Donald Trump wasn’t happy with HBO host Bill Maher’s quips on “Real Time” last night, lashing out at the libertarian satirist via the former president’s Truth Social platform. While it was unclear what the specific part of Maher’s show that set Trump off was, it may have been when Maher pointed to what he called … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up former President Donald Trump’s repeatedly rejected immunity claim in the D.C. election subversion case, stalling the trial until at least the late summer or fall. The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in the matter at the end of April. Trump’s claim that presidential immunity shields him from … Read more
A pair of Supreme Court cases due to be ruled on later this year may change the future of online speech. They’re also raising questions about legislative power over big tech companies. The two cases, NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, are a direct result of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US … Read more
The Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the content on their platforms. In oral arguments on Monday, the justices grappled with a thorny set of questions that could reshape the internet, from social networks like Facebook and TikTok to apps like Yelp and … Read more
The US Supreme Court seems torn over whether to trigger a radical transformation of the internet. The nation’s highest court heard arguments Monday over state laws in Florida and Texas that restrict how platforms like Facebook and YouTube moderate speech. If the court lets them take effect, social media feeds could look very different, with … Read more
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on Monday that could set new precedents around free speech on social media platforms. The cases challenge two similar laws from Florida and Texas, respectively, which aim to reduce “Silicon Valley censorship” on social media, much like Elon Musk has done at X in the last year. Twitter … Read more
Contentious Supreme Court oral arguments this week offered a reminder that while the public focuses on the Donald Trump election cases, the court’s actions this spring will be equally consequential for an array of rules set in Washington governing American life. Supreme Court conservatives are accelerating their moves to overhaul the way the federal government … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021. The justices did not comment on leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie … Read more
Political observers in India have long warned against political finance as a vehicle driving corruption in the world’s biggest democracy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the general elections, where opacity in political funding and the murky flow of funds have often benefited the party in power. It has also contributed to the soaring … Read more
NEW DELHI — In what could be a serious blow to India’s richest and most dominant political party, the Supreme Court struck down a type of anonymous political donations on Thursday, just ahead of a national election this summer. The country’s elections have become the most expensive in the world, even surpassing America’s notoriously pricey … Read more