Emily Birnbaum

  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 08: Mark Zuckerberg is seen in attendance during the UFC 313 event at T-Mobile Arena on March 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Tech

    Meta, app makers launch Washington lobby to fight Apple and Google

    By Emily Birnbaum and Bloomberg
  • A Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Washington, DC, March 26, 2025. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly aiming to reform and downsize the SSA with office closures, cutbacks on phone services and new rules requiring in-person visits for some prospective beneficiaries to register. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Social Security website crashes as agency pushes users online

    By Gregory Korte, Emily Birnbaum, and others
  • Hansjorg Wyss-BloombergPolitics

    An 88-year-old Swiss billionaire who lives in Wyoming is the American right wing’s favorite to replace George Soros

    By Emily Birnbaum and Bloomberg
  • Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, John RobertsPolitics

    The Clarence Thomas scandal isn’t about breaking the law: It shows how broken ethics standards are on the Supreme Court

    By Greg Stohr, Emily Birnbaum, and others
  • ANKARA, TURKIYE – OCTOBER 06: In this photo illustration, the image of Elon Musk is displayed on a computer screen and the logo of twitter on a mobile phone in Ankara, Turkiye on October 06, 2022. Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu AgencyTech

    Elon Musk is in the hot seat over Twitter’s privacy practices as FTC demands mountains of documents as part of its probe

    By Emily Birnbaum and Bloomberg
  • FTC Chair Lina Khan.Tech

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta tried to get FTC Chair Lina Khan kicked off an antitrust case but it didn’t work

    By Leah Nylen, Emily Birnbaum, and others
  • CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022 (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Google is about to be hit with yet another federal antitrust suit. This time, its digital ad market dominance is in the crosshairs

    By Anna Edgerton, Emily Birnbaum, and others
  • Donald Trump Twitter account displayed on a laptop screen and Elon Musk Twitter account displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 22, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    ‘Musk either changed his mind or lied’: Civil rights group calls for Twitter ad boycott over Trump return

    By Emily Birnbaum and Bloomberg
  • Sen. Amy KlobucharPolitics

    Big tech spent $95 million trying to kill Congress’ most aggressive oversight bill in years. It’s looking like it worked

    By Anna Edgerton, Emily Birnbaum, and others