By Zachary Stieber Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) will serve another term in Congress after a recount showed she triumphed in her reelection bid, Colorado officials confirmed late Dec. 12. The mandatory recount, triggered because the margin between Boebert and her challenger was within 0.5 percent, “reconfirmed that Representative Lauren Boebert is the winner of the race,” the office of […]
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Louisiana Voters Approve Measure Barring Voting for Non-US Citizens
By Katabella Roberts Louisiana voters on Dec. 10 approved a number of state constitutional amendments, including one that bans non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections. All three amendments, which also include requiring the state Senate to approve the governor’s appointments to the Civil Service Commission and Senate confirmation of State Police Commission members, received 73 percent of voters’ support. USA Today called […]
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas
By Caden Pearson The Bahamas attorney general’s office on Monday announced the arrest of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pending extradition to the United States, weeks after his cryptocurrency exchange collapsed. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams confirmed the arrest at the request of the U.S. government in a statement on Twitter. “Earlier this evening, Bahamian authorities arrested Samuel Bankman-Fried at the request of the […]
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Elon Musk’s Latest ‘Twitter Files’ Detail Exactly How Trump Was Banned
By Jack phillips The latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter files” was published Monday, revealing more internal details about how and why the social media firm suspended former President Donald Trump’s account in January 2021. In a Twitter thread, journalist Bari Weiss, a former New York Times editor who quit in 2020, recalled what Trump had […]
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James Baker May Face ‘Serious Ethics Charges’ For Vetting ‘Twitter Files’ Without Musk’s Knowledge, Says Expert
By Kevin Hogan and Naveen Athrappully James Baker, the former Twitter attorney who was recently ousted by Elon Musk due to his alleged involvement in suppressing information, may end up facing ethics charges, according to Mike Davis, founder and president of advocacy organization Article III Project (A3P). In an interview with NTD, Davis pointed out that Baker […]
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Blizzard Warnings Issued in Multiple States as ‘Major’ Storm Moves Across US
By Jack Phillips Blizzard and winter storm warnings were issued in numerous counties in several states as a large winter storm continues eastward across the United States on Monday. The National Weather Service’s map shows blizzard warnings in effect in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado as of Monday, Dec. 12. Winter storm warnings were issued across […]
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House Republicans Warn ESG Policies May Violate Antitrust Laws, Demand Documents from Investor Group
By Frank Fang Six Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have launched an investigation looking into whether major climate groups are violating federal antitrust laws in their effort to push the “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) agenda. Their concerns were raised in a letter dated Dec. 6 to two executives on the Steering Committee for investor group […]
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Elon Musk Releases Twitter Files Exposing Secret Blacklists
By Caden Pearson Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, released the second volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Thursday, revealing the social media platform’s “secret blacklists.” Weiss has been working with Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi to disclose internal Twitter information regarding censorship. Twitter’s censorship methods, according to Weiss, included […]
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Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft Awarded $9 Billion Cloud Deals: Pentagon
By Katabella Roberts Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle have been awarded lucrative cloud contracts valued at up to $9 billion in total, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Dec. 7. The contracts were awarded to the four tech companies to help build the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which will replace the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) and effectively […]
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23 House Seats Flipped During 2022 Midterm Elections
By Patricia Tolson A total of 23 seats in Congress flipped political parties during the 2022 midterm elections, data shows. Of the 23 seats that switched political parties, 16 seats flipped from Democrat to Republican and seven flipped from Republican to Democrat. The House of Representatives is a 435-seat chamber. A party needs to hold 218 seats to […]
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Apple Sued by 2 Women Who Claim Exes Used ‘Dangerous’ AirTags to Stalk Them
By Katabella Roberts Apple has been sued by two women who claim the company’s AirTag devices were used by their ex-partners to stalk them. The class action lawsuit (pdf) was filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday on behalf of the two women, identified as Lauren Hughes and “Jane Doe,” from Texas and New York, […]
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Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s General Counsel and Ex-FBI Official James Baker
By Jack Phillips Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed that one of its top officials, James Baker—a former FBI general counsel—was “exited” from the company on Tuesday amid concerns that were raised about his “possible role in suppression of information.” “In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was […]
