The Global Update

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: BREAKING GROUND: Stargate, the massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project recently unveiled by President Donald Trump, has begun production in Texas — with data center construction in other states expected to be announced in the coming months. ON ONE CONDITION: Elon Musk will withdraw his unsolicited bid of $97.4 billion to take…

Be careful if you sell online. The Internal Revenue Service may know a lot more about your side hustle this tax season. And the agency is cracking down on those who fail to report the added income.  Anyone who earned more than $5,000 in 2024 selling tickets, musical instruments or other goods and services online should expect to get a 1099-K tax form this month. Online platforms such as StubHub,…

Planned Parenthood caught the internet’s attention on Thursday after all of its Instagram posts were deleted within hours of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary RFK Jr.’s swearing in.  The organization, in an apparent nod to this move, posted a pair of eyes on a black background on its Instagram story with no explanation. On…

Lawrence Taylor, one of the top defensive players in NFL history, almost quit football in high school.  But his dad wouldn’t let him.  Taylor, 66, talked about nearly quitting football during an appearance on OutKick’s “Maintaining with Tyrus.”  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM “I thought it was too much. Like I said,…

The Department of Education is warning state education departments that they must remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies or risk losing federal funding. A letter from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights was sent to the departments of education in all 50 states, notifying them that they have no more than 14 days…

CM Punk shocked the pro wrestling world when he appeared at the end of Survivor Series in 2023. It was his first WWE appearance in a decade after a fallout with the company. Aside from an untimely triceps injury that put him on the shelf for several months, Punk’s impact on the next crop of…

New York City mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the federal government secretly revoked more than $80 million in funding for the city’s migrant shelters. Counsel for the Adams administration sent a letter Friday to city Comptroller Brad Lander saying that the city’s Law Department planned…

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s refusal to head to mediation for their legal dispute could show what the “It Ends With Us” stars are really fighting for. Baldoni and Lively “may go all the way to trial” if one of them won’t eventually agree to an apology and retract claims, a legal expert told Fox…

King Charles III is “likely relieved” after President Donald Trump said last week that he doesn’t plan to deport his youngest son, Prince Harry, back to Britain despite his immigration issues, an expert told Fox News Digital.  “It would put the spotlight back [on] the Sussexes,” said royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams. “Harry would undoubtedly appeal….

Women in combat broke the “iron” ceiling more than a decade ago when female soldiers volunteered to throw themselves into some of the toughest operations carried out during the War on Terror, deploying with elite military units under a task force known as the Cultural Support Team (CST). A new three-part documentary series, “Guerrera,” which…