Facebook Panel Will Say This Week if Trumpâs Account Will Be Restored
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Former President Donald J. Trump has continued to deny the results of the 2020 presidential election.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Facebookâs Oversight Board, an independent and international panel that was created and funded by the social network, plans to announce on Wednesday whether former President Donald J. Trump will be able to return to the platform that has been a critical megaphone for him and his tens of millions of followers.
The decision will be closely watched as a template for how private companies that run social networks handle political speech, including the misinformation spread by political leaders.
The First Capitol Riot Arrests Were Easy. The Next Ones Will Be Tougher.
An initial wave of arrests was based on news accounts and social media. Proving a conspiracy could be much more challenging.
Investigators are focusing on as many as 400 people in the Capitol assault inquiry, a huge undertaking that is becoming more complex.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Published Jan. 21, 2021Updated Jan. 28, 2021
Of the 125 federal arrests made so far in connection with the riot at the Capitol earlier this month, most have been relatively simple: Agents and prosecutors have put together cases largely by scouring the news and social media for incriminating photographs and videos.
Senate Leaders Strike Deal to Delay Trumpâs Impeachment Trial
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The former presidentâs trial will begin the week of Feb. 8. President Biden issued orders to address the pandemicâs fallout, and his Education Department moved to cut ties with an accrediting body linked to a fraud scandal.
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David Legates, a climate denialist who joined the Trump administration last year as head of the United States Global Change Research Program, at a Senate hearing in 2014.Credit.C-SPAN.org
The Commerce Departmentâs Office of Inspector General said it will investigate an incident earlier this month in which two former Trump appointees posted debunked scientific reports denying the existence and significance of man-made climate change, purportedly on behalf of the United States government.
The F.B.I. charged some people with conspiracy in the Capitol riot, but proving it wonât be easy.
Members of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group, were seen in the crowd at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Credit.Jim Bourg/Reuters
Published Jan. 22, 2021Updated Feb. 11, 2021
Of the 125 federal arrests made so far in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, most have been relatively simple: Agents and prosecutors have put together cases largely by scouring the news and social media for incriminating photographs and videos, with some of the evidence almost comically easy to obtain.
The fine print in US’ 5,593-page spending bill: Tax breaks and horse racing
The items jammed into the bill are varied and at times bewildering. US Senator for Texas says it is absurd to negotiate a $2.5 trillion spending bill secretively and just hours later demand and an up-or-down vote on such a lengthy bill. Updated: December 23, 2020 10:53:18 am
The Capitol in Washington on Dec. 19, 2020. Top party leaders cinched a $900 billion relief deal after laying down their swords but it took an empowered, bipartisan group of moderates to help bridge the divide. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
Written by Luke Broadwater, Jesse Drucker and Rebecca R. Ruiz