The Department of Defense, the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies aggressively advocated for takedown requests and censorship to sway public opinion in favor of the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine, journalist Matt Taibbi wrote in the “Twitter Files.”

Ecuador re-elects President Daniel Noboa amid nationwide unease over crime
Daniel Noboa, the tough-on-crime firebrand president of Ecuador, was re-elected in Sunday’s runoff. Noboa, running under the right-wing National Democratic Action party label, handily defeated