Facebook reportedly exempted millions of high-profile, elite users, including celebrities and politicians, from its content moderation policies, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The social media giant created a program known as “cross check” or “XCheck” that shielded public figures from the company’s rules banning harassment and incitement to violence,...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) The FBI agent credited with foiling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s kidnapping plot no longer works for the agency after he was charged with allegedly smashing his wife’s head into a nightstand and choking her after a swingers’ sex party.
The Detroit News first reported the firing of...
(Associated Press) House Democrats unveiled a sweeping proposal Monday for tax hikes on big corporations and the wealthy to fund President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan, as Congress speeds ahead to shape the far-reaching package that touches almost all aspects of domestic life.
The proposed top tax rate would revert...
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) Arizona’s state police force is in the Pacific Northwest in an attempt to bolster its ranks.
The push comes on the heels of news that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee isn’t allowing exceptions to his vaccine mandate.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced that they would be...
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Ida, President Joe Biden this week traveled to storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey and New York to deliver a "code red" climate change message to the world: extreme weather poses an "existential threat" to humanity.
"The threat...
(Headline USA) Three leading Republicans on Sunday sharply condemned President Joe Biden's handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan, rebuking the administration's conduct of the U.S. withdrawal as weak and as emboldening its adversaries.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Vice President Mike Pence...
(Headline USA) The CEO of Salesforce said the company will help employees leave Texas, and he did so while retweeting a story linking the offer to concern about Texas' new pro-life law.
Salesforce, which sells customer-management software, joins a small number of companies that have reacted against the Texas law.
CNBC...
(Associated Press) Authorities in Britain have decided not to require vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs and other crowded events in England, Britain's health secretary said Sunday, reversing course amid opposition from some of the Conservative government's supporters in Parliament.
Health Minister Sajid Javid said the government has shelved the...
(Headline USA) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Saturday.
The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church's 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada.
"My call is ... to be...
(Headline USA) A Democratic senator vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion spending plan said Sunday he won't support even half that amount or the ambitious timetable envisioned for passing it.
The stand by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was described as unacceptable by the chairman of the...
(The Center Square, Casey Harper) – President Joe Biden’s controversial vaccine mandate has sparked major pushback and talks of legal challenges, likely setting up a tense court battle that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Biden announced the new mandates in a speech Thursday, saying his...
(Associated Press) The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof...