USNN2020 - USNN World News - Page 288 of 557

National News

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

by USNN2020October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

National News

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

National News

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

Inconsistent Data, Insufficient Ballots in Largest Texas County’s 2022 Election: State Auditors

By Bill Pan A preliminary report by the Texas Secretary of State’s office has identified “multiple failures” during last year’s elections in Harris County, the ...

Republicans Press Pentagon Over American-Made Weapons in Hamas’s Hands

By Tom Ozimek Citing reports that advanced U.S.-made firearms have ended up in the possession of the Hamas terror group in Gaza, several House Oversight ...

Trump Targets Jack Smith After Judge Temporarily Lifts Gag Order

By Jack Phillips Days after a federal judge temporarily lifted a gag order, former President Donald Trump criticized special counsel Jack Smith on social media. U.S. ...

What to Expect as the House Enters 3rd Week Without a Speaker

By Joseph Lord The U.S. House of Representatives is barreling toward its third week without a speaker, with no clear replacement in sight. On Oct. 3, ...

Record Number of Illegal Immigrants on FBI Terror Watchlist Apprehended Along Southern Border

By Frank Fang The Biden administration’s border policies have again come under criticism after border officials announced on Saturday a record number of illegal immigrants ...

Virginia’s General Assembly Elections Drawing Intense National Interest, Money

By John Haughey More than 320,000 Virginians have cast ballots in the commonwealth’s Nov. 7 local and state elections, which are being closely watched nationwide ...

Trump Breaks Silence on Biden Family’s $200,000 ‘Direct Payment’ to Biden

By Tom Ozimek Former president Donald Trump has weighed in on what congressional investigators say is a $200,000 “direct payment” made to President Joe Biden, ...

Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Pour Across US–Mexico Border

By Tom Ozimek A record number of illegal immigrants crossed the U.S.–Mexico border in September, new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicates. Last ...

Here Are the Republicans Running for House Speaker

By Caden Pearson A handful of House Republicans have announced their bids for the speakership, while others weigh up their chances, after Rep. Jim Jordan ...

Republicans Tout $200,000 Direct Payment to Joe Biden as Possible Evidence of Wrongdoing

By Tom Ozimek Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, has released evidence of a questionable direct payment to President Joe Biden ...

Ramaswamy Accuses GOP of Silencing Debate on Israel

By Nathan Worcester In recent appearances on X, formerly Twitter, Vivek Ramaswamy questioned what he characterized as a stifling hostility to debate among Republicans on ...

Massachusetts’s New Crackdown Bill Imposes ‘Unprecedented Gun Control’

By Naveen Athrappully Massachusetts House lawmakers approved a measure on Oct. 18 that would tighten the state’s firearm laws and crack down on unregistered “ghost ...