Joseph Clark

Republicans press Twitter, Facebook for info on federal help in suppressing content

House Republicans are demanding social media giants Twitter and Facebook hand over information related to efforts by government agencies to moderate content on their platforms amid recent revelations pointing to federal officials and Biden campaign insiders working with Big Tech to curtail free speech.

December 14, 2022

Biden to participate in town hall on veteran burn pit exposure

The president suspects that his son Beau's death was caused by burn pit exposure while deployed to Iraq from 2008 to 2009, but the link is unproven.

December 14, 2022

‘Twitter Files’ fuel suspicions that FBI tipped the scales for Biden in 2020

The FBI's coordination with social media companies ahead of the 2020 presidential election, revealed in Elon Musk's "Twitter Files," is galvanizing long-held suspicions that the FBI ran defense for then-candidate Joe Biden as his links to Hunter Biden's potentially illegal business schemes emerged.

December 14, 2022

Latest ‘Twitter Files’ reveal internal chaos as employees pressured executives to ban Trump

Twitter employees accused their colleagues of behaving "like Nazis following orders" after site monitors found that then-President Donald Trump had not violated the social media giant's policy, just hours before he was banned from the platform in 2021, newly released documents show.

December 12, 2022

Twitter execs shaped files to muzzle Trump, newest ‘Twitter Files’ dump reveals

The latest tranche of internal communications offers a behind-the-scenes look at top Twitter executives' push to change the company's speech policing guidelines specifically targeting Mr. Trump.

December 11, 2022

‘Twitter Files’ show top executive pushed for policy change to oust Trump

Elon Musk on Saturday continued unveiling the behind-the-scenes turmoil at Twitter leading up to former President Donald Trump's ouster from the platform days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

December 10, 2022

Musk sheds light on Trump’s ouster in latest Twitter Files drop

Elon Musk on Friday disclosed further details of the FBI's work with Twitter employees to moderate content in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election as part of an extended three-part segment of the ongoing "Twitter Files" diving into former President Donald Trump's ouster from the platform.

December 9, 2022

Trump wants answers: Twitter pariah prods Musk for details behind ouster

Former President Donald Trump is calling for the next installment of the "Twitter Files" to be about what led the company's executive to kick him off Twitter.

December 9, 2022

Second installment of Twitter Files reveals platform’s push to silence conservatives

Twitter maintained a suite of tools to silence conservative viewpoints on the platform, placing talk show hosts, activists and even respected doctors on blacklists to limit visibility of their accounts, newly released company documents show.

December 8, 2022

House Democrats block Republicans’ push for oversight of Ukraine aid

House Democrats have blocked an audit of billions of U.S. military and economic aid to Ukraine, signaling a bitter partisan fight ahead as the incoming GOP majority vows to scrutinize what Republicans call President Biden's "blank check" for Kyiv's war against Russia.

December 8, 2022

In rebuke to Biden, House nixes Pentagon vaccine mandate with passage of omnibus defense policy bill

The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed this year's annual defense policy bill, a measure that would rescind the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops in a victory for Republicans.

December 8, 2022

GOP sees wins against ‘woke’ Pentagon policies in giant defense bill

Republicans chipped away at what they say is the Pentagon's "woke" culture with this year's must-pass defense policy bill, notching several policy wins against the military vaccine mandate and turning back efforts by congressional Democrats to require women to register for the draft and require additional reporting on political extremism in the ranks.

December 7, 2022

Congress includes $10B in defense budget for Taiwan to stave off China’s designs on island democracy

Congress is poised to significantly boost U.S. security assistance to Taiwan to thwart a potential invasion by China as part of this year's must-pass defense policy bill.

December 7, 2022

Democrats join Republicans in move to repeal military’s vaccine mandate

Congressional Democrats have included a Republican-backed measure to repeal President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members in the annual Pentagon policy bill, dealing a severe blow to the White House.

December 6, 2022

Family of fallen Capitol Police officer snubs Republicans during Congressional Gold Medal ceremony

The family of a fallen police officer refused to shake hands with Republicans during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony Tuesday to honor those who responded to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

December 6, 2022

House Jan. 6 Committee to refer criminal charges to Justice Department

The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee confirmed on Tuesday that the panel will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it concludes its investigation into the events that led to the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol in 2021.

December 6, 2022

Biden steering clear of border on Ariz. trip despite worsening migration crisis

President Biden is expected to avoid the southern border on Tuesday despite being a stone's throw away in Arizona to tout foreign investment in the state.

December 6, 2022

White House opposes Republican push to lift Pentagon vaccine mandate

The White House said Monday it would not support Republican efforts to repeal President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the military, setting up a showdown as Congress takes up this year's must-pass defense policy bill.

December 5, 2022

White House slams Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ on Hunter Biden as distraction from hate speech on platform

The White House on Monday slammed Twitter owner Elon Musk's release of internal documents detailing the company's suppression of news reports in 2020 about Hunter Biden's embarrassing and potentially illegal conduct as a distraction "full of old news."

December 5, 2022

U.S. intel warned Twitter of ‘hack-and-leak operation’ ahead of Hunter Biden laptop drop

The former Twitter executive who led the team responsible for suppressing news reports about Hunter Biden's laptop had been warned by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials to be on the lookout for "hack-and-leak" operations ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

December 5, 2022