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Federal Judges Uphold Texas Law Regulating What Social Media Platforms May Censor

It’s a terrible ruling that misunderstands years of First Amendment precedents. And it’s increasingly likely that the Supreme Court will have to intervene.

Reason · Sep 19, 2022

Diesel cars get the flick in Fed govt's electric vehicle transition

Federal government pushes ahead with changing its fleet to electric vehicles

The Canberra Times · Sep 17, 2022

Federal judge rules HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom - Roll Call

The judge singled out the drug PrEP and also called into question mandatory coverage of all preventive health care services.

Roll Call · Sep 7, 2022

Officials Release Beirut Gunman after Bank Drops Charges

Lebanon’s state prosecutor on Tuesday released a man who took up to 10 people hostage in a bank at gunpoint while demanding funds from his locked savings account. In a case that has drawn nationwide attention, food delivery driver Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, 42, fired three warning shots from a shotgun…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 16, 2022

Trump previously got subpoena for classified docs sought in Mar-a-Lago raid

Federal investigators attempted to retrieve highly classified documents that Donald Trump improperly removed from the White House by presenting him with a grand jury subpoena this past spring, months before FBI agents would execute a search warrant at his Palm Beach, Florida home.

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Federal government's new biosecurity plan

The Albanese government is outlining an inaugural biosecurity plan amid what it's described as emerging challenges.

AAP · Aug 9, 2022

Canberra's light rail to become wireless through Parliamentary Triangle with joint federal and ACT government funded contract

Canberra's light rail network will become wireless through the Parliamentary Triangle, following a joint investment from the federal and ACT governments.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Federal Government Under Fire Over Conditions at Atlanta Federal Prison

Senators allege Bureau of Prisons officials turned a blind eye to rapidly deteriorating conditions at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta.

Reason · Aug 2, 2022

Review: Distilling Liquor at Home Could Make You a Felon

Home distilling, unlike home brewing and winemaking, is still prohibited by federal law.

Reason · Jul 29, 2022

Canadian owner OKs $84M in work, $1.5M fine; Louisiana plant

Federal and Louisiana agencies say the owner of a closed fertilizer plant near Baton Rouge has agreed to clean up more than a billion pounds of hazardous waste and to pay a $1.5 million fine

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022