Giorno: 17 Marzo 2023

Twitter Files: Feds, Stanford Censored Vaccine Claims

The U.S. government worked with Stanford University’s Virality Project in 2021 to push Big Tech to censor stories about true vaccine side effects and true posts that could fuel hesitancy about vaccines, according to new Twitter files published Friday by journalist Matt Taibbi.

FBI, DOJ Probe Potential TikTok Spying on Journalists

The FBI and the Department of Justice are investigating TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, for attempting to access American journalists’ location information and other private user data, according to Forbes.

House lawmakers focus on ‘outcompeting China’ in bipartisan visit to Guyana

EXCLUSIVE: Members of Congress met with officials in Guyana on Friday to bolster U.S. relations with the South American country while also keeping China’s encroaching influence at bay. House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., led a group of Democrats and Republicans in Guyana, part of a three-country tour that also included stops in […]

Eric Adams wants NYC to be ‘place of God’ after predecessor targeted religion throughout pandemic

Mayor Eric Adams called on New Yorkers Thursday to transform New York City into “a place of God,” saying in the wake of his predecessor’s harsh COVID-19 restrictions imposed on religious gatherings, the city’s main challenge is a lack of faith among the population. “How do we take a city that is the center of […]

Charter Advocates Divided on Religious School

Advocates for charter schools are divided on a bid to launch the first openly religious charter school in the U.S., The Hill reported.

New Judge to Oversee Trump Grand Jury Investigations

A new judge is poised to assume oversight of grand jury investigations concerning former President Donald Trump, including the ongoing probe into classified documents found at his Florida estate.

FBI Offers $20K Reward for Woman Kidnapped in Mexico

The FBI’s office in Los Angeles is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the “physical location” of an American woman who was kidnapped from her home in Mexico in February.

Biden Seeks Severe Penalties for Failed Banks’ Execs

President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to give regulators greater power over the banking sector, including leveraging higher fines, clawing back funds and barring officials from failed banks, according to a statement released by the White House.

Dozens of Mar-a-Lago Staffers Face Subpoenas

More than a dozen people who work at Mar-a-Lago or who are in former President Donald Trump’s inner circle at the resort were served subpoenas to testify about Trump’s handling of classified documents.

Report: FBI, Secret Service Sought to Strip Gun Rights

The FBI, Secret Service, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together between 2011 and 2019 to get at least 60 U.S. citizens to sign a form stripping them of their gun rights, the Washington Examiner is reporting.