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AMERICA FIRST?

MAGA Vape Company’s Embarrassing Secret Exposed

The vape company markets itself as “the only disposable built in the USA,” but the FTC believes otherwise.

Isabel van Brugen

Sotomayor
’CHAOS WILL FOLLOW’

Liberal Justice Makes Dire Prediction about Trump Ruling

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said her colleagues left the president “with far greater power than ever before.”

Annabella Rosciglione

Donald Trump talks on the phone.
NO SIGNAL

Reps Beg FTC to Investigate Golden ‘Trump Phones’

Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump Mobile of engaging in “deceptive practices.”

Vic Verbalaitis

FILE PHOTO: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021.
PRIME TARGET

Amazon to Pay $2.5B for ‘Deceptive’ Prime Membership ‘Trick’

The retail giant is also expected to make signing up and cancelling Prime subscriptions far easier.

Annie Bang

Donald Trump said he would be "stupid" not to accept a plane as a gift from Qatar.
YOU’RE NEXT

Trump Admin Goes After Liberal Org That Took on Fox and Musk

Liberal media watchdog Media Matters is being probed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Julia Ornedo

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram.
LIKE ME!

Zuckerberg’s Suck-Up to Trump Does Him No Good at All

The Meta billionaire is accused of buying Instagram and WhatsApp to crush his Facebook competitors.

David Gardner

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Mark Zuckerberg.
FRIENDZONED

Zuckerberg Forced to Face Judge After Trump Ignores His Plea

Trump’s Federal Trade Commission is arguing that Meta became a monopoly after it bought Instagram and WhatsApp.

Corbin Bolies

Donald Trump
BUH BYE

Trump Fires Both Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission

Both commissioners tore into the president, calling their terminations “illegal.”

Julia Ornedo

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question from a reporter after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.
GIMME GIMME GIMME

Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand Presidential Powers

The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.

Yasmeen Hamadeh

In this photo illustration a smartphone screen displays the logo of Donald Trump's Truth Social app
CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH

Trump’s Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users

New documents reveal Donald Trump’s social media platform is a hotbed of online fraud, with swindlers conning users out of enormous sums of money.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Headquarters of the multinational Microsoft in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, June 5, 2024.
UNTRUSTWORTHY

Feds Opens Antitrust Probe of Microsoft’s AI Deal

The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft structured a lucrative deal to avoid an antitrust review.

Amanda Yen

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