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National News

‘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

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

Democrats Silent as Republicans Rip Into Secret Royalty Checks to Fauci, Hundreds of NIH Scientists

By Mark Tapscott Top Democratic leaders with oversight of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) are keeping quiet about the $350 million in secret payments ...

Retail Diesel Prices Surge to Fresh Record High Amid Tight Supplies

By Andrew Moran Retail diesel prices hit a fresh record high of $5.557 per gallon on Thursday, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The cost of a ...

New DOJ Notes Reveal FBI Panic After Trump Tweeted He Knew He Was Being Spied On

By Jeff Carlson and Hans Mahncke News Analysis Newly released notes taken by high-level Department of Justice (DOJ) officials during a March 6, 2017, meeting with FBI leadership expose some of the lengths ...

Election Integrity Watchdog Sues Minnesota Over Refusal to Clean Up Its Voter Roll

By Matthew Vadum An election integrity group filed a legal complaint under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for ...

Nonprofit Watchdog Uncovers $350 Million in Secret Payments to Fauci, Collins, Others at NIH

By Mark Tapscott An estimated $350 million in undisclosed royalties were paid to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and hundreds of its scientists, including ...

US Gas Prices Jump Again to Near-Record Highs

By Naveen Athrappully Gas prices in the United States are once again moving along an upward trajectory, with May 9 prices coming close to the ...

Biden Disinformation Board Likely Illegal: Sen. Hagerty

By Joseph Lord Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) has denounced the Biden administration’s plan to start a “Disinformation Governance Board,” saying that the plan is likely ...

Enough Fraudulent Votes Identified to Change 2020 Election Outcome: Dinesh D’Souza

By Ella Kietlinska and Joshua Philipp Analysis of cell phone records performed by an election intelligence group shows that thousands of fraudulent ballots were deposited in mail-in drop ...

SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Back to Earth After 6-Month Stint on International Space Station

By Katabella Roberts A four-member team of astronauts launched to the International Space Station by SpaceX touched back down on Earth in the Gulf of Mexico on May 6. The ...

Ex-FBI Intel Chief Says Durham Probe Is Revealing Clinton Campaign’s 2016 ‘Disinformation’

By Jack Phillips A former FBI intelligence chief said that the Democrats and Clinton campaign in 2016 used “contrived disinformation” to try to sway voters into thinking ...

Special Counsel John Durham Wins Key Motion in Case Against Former Clinton Lawyer

By Zachary Stieber A federal judge on May 4 granted a motion from special counsel John Durham to review documents that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other ...

Pro-Trump Congressional Candidates Win in Indiana’s Contested Republican Primaries

By Cara Ding Pro-Trump candidates Jennifer-Ruth Green and Erin Houchin won the contested Republican primaries in Indiana’s 1st and 9th Congressional Districts on May 3. The rest of Indiana’s ...