At a field hearing of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee taking place in Georgia, State Rep. Billy Mitchell testified about the state’s new voting restrictions, saying it “should concern us all” that political appointees could overturn election results without accountability.
Misinformation – false information spread regardless of intent – is rampant across popular social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Most speech, whether true or false, is protected under the U.S. legal system. The territory is murky and has ignited an intense debate as technology companies struggle to define the problem and attempt to get a handle on the flood of false and misleading information.
Data from Similarweb suggests engagement with Netflix is waning coming out of the pandemic, but not for long.
The Wisconsin senator is also committed to the "Big Lie" of a fraudulent election and to "rigging the system to retain power."
Protests that began with the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma led to widespread violence and at least 212 deaths.
Kara Eaker, who said at the trials that she had been vaccinated, is the first known American athlete to test positive for COVID-19 while in Japan.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEVThe Biden Administration and several allies plan to allege Monday morning that China’s civilian intelligence service is responsible for a sweeping hacking campaign that hit tens of thousands of companies around the world earlier this year.According to a senior Biden administration official, hackers affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) conducted the massive operation, which took advantage of security flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server software, or Microsoft’s
The US federal government’s $1.9 trillion relief package that President Joe Biden signed on March 11 will temporarily expand the child tax credit. This credit, currently pegged at up to $2,000 a year per child until they turn 17, will instead total $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for kids up to the age of 18 over the next 12 months. Starting in July, the Internal Revenue Service will distribute half this money to most families with children in monthly payments of either $250 or $300 per child.
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There's some value to be had in the MLB division winners market.
He and fellow volunteers line the tanks up outside charities for filling and returning, trying to save lives in a country whose health system has largely collapsed since a Feb. 1 coup and which now faces its worst surge of COVID-19 infections. Funded by donors on social media, Phoe Thar and his team are part of a growing grassroots effort that bypasses the authorities and echoes the way Myanmar's people responded to crises during previous decades of army rule. "Since the number of people who need oxygen tanks is massive, it's a huge challenge for us," Phoe Thar told Reuters by phone from Mandalay.
The annexation would be expensive for everyone.
A juvenile girl was shot after a man says she jumped in his car and tried to drive away, according to police.
After signing with the Vikings during free agency, defensive tackle Michael Pierce opted out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, his 2021 comeback may be a bit delayed. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports Pierce suffered a calf injury while training, putting his availability for the start of training camp in doubt. [more]
It's not just Thanasis Antetokounmpo who is out for Game 5 with health and safety protocols.
Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes. Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired by state Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 vote count in Maricopa County, which includes metro Phoenix. The “forensic audit,” as Senate GOP leaders are calling their review, is overseen by Cyber Ninjas, a small computer security firm with no election experience before Trump began questioning the 2020 results.
"So we sat there with Aerosmith about an hour before the debate, swapping stories of Aerosmith as opposed to doing debate prep," then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said of the surreal soirée.
Even for Christie, who is known for his blunt talk, the comments were notable since he was considered to be an ally of the Trump White House.
Jeff McConney has reportedly testified for the ongoing Manhattan District Attorney's criminal investigation onto the Trump Organization.
Former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris charge that she terrorized them in a hostile work environment, continuing a pattern that dates back to her time as San Fransico district attorney.
The ever-controversial Republican Representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to show up in southern California on Saturday for a “free speech rally” despite the third cancellation of their “America First” rally earlier in the day, this time by the city of Anaheim. According to a local newspaper report, Gaetz and Green dropped by Riverside City Hall to hold a “free speech rally” Saturday evening. The rally was originally scheduled to take place at the Pacific Hills Banquet and
