(Headline USA) U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the China-based video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned.
Shou Zi Chew's rare public appearance came at a crucial time...
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to walk back---or at least to clarify---his characterization of Russia’s war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” following criticism from a number of fellow Republicans who expressed concern about the potential 2024 presidential candidate’s dismissive description of the conflict.
In excerpts of an...
(Headline USA) The handlers responsible for cognitively impaired Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., once again avoided questions about his return to the U.S. Senate as even the mainstream media begins to wonder if they are being forthright.
Meanwhile, some conservatives have begun to question whether Fetterman is alive at all.
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(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A House Judiciary Committee hearing into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’s recent transgressions against the Second Amendment had to be temporarily halted Thursday after anti-gun protestors “overwhelmed” U.S. Capitol Police and disrupted the proceedings.
Thursday’s hearing came on the heels of several controversial regulatory...
(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., declared he doesn't consider the Chinese-owned video app TikTok a threat to America's security, even though the FBI has warned about---and the company itself has admitted to---spying on American users, many of whom are vulnerable teenagers.
"I haven't seen any hard evidence...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) When journalist Matt Taibbi reported earlier this month on the existence of a shady State Department-funded network colluding with corporate media outlets to censor dissident political voices, he noted that this “Global Engagement Center’s” nearly $100 million budget is up for reauthorization this year.
“Can we at...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reintroduced a constitutional amendment to prevent court-packing by permanently cementing the Supreme Court at nine justices, his campaign website reported.
The amendment, which Cruz previously introduced in 2021 as Democrats threatened to pack the Supreme Court in order to get their way,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Government Accountability Office has informed Headline USA that it will soon begin reviewing the FBI’s use of “assessments”—a constitutionally dubious practice that allows the bureau to target groups and individuals without evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
FBI assessments have come under recent scrutiny in relation to the DOJ’s...
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) The Arizona Supreme Court jolted new life into Republican Kari Lake’s election integrity lawsuit on Wednesday, ruling that lower courts wrongly dismissed her challenge to the signature verification process in the grossly flawed 2022 midterm election.
While the court rejected six of Lake’s appeal claims, it accepted...
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump took a shine to a newly-revealed bombshell letter that he said blew a huge hole in the hush-money witch hunt being pursued by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
“Wow, look what was just found—A Letter from Cohen’s Lawyer to the Federal Election Commission," Trump...
(Headline USA) Dr. Anthony Fauci said he regrets not pushing mask mandates sooner during the pandemic and laughed off questions about the lab leak theory during a documentary released this week.
Fauci allowed PBS to follow him around throughout 2021 and 2022 as he led President Joe Biden’s response to...
(Headline USA) “Justice for All,” a song released by the J6 Prison Choir featuring former President Donald Trump, soared to the No. 1 spot on iTunes last week despite efforts by Apple and Big Tech to suppress it.
The song, released earlier this month, surpassed hits released by top artists,...