Tag: Freedom of speech
Myanmar military court gives reporter 3-year prison term
BANGKOK — A 51-year-old reporter for a now-banned online and broadcast news agency in Myanmar was sentenced Wednesday by a military court to three...
Michigan Republican wants to register fact-checkers
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan Republican known for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election has turned his attention to those who fact-check...
GOP readies blitz against Democrats’ voting rights bill
WASHINGTON — Republicans are preparing to launch an all-out assault on sweeping voting rights legislation, forcing Democrats to take dozens of politically difficult votes...
McConnell poised for starring role in voting bill fight
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is so determined to stop a sweeping elections overhaul pushed by congressional Democrats that he will...
Washington Post says US secretly obtained reporters’ records
WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between...
Facebook board’s Trump decision could have wider impacts
Since the day after the deadly Jan. 6 riots on the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump's social media accounts have been silent —...
$%&@!! Maine rethinks decision to stop vetting vanity plates
PORTLAND, Maine — Based on crude license plate messages, one may be forgiven for assuming Maine doesn’t give two flips about obscenities.
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GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted...
Pakistani journalists’ group vows to fight for press freedom
ISLAMABAD — The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists...
Activist says he flew 500K leaflets across Koreas’ border
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean activist said Friday he launched 500,000 propaganda leaflets by balloon into North Korea this week in defiance...