Valerie Bauman

Jan 30, 2025 | newsweek.com | Marni Rose McFall |Amy Klein |Valerie Bauman

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Social media users and artists have issued a call to boycott the music streaming platform Spotify, citing a recent judge ruling on royalties, the company hosting an inauguration brunch for President Donald Trump and donating money to the official ceremony. Why It MattersSpotify is the largest music streaming platform in the world, featuring more than 600 million monthly users, according to quarterly reports.

Jan 30, 2025 | newsweek.com | Michelle McGahan |Amy Klein |Valerie Bauman

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributorsIn a rare move, Kristin Cavallari shared a photo of her 10-year-old son's face — the first image of his face since he was a baby. As fans know, The Hills alum, 38, has — for years — only posted pictures of her three children with their faces obscured.

Jan 30, 2025 | newsweek.com | Theo Burman |Amy Klein |Valerie Bauman

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Canada is clamping down on border control as the threat of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump looms. The U.S.'s biggest trading partner has launched a crackdown on fentanyl crossing the U.S.-Canada border after Trump threatened to place taxes as high as 25 percent on Canadian imports. Why It MattersCanada is the closest and largest U.S. trading partner, but the relationship has come under strain since Trump's election.

Jan 30, 2025 | newsweek.com | Isabel van Brugen |Amy Klein |Valerie Bauman

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Russia has confirmed that former world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.

Jan 30, 2025 | newsweek.com | Thomas Westerholm |Amy Klein |Valerie Bauman

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of a new "smishing" scam targeting Americans who are due to receive money as part of the American Rescue Plan. In March 2021, former president Joe Biden signed the plan into law, which provided automatic payments of $1,400 to roughly a million taxpayers who qualified for it based on their income level.