Congress

Catherine Salgado | July 13, 2023

Is the Federal Trade Commission retaliating against Elon Musk following his pledge to support free speech on Twitter?

During a July 13 hearing, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) slammed the Federal Trade Commission…

Luis Cornelio | July 13, 2023

A trio of prominent Republican senators zeroed in on the plot by Big Tech companies and the government to violate the First Amendment.

GOP Sens. Bill Hagerty (TN), Eric Schmitt (MO) and J.D. Vance (OH) held a press conference on…

Nicholas Schau | July 13, 2023

On Wednesday, The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to hold the FBI and the Department of Justice accountable. The committee grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on federal law enforcement’s involvement in silencing Americans.

Catherine Salgado | July 12, 2023

In congressional testimony Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray stunningly boasted of his bureau’s supposed efforts to protect American free speech from Chinese censorship while blatantly ignoring the FBI’s own work to censor Americans’…

Joseph Vazquez | July 6, 2023

The New York Times editorial board seems to have rediscovered basic economics: excessive federal government borrowing is “unsustainable.” Thanks, Captain Obvious! 

The Times released a July 5 editorial headlined, “America Is…

Catherine Salgado | June 23, 2023

The House Committee on Homeland Security is investigating allegations of 2020 election censorship efforts from the federal government. 

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on…

Catherine Salgado | June 6, 2023

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) called for answers from the Department of Homeland Security after an MRC Free Speech America bombshell uncovered a DHS program funding groups that targeted conservatives, Christians and Republicans.

Rep. Biggs sent…

Joseph Vazquez | May 26, 2023

Targeted groups and individuals were fired up over MRC Free Speech America’s bombshell report exposing President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security for weaponizing tax dollars against Americans.

MRC Free Speech America…

Catherine Salgado | May 12, 2023

The First Amendment is clearly under attack. The Department of Homeland Security continues to use taxpayer dollars to target Americans’ speech.

“The Department of Homeland Security [DHS] is using hard-earned tax dollars to smear and…

Catherine Salgado | April 13, 2023

Sen. Chuck Schumer is making plans to regulate artificial intelligence, but is this just another show of holding anti-free speech Big Tech companies accountable?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is moving toward artificial…

Catherine Salgado | March 30, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on CNBC Tuesday that the Trump administration was right to give Chinese-owned TikTok an ultimatum: sell to an American company or be banned.

McCarthy went on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the…

Catherine Salgado | March 27, 2023

Multiple congressmen from both parties are calling to target or ban TikTok after the popular app’s CEO Shou Zi Chew testified to Congress.

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok is “an immediate threat” to America, according to Rep.…

Catherine Salgado | March 16, 2023

House Republicans have passed a bill that would prevent federal government officials from putting pressure on tech platforms to censor.

House bill HR 140, or the “Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act,” would “prohibit…

Autumn Johnson | March 14, 2023

One congressional Democrat seemed unprepared for the response she received after she implied that Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi wasn’t really a journalist.

"This isn't just a matter of what data was given to these so-…

Catherine Salgado | March 10, 2023

Republican lawmakers and self-professed liberal journalist testifiers bashed Big Tech coordination with "weaponized government" while Democrat lawmakers attacked the testifiers at a congressional hearing Thursday. 

The House…

Catherine Salgado | March 9, 2023

A new proposed bill in the Senate would make it easier for the president to ban the pro-censorship, Chinese Communist government-tied app TikTok.

The Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, proposed by a…

Joseph Vazquez | March 9, 2023

The New York Times tried turning the screws on Republican members of Congress who are adamant about President Joe Biden agreeing to spending cuts before the debt ceiling is raised...yet again.

Times White House correspondent Jim…

Autumn Johnson | March 3, 2023

A Republican bill joining President Joe Biden’s efforts to ban TikTok advanced in a committee vote this week, and one House Democrat, in particular, doesn’t appear happy about it.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance the “…

Autumn Johnson | February 14, 2023

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has launched an investigation into the censorship operations of Big Tech platforms, including Google, Meta, Twitter, TikTok and others.

In a letter to the companies, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on…

Renata Kiss | February 8, 2023

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the quiet part out loud at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on The Twitter Files. 

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held its first Twitter Files hearing Wednesday…