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FILE - This June 24, 2018 file photo shows Nicki Minaj performing at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. The chart-topping rapper announced Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, on Twitter that she decided to retire & have my family. In the tweet, Minaj she took a jab at her critics and asked her fans to keep reppin me, do it til da death of me. In July, Minaj announced she was pulling out a show in Saudi Arabia to show support women's rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. She also canceled her appearance at the BET Experience Concert earlier this year. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Nicki Minaj retiring to ‘have my family’

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FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2019 file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump inspects an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in the garden of Buckingham Palace in London, for Trump and first lady Melania Trump, on the first day of a three day state visit to Britain. On Friday, June 7, 2019, The Associated Press has found that a video circulating on the internet showing a British army band playing Darth Vader’s theme song during Trump’s visit to Buckingham Palace, was manipulated. Footage from the BBC’s broadcast shows the military band played the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force songs during the inspection of troops. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

Donald Trump tells Sadiq Khan to ‘stay out of our business’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Dorsey's official account was hacked Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, and sending racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Twitter CEO Dorsey’s account sent racist tweets after hack

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, Southern California quarterback Jack Sears throws against Arizona State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Los Angeles. Sears has entered the transfer portal after failing to win the starting job in a four-man competition. Sears, a redshirt sophomore, announced his plans in a statement he posted to Twitter on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Sears' decision came less than one week after coach Clay Helton announced sophomore J.T. Daniels would start for the second straight season. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

USC QB Jack Sears enters transfer portal

By DAN GREENSPAN - Associated Press

People gather in Lafayette Square in front of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in solidarity with the &quot;Stand With Hong Kong, Power to the People Rally&quot; in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

By Tami Abdollah - Associated Press

$FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations say they are suspending their spending on Twitter to protest the platform’s treatment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Twitter temporarily locked McConnell’s campaign account after it shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home, where he is recovering from a shoulder fracture. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)$

Twitter reposts McConnell threat video after appeal

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mitch McConnell’s camp rips Twitter for requiring ‘avalanche of outrage’ before unlocking account

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

$FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations say they are suspending their spending on Twitter to protest the platform’s treatment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Twitter temporarily locked McConnell’s campaign account after it shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home, where he is recovering from a shoulder fracture. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)$

GOP freezes Twitter spending after McConnell account locked

By REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

This April 3, 2017, file photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter feed on a computer screen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) **FILE**

Russian ministry asks Donald Trump to intervene in Twitter dispute over suspended account

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

ICE: Former Venezuelan VP among 10 most wanted fugitives

Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses a commemorative meeting of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown Settlement on the 400th anniversary of the meeting of the original House of Burgess in Jamestown, Va., Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Trump Twitter problems from retweets, president says in C-SPAN interview

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

NYPD uses Taser to stun man with knife in police precinct

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 19 2019, file photo specialist Mark Otto, left, and trader Fred DeMarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, July 26. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

US stocks return to records following strong earnings

By STAN CHOE - Associated Press

Manolas joins Napoli from Serie A rival Roma

Associated Press

This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the Twitter app on a smartphone in Philadelphia. Twitter Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Twitter bans ‘dehumanizing’ religious groups, eyes race and gender

Associated Press

FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter will now prohibit hate speech that targets religious groups using dehumanizing language. The social network already bans hateful language related to religion when it's aimed at individuals. The change broadens that rule to forbid language that likens members of religious groups to subhumans or vermin. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter bans ‘dehumanizing’ posts toward religious groups

Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, joined by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens during a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar respond to Pelosi’s ‘Twitter world’ jab questioning progressive movement

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, listens as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, speaks during their bilateral meeting inside the Freedom House at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump uses Twitter to set up meeting with Kim Jong-un

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, walking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stops to ask a question after he arrived at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says he could meet North Korea’s Kim at DMZ

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is photographed on an Apple iPad in New York, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Politicians’ tweets could get slapped with warning labels

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press