Can government tell Big Tech companies how to edit content and police their platforms? That’s the question before the Supreme Court on Monday in two cases with major First Amendment implications (Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton). NetChoice‚ a tech industry group‚ is challenging Texas and Florida laws that seek to prevent social-media platforms from silencing conservatives. Republicans are rightly frustrated by censorship that often tilts against conservatives‚ including us. But...

US Supreme Court justices appeared torn on Monday as they heard a landmark pair of cases which could fundamentally alter the future of online free speech. At issue were Republican-backed laws passed in Florida and Texas limiting tech firms' ability to remove political content they deem objectionable. Tech giants said the laws‚ passed after the 2021 Capitol riot‚ infringed on their right to editorial discretion. At times justices seemed unsure of how to apply existing law to tech firms...

The chair of the House Budget Committee has a message for his fellow Republicans: If they ever want to fix Washington’s finances‚ they’ll have to talk about raising taxes. “It’s only fair to have both revenue and expenditures on the table‚” Rep. Jodey Arrington‚ R-Texas recently told Semafor as he discussed his push for a bipartisan fiscal commission to deal with the country’s red ink. “The last time there was a fix to Social Security that addressed the solvency for 75 years‚ it was Ronald...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases that could have a profound effect on the future of the internet and social media. The cases — NetChoice vs. Paxton and Moody vs. NetChoice — involve laws in Texas and Florida that prohibit social media companies from removing content from their platforms‚ clearly violating the 1st Amendment rights of private companies. If these laws are upheld‚ they will make the internet and social media enormously worse. The Texas law bars...

The Associated Press is being criticized for its coverage of the murder of Georgia college student Laken Riley‚ with many social media users accusing the outlet of failing to report key details of the case that didn’t fit the desired narrative. Riley‚ 22‚ was a nursing student at Augusta University. She was killed last week while out running on the University of Georgia trails. Venezuelan native Jose Antonia Ibarra was taken into custody shortly after and was already known to law enforcement...

Conservatives called out the Associated Press on Sunday for appearing to categorize Laken Riley’s murder as more about the "fears of solo female athletes" rather than illegal immigration and weak crime laws. Riley‚ an Augusta University nursing student‚ was found dead Thursday after previously attending the University of Georgia before entering a nursing program at Augusta's Athens campus‚ where she made the Dean's List. Police have charged Jose Antonio Ibarra with malice murder‚ felony...

Carol Capps runs regularly in the forested area of the University of Georgia campus‚ where the body of a 22-year-old nursing student was found earlier this week after she was reported missing from a morning run. Capps‚ 24‚ said the trails around Lake Herrick always seemed safe‚ a place where she could get away from traffic and go into the woods for some mental clarity. But that sense of peace was shattered after authorities on Thursday found the body of Laken Hope Riley and arrested...

The major global medical association for endocrinologists will review its clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care‚ the Endocrine Society told CNN on Monday. Despite recent moves by some US states to restrict or ban such care‚ the society said it’s a routine update that was not prompted by politics. The society’s guidelines help the organization’s 18‚000 members – doctors‚ nurses‚ educators and students who focus on hormone-related health – determine the best practices to provide...

President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week. Asked when he hoped such a deal could be finalized‚ Biden said: “Well I hope by the beginning of the weekend. The end of the weekend. My national security adviser tells me that they’re close. They’re close. They’re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire.” THIS IS A...

Another effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is underway‚ just three years after a previous attempt to oust the Democrat from office crashed and burned with voters. The plan to serve the governor with official recall papers Monday was first reported by Politico. The group behind the effort‚ Rescue California‚ shared the article on social media‚ vowing: “We did it before. We will do it again.” The citizen-led group is the same one that managed to get a Newsom recall effort on the...