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How Government Officials Bully Social Media Companies Into Censorship

A new Cato report sheds light on "jawboning," or attempts by state actors "to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech."

Reason

Exclusive-Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end

As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a COVID-19 expulsion order that the White House has publicly sought to end, seven U.S. and three Mexican officials said.

Reuters

Biden touts 35-state EV charger network at Detroit auto show

President Joe Biden test drove an all-electric Cadillac SUV and slid into the front seat of a new Corvette as part of a mid-day tour Wednesday of Detroit's resurrected auto show ahead of an afternoon speech on the auto industry's transition to electric vehicles.

Tribune News Service

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'I like the Corvette': Biden tours Detroit auto show ahead of speech on EV transition

Tribune News Service

Sanders blocks Senate measure to avert rail stoppage - Roll Call

Sen. Burr asked the Senate for unanimous consent on a joint resolution designed to avert a freight rail strike, but Sen. Sanders objected.

Roll Call

White House defends Biden voting in person after scrutiny over Secret Service escort

‘The president has been voting in Delaware for decades. And this is something that was important to do,’ press secretary says

The Independent UK

U.S. investments in foreign chip firms a potential concern, White House says

U.S. investment in foreign chip companies is a potential concern for the Biden administration, a White House official said on Wednesday, but he stressed it has not yet made a final decision on a potential mechanism regulating U.S. investments in China.

Reuters

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Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests - Roll Call

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are down, but White House argues that pandemic money is needed for future public health threats.

Roll Call

Trump posts bizarre Truth Social tribute to Ken Starr for helping him fight the ‘mentally sick’

‘I so appreciated his support and his thoughts that our cause against fascists and other mentally sick people in our Country is just,’ Trump says

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel on justice department’s ‘special master’: ‘The whole thing is a distraction’

Late-night hosts discuss the Emmys, the special master appointed to review documents seized at Mar-a-Lago, and Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

The Guardian - US

White House tightens rules on federal software purchases - Roll Call

The OMB on Wednesday directed federal agencies to buy software only from vendors that attest to meeting government security standards.

Roll Call

U.S. President Biden spoke with King Charles III on Wednesday

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with King Charles III on Wednesday, the White House said, on the day Queen Elizabeth's coffin was taken in a procession from Buckingham Palace to Parliament.

Reuters

Jen Psaki says Trump is handing the Democrats the midterms in first MSNBC appearance: ‘They love to be opposed to him’

‘The anger is among the members of the Democratic Party, which is the party in power, which is so rare for that to be the case’

The Independent UK

Vice President Kamala Harris returns to Chicago on Friday with spotlight on abortion rights

The vice president’s Friday visit marks her fourth time in Illinois since taking office.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Evening Standard

Ken Starr: Lawyer whose criminal investigation led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment dies

Ken Starr’s probe revealed existence of affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Lindsey Graham proposes nationwide 15-week abortion ban

White House says South Carolina senator’s proposed bill ‘wildly out of step with what Americans believe’. Plus, how YouTube got swamped with creepy content for kids

The Independent UK

As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

The outbreak of monkeypox is subsiding in Europe and parts of North America

Reason

Biden's Sneaky Censors

Behind the scenes, federal officials pressure social media platforms to suppress disfavored speech.

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The Independent UK

GOP's Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban

Tribune News Service

Mary Peltola sworn into office as Alaska’s new US representative

WASHINGTON — Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday to the U.S. House, becoming the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold Alaska’s lone seat in the House of Representatives.

France 24

Prosecutor Ken Starr, who investigated Bill Clinton, dies

Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died on Tuesday. He was 76.

The Independent UK

Businesses, White House plan for possible rail strike Friday

Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions

The Independent UK

Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies

Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment, died Tuesday at age 76, his family says

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott demands Biden pull his student loan relief plan

The governor joined 21 other Republicans in denouncing the president’s plan as harming Americans who didn’t go to college.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. weighs China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU

The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

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