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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

Behind the Homeless Surge in California’s High Desert

By Beige Luciano-Adams LOS ANGELES—In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road ...

Trump, Netanyahu Meet for the First Time in Nearly 4 Years

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday, the first time the pair ...

Washington OKs More Than $374M to Improve Airports Nationwide

By Jacob Burg The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on July 26 more than $347 million in grants to ...

Trump Campaign Says It Won’t Finalize Harris Debate Until She’s Officially Nominated

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Thursday night signaled it will not commit to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris until ...

Biden Addresses Nation From Oval Office to Explain Why He Quit 2024 Race

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on July 24 to explain why he chose to withdraw from the ...

House Votes Unanimously to Form Task Force to Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt

By Arjun Singh The House of Representatives on July 24 passed a resolution creating a special task force to investigate the assassination attempt on former ...

Marine Veteran Shot at Trump Rally Released From Hospital

By Katabella Roberts One of the individuals who was shot and injured at a rally held by former President Donald Trump this month in Pennsylvania ...

House Republicans Raise Concerns About Supreme Court Justices’ Security After Trump Shooting

By Jack Phillips House Republicans on Tuesday raised concerns about the security and safety of U.S. Supreme Court justices and lower court officials in the ...

3 Supreme Court Justices Recuse 2nd Time in Case Accusing Them of Wrongly Rejecting 2020 Election Lawsuit

By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court refused on July 22 to rehear a lawsuit that was filed against three justices because they rejected a previous ...

Sen. Grassley Releases Rooftop Bodycam Footage Taken After Trump Assassination Attempt

By Katabella Roberts U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has released graphic bodycam footage taken on a rooftop after the attempted assassination of former President Donald ...

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns

By Zachary Stieber Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the U.S. Secret Service, has resigned. “I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in the ...

Court Rejects Bid to Throw Out Trump Case Against Pulitzer Board

By Zachary Stieber A court in Florida has rejected a bid from members of the Pulitzer Prize Board to throw out a case brought against ...