[ad_1] Protesters gather around after setting fire to the entrance of a police station as demonstrations continue after a white police officer was caught on video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The Left’s privileged commentators don’t have to worry about losing their

[ad_1] President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is “terminating” its relationship with the World Health Organization over its failure to enact reforms in response to the administration’s criticisms of its handling of

[ad_1] People clean up outside a local business in the aftermath of a protest after a white police officer was caught on a video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minn., May 29, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Rioters protesting the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, an African-American man who

[ad_1] A Missouri State flag waves outside of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region, Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, in St. Louis, Mo., May 28, 2019. (Lawrence Bryant/Reuters) A state judge on Friday declared that Missouri’s sole remaining Planned Parenthood clinic will be allowed to remain open, ruling that the health department was in error not to renew the

[ad_1] Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks during campaign event in New Hampshire, February 9, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) The former prosecutor faces scrutiny over decisions not to prosecute police officers in Minneapolis. As Minneapolis burned this week, so too did Amy Klobuchar’s prospects of becoming Joe Biden’s running mate. Just six weeks ago,

[ad_1] (Illustration/Dado Ruvic/Reuters) A number of conservatives seem wedded to the false idea that if social-media sites like Twitter act like “publishers” rather than “platforms,” they can be stripped of liability protections. Take my friend John Daniel Davidson, who writes in The Federalist: “If Twitter wants to editorialize and ‘factcheck’ President Trump’s tweets with disclaimers,

[ad_1] (Pixabay) Members of a CNN crew were arrested early Friday morning during their live broadcast as they covered the riots in Minneapolis, which broke out this week in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Monday. Shortly after 5 a.m, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez

[ad_1] Protesters set fire to the entrance of a police station as demonstrations continue after a police officer was caught on a bystander’s video pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, who later died at a hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Rioters in Minneapolis set a police precinct ablaze

[ad_1] Workers prepare ballots from a drop box for the mail sorting machine during the presidential primary at King County Elections ballot processing center in Renton, Wash., March 10, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Amid the coronavirus pandemic, elected officials of both parties have a moral responsibility to ensure that every American who wants to vote can

[ad_1] Protesters loot and burn the Target store near the Minneapolis Police third precinct in Minneapolis, Minn., May 27, 2020. (Adam Bettcher/Reuters) George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died shortly after being physically restrained by four Minneapolis police officers on Monday. His arrest on suspicion of a non-violent crime (passing a counterfeit $20 bill) was

[ad_1] Newlyweds kiss through protective face masks at a wedding ceremony with only witnesses and no guests as public gatherings are banned to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Naples, Italy, March 20, 2020. (Ciro De Luca/Reuters) Two is greater than one. The coronavirus pandemic has exacted a devastating toll on men, women, and children across

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Flint, Michigan, March 9, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Just over half of black registered voters ages 18 to 29 say they have a favorable opinion of former vice president Joe Biden, according to new data from the Democracy Fund +

[ad_1] Activists block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments on a federal anti-discrimination law in Washington, D.C., October 8, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports programs is a violation of Title IX anti-discrimination rules.

[ad_1] President Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the “Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act” in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) His Section 230 executive order would circumvent the legislative branch and encourage the chilling of speech. Donald Trump, angered by a

[ad_1] President Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The Trump administration is planning to expel several thousand Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to Chinese universities affiliated with that country’s military, the New

[ad_1] President Trump and CDC Director Robert Redfield answer questions during a White House press briefing in Washington D.C., April 22, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Last week I was searching the Internet for some COVID-19 statistic or other, and I came across a new CDC website. The site featured some numbers the federal government is using

[ad_1] Police officers throw canisters to break up crowds of people protesting near the Minneapolis Police third precinct, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 27, 2020. (Eric Miller/Reuters) Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged Minnesota governor Tim Walz to send in the national guard after protests over the death of a George Floyd turned violent Wednesday night, the

[ad_1] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) adjusts her face mask as she arrives inside the U.S. Capitol. April 21, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said they were cancelling a vote on FISA renewal Thursday, after House Republicans and progressive Democrats signaled they would

[ad_1] People gather at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct station to protest, after a police officer was caught on video pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, who later died at a hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., May 27, 2020. (Eric Miller/Reuters) In 2016, another Minnesota cop killed an African-American man and generated

[ad_1] Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 24, 2018. (Charles Platiau/Reuters) Rival social media CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey had a public spat Wednesday night after Zuckerberg criticized Twitter for its fact-check of President Trump’s prediction that mass voting-by-mail would lead

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House, February 29, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Whether social media have been good or bad for society is an open question. Whether social media have been good or bad for President Trump isn’t as difficult to discern. For even the

[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at a daily briefing at North Shore University Hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in Manhasset, N.Y., May 6, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) On Wednesday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo accused columnists at the New York Post of wanting to “kill all Democrats,” while pushing back on accusations that he

[ad_1] Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Andrew Ross Sorkin in Washington, D.C., September 12, 2018 (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Andrew Ross Sorkin’s frustration over having missed so much of the post-COVID realities in markets and economic life boiled over this morning in one of the more outrageous outbursts I have ever witnessed on financial media. Perhaps

[ad_1] A woman holds a placard during a protest against Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s extended stay-at-home orders in Lansing, Mich., May 14, 2020. (Seth Herald/Reuters) Michigan senate Republicans are accusing Governor Gretchen Whitmer of trying to cover up the initial news of her husband’s attempt at leveraging her position to get their boat in the water

[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a COVID-19 briefing following his meeting with President Trump in Washington D.C., May 27, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) New York governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said that nursing homes are obligated to transfer coronavirus patients if they cannot provide “adequate care.” “The obligation is on the nursing home to

[ad_1] (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) In the main, politics is not a dispute over facts, but over values. Twitter risks blurring the distinction. No American, not even the president, has an inherent right to a social-media account. Tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter are free to ban any user they see fit. They’re free to fact-check

[ad_1] President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington D.C., May 26, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Trump administration is planning to end waivers that allow certain foreign businesses to work at Iranian nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The waivers, which were included in U.S. sanctions placed on Iran

[ad_1] House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Republican Representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said President Trump should stop his attacks on MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough, breaking with other Republicans who appeared reluctant to criticize Trump over his tweets. “I

[ad_1] Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) listens as acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) on Wednesday called to revoke liability protections for social media companies in a move that could have

[ad_1] President Donald Trump responds to a question during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) President Trump on Wednesday reached his worst approval rating in over two years on Rasmussen’s daily index, with just 42 percent of respondents approving of his performance while 57 percent disapproved.