Tulsi Gabbard lists ‘recent examples of unauthorized leaks’ from intelligence community, announces crackdown

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced a crackdown on leaks within the intelligence community. Gabbard — a former Democratic congresswoman turned Trump-supporting Republican — was sworn in to the DNI post last month. “Our nation’s Intelligence Community must be focused on our national security mission. Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the … Read more

Millions spent by Biden on COVID ‘vaccine hesitancy’ campaign slashed by Trump NIH: report

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is reportedly gearing up to cancel dozens of research grants about vaccine hesitancy by the end of the month, just four years after the Biden administration poured millions of dollars into combating COVID-19 vaccine skepticism. According to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post this week with the … Read more

Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him | Marina Hyde

Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking I am as shocked as I am confused that Mark Zuckerberg is going all-out to block a memoir by Facebook’s former director of global public policy, Sarah Wynn-Williams. I thought … Read more

Deporting speakers over supposed ‘propaganda’ is a stock authoritarian move | Sarah McLaughlin

You don’t need to hold sympathy for Mahmoud Khalil’s views to see why his targeting is an immense threat to free expression The dust is starting to settle on the conflicting reports emerging after immigration officers’ arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University protest leader and green card holder, last weekend – and Americans should … Read more