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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 Files Motion to Block Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Gag Order Request

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump’s legal team said they oppose a request from the special counsel’s office to place a gag order ...

US Credit Rating Could Be Downgraded If Government Shuts Down: Moody’s

By Naveen Athrappully A shutdown of the U.S. government could end up leading to a credit downgrade and would be seen as proof of poor ...

Trump to Skip Second Republican Debate

By Katabella Roberts Former President Donald Trump will not appear on stage alongside his Republican presidential primary challengers in the second GOP debate after opting ...

Top Ranking Democrat Won’t Call for Menendez to Resign Amid Bribery Charges

By Dorothy Li Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday said the recent charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) “very serious,” but he won’t ...

A Kennedy Libertarian Party Run Could Tilt Election: Officials

By Matthew Lysiak Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy’s declaration that he may be open to running as a third-party candidate has the potential to completely ...

New Polls Signal Bad News for Biden, Potential Landslide for Trump

By Samantha Flom Two polls released over the weekend produced bad news for President Joe Biden, with both showing that Americans largely disapprove of his ...

RFK Jr. Is ‘Keeping All My Options Open,’ Hints of Potential Run as an Independent

By Jeff Louderback Ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s planned meet and greets in Austin, Texas, this weekend, speculation is mounting that the Democrat challenging ...

Trump Attorney: New York Attorney General Has No Case

By Jack Phillips A member of former President Donald Trump’s legal team said that New York Attorney General Letitia James doesn’t have a case as ...

RFK Jr. Team Continues to Press Biden Administration for Secret Service Protection

By Jeff Louderback The Trump administration in 2020 provided Secret Service protection for Joe Biden during his run for the presidency, but President Biden has ...

State Auditors Say ESG Agenda Has Forced Them to Push Back

By Kevin Stocklin Oklahoma State Auditor Cindy Byrd says she would rather be at her desk, crunching numbers, than taking on political causes. “Usually, when an ...

Vivek Ramaswamy Reveals ‘Declaration of Independence From China’

By Nathan Worcester At an industrial facility in his home state of Ohio, GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy outlined his “declaration of independence from China.” “There’s ...

Former Trump Campaign Attorney Says Fulton County Case Based on Illegal Evidence

By Catherine Yang Kenneth Chesebro, who served as an attorney for the Trump Campaign during the then-president’s challenge of the 2020 elections, is arguing that ...