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The Supreme Court on Tuesday responded to?the leak of a draft ruling?and confirmed its authenticity, issuing a statement from Chief Justice John Roberts, who called the leak “a betrayal of the confidences” of the institution.
On Monday evening, Politico published a purported draft copy of the court’s ruling, which suggested that the landmark abortion law Roe v. Wade would be overturned. The Supreme Court confirmed the document’s authenticity but said the draft does not represent a final decision by the court “or the final position of any member” in the case.
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.—A new movie by conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza exposing illegal vote trafficking in battleground states in the 2020 election opened in more than 250 theaters on May 2.
A capacity crowd of about 200 people filled a theater in Macomb County, Michigan, to view D’Souza’s documentary motion picture “2000 Mules.”
The Biden administration is creating a new board at the Department of Homeland Security focused on countering alleged misinformation and?disinformation. The announcement was made by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. The announcement has triggered a debate around the nation on the constitutionality of the federal government’s actions, as it appears to be trying to regulate speech. It has also sparked an even deeper debate over the environment of online censorship.
The latest move, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to federal government actions to monitor and counter-information it deems false or harmful. Already, the Biden administration has been running programs countering information it deems “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and even “malinformation,” which it says is “malicious” truth.
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CINCINNATI, Ohio—J.D. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist who secured the endorsement of former President?Donald Trump, defeated?Josh Mandel?and five other opponents in the contentious Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3.
The Ohio primary represented the first test of Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle, and Vance held the lead from the moment initial results were released.
At least 10 more states across the United States are reporting similar pediatric cases of severe acute?hepatitis—liver disease of unknown origin—after the?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a national?health?alert?regarding a mysterious cluster of the virus on April 21.
The cases involve previously healthy children up to the age of 16, many of whom are suddenly developing?hepatitis and displaying gastrointestinal symptoms including?abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting, as well as?jaundice, or yellowing of the skin and eyes.
Photo 1: Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty Images)
Photo 2: A view of one of six Michigan theaters that hosted the premiere of D'Souza's 2000 Mules. Sterling Heights, Mich. May 2, 2022. (Steven Kovac/Epoch Times)
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Photo 4: Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance arrives on stage after winning the primary, at an election night event at Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 3, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Photo 5: Health care workers tend to a patient at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., on Jan. 11, 2021. (Ariana Drehsler/AFP/Getty Images)