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Ron DeSantis was in New Hampshire. Mike Pence was in Iowa. And Donald Trump was home at his New Jersey golf course.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana ordered key Biden administration officials and agencies not to contact social media platforms to suppress speakers and viewpoints they disagree with in a major development that could curtail efforts to combat misinformation about health and other issues.

Landmark decision ends decades of debate, impacting affirmative action policies and minority applicants

The "government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth," judge wrote of anti-disinformation efforts.

The majority and dissent state the quiet part out loud: affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity.

Judge says government overstepped in its efforts to address false claims about COVID-19 vaccines and the 2020 election.

A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling

Twitter has struggled with fake accounts under leadership of Elon Musk

This is true despite claims to the contrary by some on both the left and right.

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

"There’s an inherent contrast — that none of them will come right out and say."