Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will suspend its participation in the New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States. The announcement came during Putin’s state-of-the-nation address on Tuesday, in which he reiterated grievances and made it clear that he would not change his strategy in the conflict in Ukraine.
Category: Politics
Supreme Court Considers Case with Potential to Alter Tech Industry’s Shield Law Section 230
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Gonzalez v. Google, which could have far-reaching implications for the tech industry’s legal protection to keep the internet an open place that promotes free speech.
Project Veritas CEO James O’Keefe Departs Following Staff Attempt to Remove Him
James O’Keefe, the founder and CEO of the investigative journalism organization “Project Veritas”, has left the company after allegations of mismanagement and mistreatment of staff members. A group of employees had been dissatisfied with O’Keefe’s leadership, claiming he was “outright cruel” to staff and that he mismanaged company funds. These issues led to O’Keefe being put on paid leave while the organization’s board considered whether to remove him from his position.
US Educators Persist in Advocating Critical Race Theory and Neo-Segregation
The debate over progressive education programs and pedagogies such as critical race theory continues to rage on in the US. While there has been a lull in media coverage of these issues in recent months, schools are still promoting these initiatives to students and administrators. Despite sustained backlash, liberal dominance of education remains essentially unchanged in many, if not most, districts around the US.
Tucker Carlson granted access to trove of Jan. 6 riot tape by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
According to sources close to him, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of surveillance footage from the Capitol grounds during the January 6th riot.
Legislation proposed by Idaho lawmakers seeks to make administering COVID vaccines a criminal offense
In a move that has drawn both criticism and support, lawmakers in Idaho have proposed a bill that would make administering mRNA COVID vaccines a misdemeanor offense.
Expert Testifies that Voting Machines Are Vulnerable to Hacking, Pushes for Domestic Manufacturing
A recent hearing of the Arizona Senate Election Committee highlighted the susceptibility of voting machines to hacking, despite the various security measures that manufacturers have put in place. During the meeting, attorney and computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis testified that electronic ballot tabulation machines could be hacked in multiple ways, making them a less-than-reliable means of recording votes.
Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Blames Trump for Ohio Train Disaster
CLAIM: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is blaming former President Donald Trump for the train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, claiming, “we’re constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation,” and citing a “braking rule” that was withdrawn under the Trump administration.
VERDICT: False.
Specific Reporters Removed from Biden’s UFO Briefing as White House Calls for Media Compliance
The White House held a press conference on Thursday to address recent reports about “aerial objects,” but only allowed pre-credentialed reporters to attend the event. Journalists were given less than an hour’s notice to obtain a pass to attend, and when they arrived at the South Court Auditorium, they were required to show an email containing the pass to be allowed in.
Chris Cuomo After Firing: “I was going to kill everybody and myself”
Chris revealed that he was initially angry and frustrated about his firing and had even contemplated suicide, saying, “I had to accept [my firing] because I was going to kill everybody, including myself. Things can consume you.”