Alex Jones must pay legal fees for ‘frivolous’ Sandy Hook appeal
AUSTIN, Texas — The 3rd Court of Appeals Wednesday denied Alex Jones’ motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by a Sandy Hook parent and ordered Jones to pay [...]
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FactChecking the March Democratic Debate
By FactCheck.org Summary The first head-to-head debate of the Democratic presidential primary between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders focused on the [...]
BREAKING: Trading halted as crude oil price plunge pushes Dow down by 1,800 points, S&P drops 7 percent
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted at the opening bell on Monday, sinking by more than 1,800 points and triggering a “circuit breaker” on the S&P 500 [...]
FactChecking the South Carolina Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Summary In the [...]
FactChecking the Las Vegas Democratic Debate
By Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary Many of the [...]
McClatchy files for bankruptcy, likely ending 163 years of family control and setting up more consolidation in local news
By JOSHUA BENTON – Nieman Lab It’s been a very public possibility for months, but this morning it became official: McClatchy, America’s second-largest newspaper [...]
BREAKING: Senate acquits Trump on both impeachment charges
The Senate on Wednesday voted almost entirely along party lines — there was one Republican defection — to acquit President Donald Trump on abuse of power and on [...]
FactChecking the State of the Union
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Isabella Fertel – Factcheck.org Summary In his 2020 [...]
Republicans and Democrats live in “nearly inverse news media environments,” Pew finds
By LAURA HAZARD OWEN @laurahazardowen Nieman Lab No one news source is trusted by a majority of U.S. adults, and Republicans trust Fox News far more than any other news [...]
FactChecking the January Democratic Debate
By Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, D’Angelo Gore and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org [...]
BREAKING: John Bolton says he’s ‘prepared to testify’ in impeachment trial if subpoenaed
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that he is “prepared to testify” if he is subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial. Bolton, who [...]
BREAKING: U.S. to deploy 750 soldiers to Iraq after embassy compound stormed by protesters
Approximately 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy immediately to the Middle East in response to unrest at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark [...]
Shifting population to affect seats on Capitol Hill
Republished with permission by Knowhere News According to Census Bureau figures released Monday, some states that traditionally vote Democratic are going to lose [...]
FactChecking the December Democratic Debate
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Angelo Fichera and D’Angelo Gore – FactCheck.org Summary We found [...]
Democratic candidates threaten to boycott presidential debate over labor dispute
A Democratic presidential debate scheduled for next week in California was thrown into upheaval on Friday when all seven of the candidates who’ve qualified for the [...]
BREAKING NEWS: House Judiciary approves articles of impeachment, paving way for floor vote
Articles of impeachment are headed to the House floor. It took three days of meetings, marked by inflamed rhetoric and increasingly personal disputes, but the Judiciary [...]
Sinclair drops Boris Epshteyn and other political analysts
Sinclair Broadcast Group is axing one of its biggest stars, Boris Epshteyn, the network’s chief political analyst and a former special assistant to President Donald [...]
YouTube cracking down on content that ‘maliciously insults’ others
Republished with permission by Knowhere News Google-owned YouTube will no longer allow anyone on its platform to post content that “maliciously insults” others [...]
BREAKING NEWS: House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Trump
House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment, accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Judiciary Committee is slated to vote [...]
BREAKING: Inspector General report finds FBI investigation of Trump’s 2016 campaign was not politically motivated
The FBI mishandled parts of its application to monitor a Trump campaign aide as it was probing possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, but the overall [...]