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Unwanted Facebook Messages Don’t Justify Anti-Robocall Class-Action Lawsuit, Supreme Court Rules

A proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Facebook of violating a federal anti-robocall law may not go forward because the social media company’s unwanted text messages aren’t covered under federal law, the Supreme Court ruled April 1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the unanimous decision for the high court in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, court file 19-511. Justice […]

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Rep. Greene Introduces Proposal to Bar ‘Vaccine Passports’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a proposal on April 1 that would ban COVID-19 vaccination mandates as well as so-called vaccine passports. The We Will Not Comply Act would ban documents that show who has been vaccinated or recently tested negative for the CCP virus. The concept of requiring certification has been rejected by pro-privacy groups

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Montana Bans ‘Sanctuary Cities’

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a bill into law that bans “sanctuary cities” in the state. House Bill 200, which was approved last month by the Montana’s Republican-led state legislature, prohibits state agencies and local governments from blocking local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal immigration law. It also authorizes the state’s attorney general

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‘Cold War 2.0’: China Confronts the US With ‘No Holds Barred,’ Says Former National Security Adviser

Believing itself untouchable, China’s communist party is ramping up rhetoric about perceived American weaknesses in a bid to ascend as the next world leader, according to former deputy national security adviser KT McFarland. “They are looking at the rest of the world and saying, OK, America, you are where you are, but we want to

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Florida’s DeSantis Calls on Biden to Resume Trump Immigration Policies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s sending a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to continue the previous administration’s policy that allowed authorities to deport illegal immigrants in custody who had committed crimes. DeSantis told reporters on April 1 that the Biden administration is removing detainers from illegal immigrants. Detainers are “critical for ICE

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Texas Senate Passes Bill That Would Block Social Media Companies From Banning Users for Their Political Views

The Texas Senate passed a bill that forbids social media companies that have at least 100 million users per month to block, ban, demonetize, or discriminate against any of their users due to their political views. Senate Bill 12, which is sponsored by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes, passed on Thursday and would apply to

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Documents Outline Alleged Scheme to Extort Rep. Gaetz’s Family

Newly published documents appear to back up Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) claim that he and his family were victims of an extortion scheme. In an email obtained and published by the Washington Examiner, a lawyer for Gaetz’s father Don, a former Florida state senator, asked the Department of Justice for confirmation that both the department and

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Steelworkers United in Defending Canada Against Perils of American Protectionism

WASHINGTON—The largest industrial union in North America came to Canada’s defence Thursday, vowing to protect businesses and workers north of the border from the growing peril of protectionism in the United States. United Steelworkers international president Tom Conway issued a joint statement with Canadian counterpart Ken Neumann aimed at making Canada’s case for an exemption

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