where we stop outbreaks before they reach our shores, enter strong bilateral agreements that promote our national interests while saving millions of lives, and help promote and export American health innovation around the world,” he said, celebrating the United States as “world’s health leader and the most generous nation in the world.”

The health strategy aims to keep Americans safe by supporting a “global surveillance system that can detect an outbreak within seven days,” working with both international relationships and local governments to “respond promptly.” Furthermore, the strategy will “utilize our health foreign assistance to advance U.S. priorities and move countries towards resilient and durable local health systems.” Instead of foreign assistance being perceived as aid, it will serve as a “strategic mechanism further our bilateral interests around the world.”

Florida School Board Member Brands Charlie Kirk a ‘Racist’

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Palm Beach County School Board member Edwin Ferguson called Charlie Kirk a “racist.”

“There’s a letter that came from the DOE to the superintendents, cautioning all superintendents to caution their staff to be careful about what they say, because they could ultimately lose their teaching certificates. Because if students and parents feel that the comment of the teacher somehow makes them feel bad, then there could be some consequences and repercussions on that,” he said, explaining that he “looked at the statutes and the administrative rules that were referenced in this September 11 letter from [Florida Department of Education]” and found that “unless as a parent or you as a teacher feel bad because I as a teacher don’t miss a racist — a racist bigot at that — I don’t see how you’re going to be at risk of losing your teaching certificate.”

“So, you know, when we talk about the Holocaust, I’ve yet to hear a person of the Jewish faith say that I missed Adolf Hitler. He said a very a lot of toxic things that were very undermining to society at large. We want to never forget that, and we want to be better than that,” he said, noting, “The things that I’ve heard from this gentleman, Mr. Kirk, as it relates to the black experience here in the country are definitely things that would make me say, ‘Hey, I’m sorry that he’s died, that he passed away, but he did not use his voice effectively,’”

“So, that’s my two cents on that,” he added, encouraging teachers to “say what you need to say but just be respectful and don’t say it in a discriminatory way against him or anyone else who might be offended.”

Last week, Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas sent a letter to the state’s school district superintendents, warning them to maintain professional conduct or face repercussions.

Kamoutsas’ letter condemns Florida educators who have “posted despicable comments on social media” regarding Kirk’s death, declaring that he will conduct investigations into “every educator who engages in this vile, sanctionable behavior.”

Vaccine Guidelines Shift as Committee Notes Seizure Risk for Kids

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) moved to shift recommendations for several vaccines.

According to reports, the ACIP unanimously urged the CDC to recommend that people receive the COVID-19 vaccine only after speaking with a health care provider. The shift emphasizes individual decision making.

The committee also voted to adopt a new recommendation for childhood vaccines, urging that children receive a standalone chickenpox vaccine instead of the combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine. 

“Every child…will have access to be vaccinated against” measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, ACIP Chairman Martin Kulldorff said.

According to a presentation from the CDC Immunization Safety Office, toddlers between the ages of 12-23 months “have increased risk of febrile seizure seven to 10 days after MMRV vaccination compared to those given separate immunization for varicella and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR),” the Department of Health and Human Services explained. Children receiving the first dose of MMRV have also been found to have greater rates of fever and measles-like rash than children receiving the first doses of the MMR vaccine and varicella vaccine.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently urged the CDC to change its recommendation that infants receive the Hepatitis B vaccine. “What is the medical reason to give a Hepatitis B vaccine to a newborn whose mom has no hepatitis?” he asked former CDC Director Susan Monarez.

“What is the medical, scientific reason and proof for giving a newborn a Hepatitis-B vaccine if the mom is Hep-B negative?” the senator pressed.

Monarez said she would “not precommit to approving all the ACIP recommendations without the science.”

IRS Releases Guidelines for ‘No Tax on Tips’

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The Treasury Department and IRS released information surrounding the President Trump-backed policy of “no tax on tips.”

According to the guidelines, people earning tipped income can deduct as much as $25,000 a year.

“For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, employees and self-employed individuals may deduct qualified tips from their gross income when calculating their Federal income tax liability. Section 224(d (1) defines the term ‘qualified tips’ to mean cash tips received by an individual in an occupation that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, as provided by the Secretary,” the document explains.

Occupations that are likely to be involved in the policy include bartenders, wait staff, food servers, chefs, dishwashers, fast food workers, bakers, gambling dealers, dancers, musicians, ushers, concierges, hairstylists, and other positions.

“The occupations identified as having customarily and regularly received tips based on this survey data were largely consistent with those identified by the confidential tax return data,” the Treasury and IRS explained.

The statement added that a report from the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) estimated that the “no tax on tips provision of OBBBA will increase average take-home pay for tipped workers by $1,300 per year.”

In May, the Senate unanimously passed the “No Tax on Tips Act” on May 20, 2025, delivering a significant legislative victory for President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), allowed tipped workers to deduct up to $25,000 in reported cash tips from federal income taxes, provided their total compensation does not exceed $160,000 annually.

The “No Tax on Tips” policy was later passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill in July.

Judge Puts Length Cap on Trump’s NYT Lawsuit

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U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday tossed out President Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times, criticizing the filing’s length.

“Alleging only two simple counts of defamation, the complaint consumes eighty-five pages. Count I appears on page eighty, and Count II appears on page eighty-three. Pages one through seventy-nine, plus part of page eighty, present allegations common to both counts and to all defendants,” the judge wrote.

Merryday asserted that a complaint must be a “short, plain, direct statement of allegations of fact sufficient to create a facially plausible claim for relief and sufficient to permit the formulation of an informed response.” Instead of following these guidelines, Trump’s filing “stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8. This action will begin, will continue, and will end in accord with the rules of procedure and in a professional and dignified manner.”

“The complaint is STRUCK with leave to amend within twenty-eight days,” the judge explained. “The amended complaint must not exceed forty pages, excluding only the caption, the signature, and any attachment.”

A spokesman for Trump’s legal team said the President will “continue to hold the Fake News accountable through this powerhouse lawsuit against the New York Times, its reporters, and Penguin Random House, in accordance with the judge’s direction on logistics.”

President Trump filed the defamation lawsuit against the publication for its decades-long “pattern of abuse.”

“I am PROUD to hold this once respected ‘rag’ responsible, as we are doing with the Fake News Networks such as our successful litigation against George Slopadopoulos/ABC/Disney, and 60 Minutes/CBS/Paramount, who knew that they were falsely ‘smearing’ me through a highly sophisticated system of document and visual alteration, which was, in effect, a malicious form of defamation, and thus, settled for record amounts,” Trump wrote on Truth Social this week, adding the New York Times has been “allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!”

Trump Fights Back as Judge Forces Gender ‘X’ Passport Policy

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The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to block an order mandating that passports be rooted in gender identity rather than biological sex.

“President Trump issued an Executive Order that defined ‘”[s]ex”‘ as “an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female,’ and required the Department of State to issue passports that ‘accurately reflect the holder’s sex’ based on that definition,” Solicitor General John Sauer wrote in the application, going on to declare that the policy is “eminently lawful.”

“The Constitution does not prohibit the government from defining sex in terms of an individual’s biological classification,” he wrote, adding, “U.S. passports are official government documents, addressed to foreign nations. The Executive Order in this case is an exercise of power conferred on the President both by the Constitution and by statute to determine the contents of U.S. passports.”

Under President Trump’s January order, officials are to “implement changes to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex.”

In June, Judge Julia Kobick claimed Trump’s policy likely violated the Fifth Amendment. The ruling extended protections to transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans seeking new or replacement passports, allowing them to choose male, female, or “X” markers.

Sauer wrote to the Supreme Court that because of the injunction’s “classwide scope, the government will be forced to contradict both biological reality and its own declared policy on potentially ‘tens or hundreds of thousands’ of passports.” He called the matter an “intolerable intrusion on the President’s foreign-affairs prerogatives.”

Pentagon Denial: Military Slams NBC Over Charlie Kirk Report

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The Pentagon issued a sharp denial Thursday, pushing back against an NBC News report that claimed military leaders were weighing a new recruitment effort tied to the legacy of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson blasted the report in comments to Fox News Digital, calling it “100% wrong.” He added: “This is not happening, yet Fake News NBC published this report as if it were true using anonymous sources with no knowledge of what the recruitment task force at DOW is working on.”

NBC’s article, written by Courtney Kube, cited two unnamed officials who alleged that Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata was leading discussions on a campaign framed as a national “call to service.” The report suggested possible slogans such as “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors,” and claimed Turning Point USA chapters might serve as recruitment hubs.

But Pentagon officials flatly rejected the allegations. In a statement released to both NBC and Fox News, chief spokesman Sean Parnell accused the media of fabricating stories: “The media is so desperate to attack this administration’s success that they are now inventing lies. Under the strong leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, men and women are coming out in droves to serve this great nation.”

The NBC report also noted some unnamed officials feared such a campaign could be viewed as “exploiting” Kirk’s assassination. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was killed earlier this month. His casket was flown aboard Air Force Two to Arizona, where President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are set to attend his memorial service.

Democrats Introduce Bill Recognizing Palestinian State

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Senate Democrats have introduced a bill urging the nation to recognize a Palestinian state.

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is behind the first-of-its-kind resolution for the Senate. “Recognition of a Palestinian state is not only a practical step the United States can take to help build a future where Palestinians and Israelis can live in freedom, dignity, and security, but it is the right thing to do. America has a responsibility to lead, and the time to act is now,” Merkley said in a statement.

“This resolution calls for a different course. First, an immediate ceasefire, return of all hostages, and influx of aid. But then, a foundation for peace and prosperity for the future—and the only viable path for that is two states for two peoples,” the senator continued. “The goal of a Palestinian state can’t be put off any longer if we want the next generation to avoid suffering from the same insecurity and affliction.”

The resolution calls upon President Trump to “recognize a demilitarized State of Palestine, as consistent with international law and the principles of a two-state solution, alongside a secure State of Israel,” it says.

It claims that “failure to advance a two-state solution risks entrenching an unacceptable permanent occupation, further destabilizing the region, and undermining United States interests and values,” and further adds that Israeli and Palestinian leaders must “begin working on post-conflict security, governance, and reconstruction that leads to a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel at peace with all of its neighbors, including the State of Palestine.”

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