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‘DOJ Will Come After You’ If It Disagrees With Your Position, Says Subpoenaed Nonprofit

by USNN2020October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

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Sharp Rise in Marijuana-Related Psychosis: American Board of Pain Medicine President

by USNN2020October 9, 2022March 1, 2025

New Hampshire

Sen. Hassan Backs Out of New Hampshire Debate With Republican Challenger

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 18, 2025

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National Guard Lost 7,500 Service Members in Past Year, Could Lose More Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Service Officials

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 21, 2025

World

Explosion Destroys Part of Crimea Bridge, Disrupts Russian Forces’ Supply Route

by USNN2020October 8, 2022February 26, 2025

Economy

‘Recession and a Pay Cut’: RNC Blasts Slowing Job Growth, Sub-Zero Real Wages Under Biden

by USNN2020October 7, 2022February 26, 2025

National News

Universal Mail-In Voting Violates Delaware Constitution: Delaware Supreme Court

by USNN2020October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Healthcare

HHS Probed EcoHealth Over Alleged ‘Major Fraud’ Against US, Emails Show

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

Nearly 50 new government defendants have been added to the lawsuit that alleges the government induced censorship of state officials and others on social media. The second amended complaint in the case, Missouri v. Biden, includes six new agencies, bringing the total to 13, and 41 new individual defendants, bringing the total to 54. Altogether, 67 officials or agencies are accused of violating plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by participating in a “censorship enterprise” through pressuring Big Tech firms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter to take action against users offering alleged misinformation. Evidence backing the claims has been produced in discovery, including exchanges between White House officials and Meta, Facebook’s parent company and messages showing meetings between administration officials and the firms. The new defendants include the FBI; former White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andrew Slavitt; Dana Remus, counsel to President Joe Biden; Elvis Chan, an FBI special agent based in San Francisco; Janell Muhammed, deputy digital director at the Department of Health and Human Services; Allison Snell, an official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the State Department; and Mark Robbins, interim executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. One or more of the Big Tech firms that were subpoenaed in the case identified the officials as possibly communicating with them on content moderation relating to “COVID-19 misinformation,” the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, the administration’s since-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board, and/or “election security, integrity, outcomes, and/or public confidence in election outcomes (not to include issues of foreign interference or related issues).” Slavitt was named because emails show he was in communication with Facebook regarding the combating of alleged misinformation. The messages show that Facebook was committed to censoring and de-emphasizing posts that were “departing from the government’s messaging on vaccines,” plaintiffs said. Slavitt also called for Twitter to ban Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, previously released messages show. Muhammed, meanwhile, was in touch with Facebook to ask the company to take down pages and accounts that were allegedly misrepresenting themselves as representing the government. “Absolutely,” one of the Facebook employees responded. Other discovery suggests the FDA “has participated in federally-induced censorship of private speech on social media about questions of vaccine safety and efficacy, among other subjects,” plaintiffs said. The agencies that were added to the case did not respond to requests for comment. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee overseeing the case, recently ordered defendants named in earlier complaints to comply with demands, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top medical adviser to Biden. The new documents do not include any more information from Fauci or the White House press secretary’s office.

National News

47 New Biden Administration Defendants Named in Government–Big Tech Censorship Lawsuit

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

National News

US Buys $290 Million Worth of Drugs in Preparation for Nuclear Emergencies

by USNN2020October 7, 2022August 26, 2024

Economy

Inflation Is Eroding American Workers’ Wages: Federal Reserve

by USNN2020October 7, 2022September 22, 2023

NATIONAL NEWS

Trump Fraud Trial Heralds ‘Selective Prosecution,’ Not Anti-Business Crackdown, Experts Say

By Michael Washburn When New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil fraud proceedings against former president and 2024 candidate Donald J. Trump resume on Monday, ...

NH Secretary of State Due to Announce Date for New Hampshire Primary

By Alice Giordano The New Hampshire secretary of state will announce the new date of the state’s presidential primary in four days at an upcoming ...

50 Percent of Countries Pose Heightened Risk for Americans

By Jack Phillips The U.S. State Department on Thursday issued another “worldwide caution” alert for American citizens as about 50 percent of countries worldwide are ...

Republicans Grapple With Funding Bill Plan Amid Looming Shutdown

By Savannah Hulsey Pointer and Joseph Lord Congress is once again debating a continuing resolution (CR), an interim measure designed to sustain government operations until ...

EVs Driven Far Less Than Gas-Powered Cars, Suggesting Overhyped Benefits of EV Push

By Tom Ozimek A new study shows that electric vehicles (EV) are being driven much less than than their gas-powered counterparts, suggesting that the claimed ...

Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer Subpoenaed as Investigation Widens

By Zachary Stieber The House of Representatives issued fresh subpoenas on Nov. 9 as it widens its probe of the finances of President Joe Biden ...

Several Senior Democrats Call for Biden to Drop out of 2024 Presidential Race

By Thomas Manning A growing number of prominent Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race amid an ongoing ...

Upstart Republican Beats Establishment Democrat in New Hampshire Election

By Tom Ozimek A Republican candidate has beaten his Democrat rival for mayor of New Hampshire’s biggest city, Manchester, despite the odds stacked against the ...

Republicans Subpoena President Biden’s Son, Brother

By Zachary Stieber Republicans investigating President Joe Biden and his family’s business dealings issued subpoenas on Nov. 8 for the president’s son and brother. Rep. James Comer ...

Hunter Biden Prosecutor Tells Congress He Asked for Special Status, Was Denied

By Zachary Stieber and Joseph Lord WASHINGTON—Special counsel David Weiss says he asked the U.S. Department of Justice for an elevated position while investigating President ...

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Wins Reelection Over Challenger Brandon Presley

By Lawrence Wilson JACKSON, Miss.—Republican Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi has been reelected, fending off a strong challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley to continue the ...

Federal Government and Universities Censored Americans Pre-2020 Election

By Katabella Roberts The U.S. government “coordinated” with Stanford University and other entities to censor Americans’ speech in the lead-up to the 2020 election, according ...