Trump draws Republican and pro-lifers’ anger for calling rival DeSantis’s abortion ban ‘a terrible mistake’
But Trump’s direct attack on DeSantis, whom he’s long treated as his chief rival, could give the Florida governor new fodder as he tries to regain momentum in his campaign and solidify his second-place standing.
Assassination scare as gunman is arrested at Democratic presidential aspirant Robert F. Kennedy Jr event
Kennedy thanked his private security detail in a tweet: Kennedy’s father, US Sen Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel, less than two miles east of the Wilshire Ebell Theatre.
In admitting he ignored his lawyers, Trump may have undermined his defence of 2020 election cases
Trump has continued to make false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. Asked why he dismissed the views of lawyers in the White House and his campaign that he had lost the election, Trump responded: “Because I didn’t respect them.”
5th Circuit Court pause on White House contact with social media expected to take censorship case to US Supreme Court
Kim Mack Rosenberg, acting general counsel for Children’s Health Defense (CHD) told The Defender it was not surprising that Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar asked the Supreme Court to stay the injunction, nor that the court issued a brief administrative stay, as the 5th Circuit had also done in July.
Hunter Biden becomes first child of a sitting US president to be indicted he’s hit with criminal gun charge
The younger Biden for years has been the focus of unrelenting attacks by Trump and his Republican allies who have accused him of wrongdoing relating to Ukraine and China, among other matters. Hunter Biden has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, investment banker and artist, and has publicly detailed his struggles with substance abuse.
Hopes for animal-human transplants soar after pig kidney works for two months in brain-dead patient
Dr Montgomery, himself a recipient of a heart transplant, sees animal-to-human transplants as crucial to ease the nation’s organ shortage. More than 100,000 people are on the national waiting list, most who need a kidney, and thousands will die waiting.
US intelligence community, FBI, comes under blistering criticism for blocking access to information
The 5th Circuit vacated all but one of the lower court’s specific prohibitions, but affirmed prohibition six, which barred the officials and agencies in question from “threatening, pressuring or coercing social-media companies in any manner to remove, delete, suppress or reduce posted content of postings containing protected free speech.”
Appeals Court: Biden violated First Amendment by pressuring Big Tech to censor social media content
The judges said Biden administration officials “have engaged in a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavoured by the government. The harms that radiate from such conduct extend far beyond just the plaintiffs; it impacts every social-media user.”
Biden impeachment looms as government shutdown beckons unless funding bill passes
The impeachment push comes as Trump, who was twice impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate, faces more serious charges in court. Trump has been indicted four times this year, including for trying to overturn the 2020 election that Biden won.
How US used data ‘mercenaries’ to sanitise fake Covid vaccines, give drug makers leeway to make a killing
In March 2022, Murthy, Psaki and other members of the Biden administration threatened social media platforms with regulatory action, including potential antitrust proceedings and loss of liability protection Communications Decency Act Section 230 if they did not turn over Covid-19 “misinformation” data to the White House.
