US Supreme Court weighs arguments in landmark case to rule if governmnet overstepped boundaries in Covid ‘censorship’
The question before the court is whether to uphold a preliminary injunction – issued on July 4, 2023, by a federal judge and largely upheld on appeal – barring several federal agencies and Biden administration officials from coercing, “significantly encouraging” or taking joint action concerning content moderation by social media companies until the lawsuit is decided.
Trump’s lawyers say it’s difficult for him to post bond covering $454 million civil fraud judgment
With interest, Trump owes the state $456.8 million. That amount is increasing nearly $112,000 each day. In all, he and co-defendants, including his company, sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr and other executives, owe $467.3 million. To obtain a bond, they would be required to post collateral covering 120 per cent of the judgment, or about $557.5 million, Trump’s lawyers said.
‘Truth is Treason in an Empire of Lies’: American doctors call for vigilance as SCOTUS hears Covid censorship case
“If we win, it will solidify every American’s right to free speech,” said Laura Bono, CHD executive vice president, “[And] not just ours. These cases will shape the future of free speech in America and the world.”
Trump draws ire with: ‘Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion’
The comments sparked immediate backlash from the White House, President Joe Biden’s campaign and Jewish leaders. The vast majority of Jewish Americans identify as Democrats, but Trump has often accused them of disloyalty, perpetuating what critics say is an antisemitic trope.
Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents
Earlier Monday, Lambert had acknowledged passing on the records from Dominion Voting Systems to “law enforcement.” She then attached an affidavit that included some of the leaked emails and was signed by Dar Leaf, a county sheriff in northern Michigan who has investigated false claims of widespread election fraud from the 2020 election, to a filing in her own case in Michigan.
Britain’s Sunak awaits with bated breath legislature’s verdict to relocate assylum seekers to Rwanda
The plan is key to Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” bringing unauthorized migrants to the U.K. Sunak argues that deporting unauthorized asylum-seekers will deter people from making risky journeys and break the business model of people-smuggling gangs.
Putin shocks world with landslide win in Russia poll West says was not free and fair
First official results indicated the polls were accurate. The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
Looming Armageddon: Putin warns America and allies Russia is ‘technically ready’ for nuclear war
Putin’s nuclear warning came alongside another offer for talks on Ukraine as part of a new post-Cold War demarcation of European security. The US says Putin is not ready for serious talks over Ukraine.
Biden-versus-Trump rematch on the cards after they clinched party nominations setting off bruising campaign
The last repeat presidential matchup took place in 1956, when Republican President Dwight Eisenhower defeated former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, a Democrat, for the second time. This year, voters have expressed little enthusiasm for a repeat of the bitter 2020 election, with Reuters/Ipsos public polls showing both Biden and Trump are unpopular with the majority of voters.
PM Modi’s government announces start of India’s enactment of citizenship law that excludes Muslims
The National Register of Citizens is part of Modi government’s effort to identify and weed out people it claims came to India illegally. The register has only been implemented in the northeastern state of Assam, and the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party has promised to roll out a similar citizenship verification programme nationwide.
