'To hell with that,' says alderman of hate groups getting city-sanctioned platform.
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday dismissed former President Trump's motion to dismiss charges of retaining classified documents on the grounds of "unconstitutional vagueness." This is only one of two motions from Trump's legal team. The judge has not ruled on the other motion to dismiss based on the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Defense attorney Todd Blanche argued earlier that the Trump position is that the PRA gives the president the authority to retain documents he sees...
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump file an emergency appeal challenging Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute Trump and 18 others on election interference charges now that lead prosecutor Nathan Wade has stepped down.
When can the federal government use its coercive regulatory powers to silence ideas it doesn’t like on social media? That was the question presented to the Supreme Court on Monday, and while a majority seems ready to protect the First Amendment, too many justices seemed ready to give the government the benefit of the doubt. The key exchange […]
President Joe Biden began his State of the Union address by calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine while also going after former President Donald Trump for his admiration for the Russian leader.
In their final meeting of the quarter, the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) debated a contested first amendment bill before passing it. They also heard updates on security surveillance and academic integrity.
Jeet Heer Deplatforming the former president hasn’t worked, so America needs to rediscover his depravity.
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that former President Donald Trump's "bloodbath" comments were concerning for some voters. | Clips
Donald Trump on Monday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them “hostages.” The rioters – egged on by the then-president and fueled by his false claims of voter fraud – stormed the seat of US democracy Read More
Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the US House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short video app. The former Republican president seeking a return to the White House wrote late Thursday on social media site Truth Social if you get rid of TikTok, Facebook will double their business, and added he does not want Facebook doing better. The campaign did not immediately...
You might have heard about the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act this week. On social media — and even in some headlines — it’s been referred to as the “Ban TikTok” bill. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act addresses concerns regarding TikTok’s ties to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. So far, it’s gained unanimous approval from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. With a vote of 50 to 0, the...
President Joe Biden's roughly 68-minute State of the Union address Thursday night was shorter than any delivered by former President Donald Trump during his time in office.Biden delivered the annual speech before Congress, in which he sought to tout his accomplishments from the last year on a range of topics, including the economy and lowering prescription drug prices. The speech, in which the president did not shy away from crucial election issues including immigration and the economy, gave him...