Listen Live: Supreme Court weighs government pressure on social media companies

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing arguments in a case that tests how far the federal government can go in pressuring social media companies to remove content it believes spreads misinformation before it crosses a constitutional line. The case, known as Murthy v. Missouri, arose out of efforts during the early months

A California Synagogue Leased Space to a Muslim Group, Telling Members They Had an Obligation To ‘Strengthen the Bonds’ Between Communities. Things Went South From There.

A California synagogue axed its leadership and is struggling to retain members after leasing its facility to a Muslim group that brought in an anti-Israel speaker who compared Israel to Nazi Germany. Hamakom synagogue, a conservative congregation of around 900 families located in an upscale Los Angeles suburb, says it was trying to ease tensions between

Biden Labor Department Relies on Union-Funded Think Tanks To Push Pro-Union Message

A Department of Labor agency that touts the “importance” of labor unions to “workers and communities” relies heavily on research from union-funded think tanks, calling into question the legitimacy of the information. The Department of Labor’s Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK) Center, which the Biden administration launched in August 2023, bills itself as the

Biden DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Toss Abortion Pill Restrictions

The argument comes as the court prepares to hear the most significant abortion-related case since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reversed regulations that made abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain. The case, to be heard on March 26, is

Ahead of Israeli Lawyer’s Return to Berkeley, WFB Editor in Chief Asks: Do the Adults or the Mob Run the Show?

‘I’m watching to see who runs this school, is it the protesters or are the adults in charge there?’ Eliana Johnson asks Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson appeared Saturday on CNN, where she previewed Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat’s return to the University of California, Berkeley. Bar-Yoshafat’s first appearance on campus was shut