A New Hampshire woman says Planet Fitness revoked her membership after she complained about encountering someone she believed was male in the women's locker room -- the latest in a string of disputes over the gym chain's transgender access policy.

13 May 2026 16:40 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Walmart said Tuesday it would cut or relocate roughly 1,000 corporate employees as the retail giant completes a sweeping overhaul of its global technology operations, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

13 May 2026 15:57 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling out an "incognito" mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share in chats.

13 May 2026 15:25 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Open Society Foundations, the family philanthropy founded by hedge fund billionaire George Soros, is putting $30 million toward groups fighting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate over the next three years.

13 May 2026 15:22 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, the highest point in more than three years, as the Iran war pushes up energy prices and intensifies pressure on companies to pass along their rising costs to consumers.

13 May 2026 15:19 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Malaysia's maritime agency says Iranian-linked tankers are exploiting "jurisdictional gaps" to conduct ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned oil near its waters, rejecting allegations that authorities ignored a long-running trade allowing Iran to evade U.S. sanctions.

13 May 2026 15:08 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The European Union's energy commissioner said Wednesday that while there is no immediate threat to jet fuel supplies, the possibility of a longer-term shortage cannot be ruled out.

13 May 2026 15:04 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES