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Meta is on trial. The case is about design, data and disclosure.

Four states say Meta deliberately made Facebook and Instagram addictive to children and concealed the risks. Meta says it has worked to protect young users. The trial will test specific legal claims, not decide whether every harm associated with social media has one cause.

  1. Who is in court: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are trying their consumer-protection claims first in federal court. They are part of a larger coalition of 29 states whose federal children's-privacy claims are also tied to the litigation.
  2. What the states allege: The states say Meta used engagement features to keep young users online, misled the public about resulting risks and collected data from children under 13 without verified parental consent. Those are allegations the states must prove.
  3. What Meta says: Meta points to age enforcement, Teen Accounts, parental controls, content restrictions and time-management prompts as evidence that youth safety has evolved. Critics argue many protections are voluntary, difficult to activate or do not address the core engagement design.
  4. What is at stake: The states seek billions of dollars and changes to how Meta operates its platforms. The widely repeated $1.4 trillion figure is a theoretical maximum described by Meta, not an assessed penalty or a forecast of the verdict.
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/scanBusiness & economy

The debt crossed $40 trillion. The milestone is real; the meaning needs context.

The United States' gross federal debt passed $40 trillion for the first time. Online reaction treats that number as everything from immediate insolvency to harmless accounting. Neither reading captures what the measure includes or why rising debt matters.

  1. What crossed $40 trillion: The milestone is gross federal debt: debt held by the public plus obligations held inside government accounts, including federal trust funds. It is not a bill suddenly due, and it is not the same measure economists use most often to assess pressure on credit markets.
  2. The market-facing measure: Debt held by the public better captures federal borrowing from financial markets. CBO uses it for most budget analysis because larger borrowing needs can raise interest rates, crowd out private investment and leave less room to respond to future shocks.
  3. Why the trajectory matters: Washington continues to spend more than it collects, while older debt is refinanced at higher rates. CBO projects net interest costs above $1 trillion in 2026 and rising further as both the debt stock and its average interest rate grow.
  4. What buybacks change: Treasury buybacks can support market liquidity and smooth debt management. They do not erase the underlying fiscal gap: unless revenues and spending move closer together, the government must keep issuing debt to finance deficits and replace maturing obligations.
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/scanBusiness & economy

There is a tariff pause. The deal is still unfinished.

President Trump said the United States and Canada have a deal, while Canadian officials described emerging terms and cautioned that negotiations were not complete. The immediate result is concrete: threatened 50% tariffs were postponed. The final obligations, rates and legal text are not yet settled.

  1. What changed now: The United States postponed the threatened 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian imports until 12:01 a.m. Saturday. That pause prevents an immediate escalation and gives negotiators a short window to finish documents.
  2. What is emerging: Reporting says Canada would preserve its dairy system and seek greater certainty for affected jobs and industries. A reduction of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs from 50% to 25% is under discussion, while Canada is considering steps on U.S. alcohol sales.
  3. What is not final: No complete agreement text has been released, negotiations are continuing and the tariff changes may not apply uniformly across products. A political announcement and a negotiating framework are not yet the same as a signed, implemented trade agreement.
  4. What to watch: The Saturday deadline, the final sector-by-sector tariff schedule, Canada's concessions and any effect on the wider USMCA review will determine whether this becomes a durable settlement or another temporary pause.
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Lala missed landfall. The damage did not.

Hurricane Lala's center passed south of the Big Island without landfall and weakened to a tropical storm. Across X, the near-miss headline sits beside severe flooding footage, moving outage totals and early damage counts. The two are not contradictory.

  1. Offshore, not harmless: Lala's eyewall and rain bands still brought hurricane-force gusts and nearly three feet of rain in places.
  2. Outage snapshot: More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power at the peak; fewer than 60,000 remained out by Sunday morning. Viral totals can describe different moments.
  3. Damage count: Floods swept homes from their foundations and damaged roads and bridges. Exact totals remain assessments, not a settled statewide inventory.
  4. Recovery hazards: Airports and harbors are open, while highway repairs continue. A statewide brown-water advisory warns that runoff may carry sewage, bacteria and chemicals.
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