RIO DE JANEIRO—A U.S. congressional committee released confidential Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on the social media platform X, offering a glimpse into decisions that have spurred complaints of alleged censorship from the company and its billionaire owner Elon Musk. The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday published a staff report disclosing dozens of
Gov. Janet Mills is expected to sign into law a bill aimed at strengthening the yellow flag law and background checks on private sales, among others. The Maine Legislature passed sweeping gun control legislation, including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases, and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people on Thursday.
The House Oversight Committee chairman has been pressing the Energy secretary for details on the decision to halt new liquid natural gas (LNG) exports. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is threatening to subpoena Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to voluntarily testify before the House committee after repeated failed attempts to get
‘We do not feel safe walking to nor around campus’ Pro-Palestine students at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Columbia University students are calling on the school’s president, Minouche Shafik, to restore order as chaotic protests and violent clashes near campus plague the Ivy League institution. Columbia students wrote in a Friday letter that they do not feel safe
Former President Donald Trump spoke to a group of reporters on Friday at a New York City courthouse, criticizing what he continues to say is a “concerted witch hunt,” describing a series of legal actions against him as he runs for president, including the current hush-money trial. President Trump reiterated his claims that he is…
Sue Altman now says ‘the border is a crisis’—but blames Republicans Sue Altman (Facebook) Before she ran for Congress, Sue Altman (D., N.J.) wanted illegal immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded COVID relief funds. Now, Altman says it’s Republicans’ fault that the border crisis—which has exploded during President Joe Biden’s administration—hasn’t been solved. Altman, the presumptive Democratic
A California bar court judge ruled in late March that John Eastman should be disbarred for helping President Donald Trump challenge the outcome of the 2020 election. Before the California Supreme Court reviews the case, Mr. Eastman asked a judge to pause the order prohibiting him from practicing law, so he could fund his defense