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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

Joe Biden’s Public Approval Falls Near Lowest Level, Polls Show

By Naveen Athrappully President Joe Biden’s approval among Americans has slumped to one of its lowest levels while public disapproval has shot up based on ...

House Passes Defense Bill With Restrictions on Abortion, Transgender Procedures

By Tom Ozimek The House on Friday passed a sweeping annual defense bill that includes GOP-led amendments to restrict abortion coverage and transgender procedures, and ...

Republican-led Election Reform Bill Seeks to Avert a Repeat of 2020 Problems

By The Epoch Times The GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is zeroing in on election reform heading into the 2024 presidential contest. According ...

Biden Announces $39 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness for Over 800,000 Borrowers

By Naveen Athrappully The Biden administration has announced a $39 billion student loan forgiveness plan for 804,000 borrowers as part of fixes in “administrative failures” ...

Biden Official a No-Show for Hearing on $200 Billion in Pandemic Relief Fraud

By Mark Tapscott Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Guzman declined to testify at the July 13 House Small Business Committee hearing seeking to understand why her ...

Lawmaker Raises Concerns Over FEMA’s Role in Facilitating Illegal Immigration

By Savannah Hulsey Pointer Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) questioned a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official on the body’s participation in helping the United States ...

DOJ Quietly Removes Child Sex Trafficking Information From Its Website

By Lorenz Duchamps The Department of Justice (DOJ) has quietly taken down a series of sections from its website related to both domestic and international child sex ...

Previously Anonymous IRS Whistleblower Will Testify in Biden House Investigation

By Catherine Yang Next week, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing where two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers will testify before Congress ...

More Than 100 Million Americans Under Heatwave Alerts as Scorching Weather Set to Intensify

By Katabella Roberts More than 100 million Americans are under heatwave alerts across the south and southwest as experts warn temperatures in some areas are ...

Election Watchdog Sues to Stop Acceptance of Ballots After Election Day

By Matthew Vadum An election integrity group is suing North Dakota to block its law that allows the state to accept and count mail-in ballots ...

Police K9 Accused of ‘Stealing’ Officer’s Lunch ‘Invokes Fifth Amendment’ Right to Remain Silent

By The Epoch Times Inspired Staff Few virtues are as important in the profession of law enforcement as honesty. The Wyandotte Police Department (WPD) in Michigan made ...

California Homes Evacuated as Ground Shifts

By Elizabeth Dowell California homes in Rolling Hills Estates were evacuated on Saturday night after the ground shifted, leaving major cracks and some structures “visibly ...