American farmer and rancher Steven McBee Jr. joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss soaring beef prices, the cattle shortage, the reopening of livestock imports and AI’s growing impact on farmland values. #foxbusiness #varney 0:09 — Cattle Rancher Warns Beef Imports Won’t Solve High Prices 1:11 — Screwworm Threat Looms as U.S. Reopens Border to Livestock 1:46 — Rising Farm Costs Eat Into Ranchers’ Profits 2:22 — Kentucky Family Rejects $26M Data Center Offer 3:06 — AI Data Centers Threaten Future of Rural Communities
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have arrested 11 foreigners in Boston as part of a multiagency operation targeting child exploitation aboard cruise ships.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have arrested 11 foreigners in Boston as part of a multiagency operation targeting child exploitation aboard cruise ships. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP ) officers at the Port of Boston, working with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other partners, arrested 11 foreign nationals during Operation Tidal Wave from August 14–16, 2026, for involvement in the reception and disbursement of child sexual abuse and exploitation material. DETAIL: The suspected pedophiles, nine Philippine citizens, one Indonesian, and one Nicaraguan, were encountered while boarding the cruise ships Volendam and Norwegian Breakaway.…Open
AI data centers have quickly become a political liability across party lines as voter resistance draws attention nationwide. The Hill’s Bill Sammon and Chris Stirewalt examine why the rapid push for technological change may be fueling the backlash. #aidatacenter #datacenter #datacenters #ai #artificialintelligence #voters #voterbacklash #backlash #airesistance #wholehogpolitics #politics
The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The Biden administration's DOJ first filed the suit in 2024. TikTok will clear the allegations it violated the Children's Online Privacy Act by paying a total of $400 million, without undergoing further litigation or admitting wrongdoing. - Since the lawsuit was filed, "TikTok has undergone significant changes to its ownership, management, compliance functions, and privacy practices," per the DOJ release. - The settlement is one of the largest recoveries ever obtained in a case under the privacy…
MS NOW's Priya Sridhar has been reporting on the food and supply shortages aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln during its record deployment in the Iran war; now she's breaking down WHY these shortages happened. For more, click the link in bio. https://www.ms.now/news/uss-lincoln-iran-war-supplies
The Supreme Court is allowing President Trump to continue construction on his White House ballroom for now. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin has more details on the ruling. MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard, Hofstra University Law Professor James Sample and Chief Washington Correspondent at MeidasTouch Scott MacFarlane join Katy Tur to discuss.
