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DeSantis said the effort really amounts to a war against conservative dissent against a “decaying and discredited ruling elite in this country.” “You cannot have a Ministry of Truth in this country,” DeSantis said. “We’re not going to let Biden get away with this one. We will be fighting back.”…

The massive aid package is accompanied by a proposal to Congress that it amend several longstanding criminal laws. The $33 billion includes a request for $20.4 billion in additional security and military assistance for Ukraine, as well as additional money to fund U.S. efforts to bolster European security in cooperation…

The U.S. economy shrank last quarter for the first time since the pandemic recession struck two years ago. The steady spending suggested that the economy could keep expanding this year even though the Federal Reserve plans to raise rates aggressively to fight the inflation surge. The first quarter’s growth was…

The USS Sampson conducted what was classified as a “routine” transit through the waters, which the Chinese army called a deliberate movement to undermine “peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.” “The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a…

The vice president is not experiencing any symptoms, her press secretary said. However, she will isolate and work from the residence of the vice president. “She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules,” said Kirsten Allen, press secretary…

Trump said that he will not return to Twitter and will instead use his own ‘TRUTH Social’ as the only social media platform. “I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH. I hope Elon makes improvements to it and he is a good man, but…

A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday blocked the Biden administration from ending the enforcement of a COVID-era policy.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to quickly deport illegal immigrants over health concerns during the pandemic. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced April 1 it was ending…

Twitter is nearing a deal to sell itself to Elon Musk, two people with knowledge of the situation said. A move that would unite the world’s richest man with the influential social networking service. An agreement could be announced as soon as Monday, the people told The Times’s Lauren Hirsch, Mike…

The suit is a sign of environmentalist discontent with President Joe Biden’s resumption of the program, which he pledged to end as a candidate in order to address climate change. Friends of the Earth’s complaint, filed under the Freedom of Information Act, asks the U.S. District Court for the District…

Authorities continued searching for a missing Army guardsman on Saturday. The soldier, 22, jumped into the Rio Grande on Friday to save drowning migrants. The Texas National Guard soldier who died trying to save alleged drug smugglers in the Rio Grande River was identified Sunday as Specialist Bishop E. Evans, 22, from…