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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

‘A Great Night!’: Trump Celebrates Primary Wins in Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina

By Frank Fang Former President Donald Trump was excited to see many political candidates he endorsed have secured victory in recent primary races. “Every single endorsed by Trump ...

Elon Musk Reveals His Likely Choice for President in 2024

By Ivan Pentchoukov Elon Musk on June 15 said he is leaning toward voting for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president in the 2024 election and predicted that ...

‘Red Wave’ Becoming More Likely in Eyes of Political Forecasters

By Nannette Holt Election forecasters changed their predictions Wednesday on the expected outcomes of four November midterm elections. They based those decisions partly on the way voters in ...

Senate Blocks Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul’s Resolution to Balance Federal Budget Within Five Years

By Katabella Roberts U.S. Senate lawmakers on Wednesday voted against proposed legislation introduced by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that he said would have balanced the federal ...

Chevron CEO: There May Never Be Another Oil Refinery Built in US Again

By Jack Phillips Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in a recent interview that he does not believe another oil refinery will be built again in the ...

Republican Mayra Flores Flips Texas US House Seat in Special Election

By Darlene McCormick Sanchez SAN BENITO, Texas—Republican Mayra Flores won the special election to fill the vacant Texas Congressional District 34 seat on June 14, flipping a heavily ...

Fry Defeats Trump-Targeted Rep. Rice in South Carolina Congressional Primary

By Jeff Louderback MT. PLEASANT, S.C.—Donald Trump-endorsed state Rep. Russell Fry avoided a runoff and defeated Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), one of the former president’s most ...

Ohio’s Permitless Concealed Carry Gun Law Takes Effect

By Michael Sakal Ohio residents can now carry concealed firearms without a permit after a so called Constitutional carry law went in effect on June 13. The ...

California Dems Aim to Target Tax Exempt Status of Patriot Groups

By Brad Jones California Democrats appear to be using the Jan. 6 hearings in Washington D.C. as a catalyst to push legislation aimed at targeting the ...

Elon Musks Slams Twitter’s ‘Bias Against Half the Country,’ Alleged Inaction on Death Threats to Conservative User

By Gary Bai The world’s richest person is slamming Twitter’s “bias against half the country” and demanding answers after Twitter allegedly did not remove accounts of ...

Republican 2023 Budget Proposal Calls for Critical Race Theory Ban in Education, Military

By Bill Pan For the first time, House Republicans have included in their annual budget proposal a ban on federal money being used to promote critical race theory (CRT) ...

CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC Sunday Shows Don’t Cover Attempted Murder of Supreme Court Justice

By Zachary Stieber Many news networks on June 12 omitted mention of the recent attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though some touched ...