Trump's social media platform given 30 days to comply with licensing requirements
Trump's TRUTH Social platform has 30 days to comply with licensing requirements or it risks seeing its rights and permissions in the software automatically and permanently terminated.
Hackers, ripoff claims roil Trump’s social media platform pre-launch
Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, Trump said Wednesday he's launching a new media company with its own social media platform, called TRUTH Social.
Facebook Oversight Board criticizes company for not being ‘fully forthcoming’
“On some occasions, Facebook failed to provide relevant information to the Board, while in other instances, the information it did provide was incomplete,” the Facebook Oversight Board said in its quarterly transparency report.
Donald Trump announces launch of media company, social media app
Former President Donald Trump says he’s launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “TRUTH Social” app.
QAnon figure says he’s running for Congress in Arizona
“In the past year or so, I’ve been really involved in election integrity issues and especially out in Arizona, so I decided to come out here and just take it to the next step,” Watkins told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview.
Jan. 6 panel plans Steve Bannon contempt vote as Trump sues over probe
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly on Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt.
Trump sues to block release of documents to Jan. 6 committee
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block the release of White House documents to the Jan. 6 select committee of Congress, challenging President Joe Biden's decision to hand them over.
Trump expected to give deposition in lawsuit
Former President Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide a videotaped deposition in a case about his security team’s crackdown on a protest during the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015.
Netflix's 'Squid Game' creator says Donald Trump's election helped inspire him to finally make the hit show
"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said he sat on the concept for years until he finally thought the world was ready.
Trump hotel in D.C. lost $70 million despite millions in foreign business
Former President Donald Trump's company lost more than $70 million on his Washington D.C., hotel during his four years in office despite an estimated $3.7 million in revenue from foreign governments. Ethics experts say Trump should have refused that business because it posed conflicts of interest with his role as president.
Biden waives executive privilege on Trump documents related to Jan. 6 probe
President Joe Biden determined an assertion of executive privilege “is not warranted” for the first set of documents from the Trump White House, the White House said.
House committee holds hearing on Maricopa County election audit
According to a news release, the full committee hearing is being called "to assess the election ‘audit’ in Maricopa County, Arizona, conducted by Cyber Ninjas, Inc., and how this and similar audits undermine public confidence in elections and threaten our democracy."
Biden administration reverses Trump-era abortion referral ban
The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.
Donald Trump faces deadline for questioning in defamation suit
A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations.
Jason Aldean slams Gov. Gavin Newsom's vaccine mandate for kids to attend school
"So let me get this straight! It is no longer our decisions as parents (or free Americans) to make decisions about our kids, Gavin Newsom makes those decisions for us now??" Aldean wrote. "You gotta be kidding me! People in California should be outraged and people everywhere else better start standing up and speaking out NOW. This is not how America and being free works."
Whistleblower claims Facebook fed US Capitol riot, magnified misinformation
Frances Haugen was identified in a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement that the company’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation.
Trump asks judge to force Twitter to reactivate his account
Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge to force Twitter to restore his account, which was suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Trump PAC severs ties with Lewandowski amid sexual misconduct allegations
The move comes the same day a Trump donor alleged unwanted sexual advances
Wisconsin governor: Republican election probe a 'boondoggle'
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers blasted a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election, saying election clerks should be "lawyered up."
GOP audit review finds no proof Arizona election stolen from Trump
The Maricopa County audit shows there was no voter fraud and that Joe Biden did indeed win the county.