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• 📉 Biden administration was sued for online censorship

• 🕌 Republicans cave on Pentagon’s abortion policy

• 💰 Migrants allegedly work for cartels in New York

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🔍 In New York, migrants are purportedly employed by cartels. According to a Nassau County official who testified before Congress, illegal migrants on Long Island are robbing homes as a way of repaying Mexican cartels for helping them get into the country. He clarified, "I've been informed that their families will be gravely hurt, if not killed, in their original country, if they don't pay that money. The officer added that local police are being burdened by the situation.

📊 Iowa polls suggest a significant Trump lead. An NBC News poll indicates that 51 percent of probable Iowa caucus voters back former President Trump. Ron DeSantis trails by 32 points in second position five weeks before the caucuses, while Nikki Haley comes in third at 16 percent. Traditionally Republican demographics and first-time caucus attendees account for the majority of Trump's support.

📄 Hunter Biden was indicted in California for tax offenses. The first son is charged by Special Counsel Davis Weiss with "a four-year scheme" to evade paying "at least $1.4 million" in taxes to fund an "extravagant lifestyle." If found guilty, Biden could spend up to 17 years behind bars. IRS informants stated in court in June that an investigation that would have resulted in more tax charges was obstructed by the Justice Department.

🎓 A Harvard president embroiled in controversy. A letter denouncing "political pressures" to remove President Claudine Gay—who was forced to apologize for her congressional testimony on antisemitism—was signed by hundreds of Harvard University faculty members. But that's not all she has to deal with; various reports, one of which cited numerous academics, have surfaced claiming that Gay appeared to have plagiarized multiple times in her scholarly works.

🇨🇳 Officials claim that China is hacking into many U.S. facilities. Around 24 cyber systems at American institutions have been compromised by the Chinese military this year, according to experts and national security officials. A West Coast seaport, an oil and gas pipeline, and a water utility business in Hawaii were among the targets. In the case of a conflict over Taiwan, many think China is planning tactics to put Americans in a difficult situation.

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Biden administration was sued for online censorship

Here is what’s going on: Texas and two conservative media organizations filed a lawsuit against the State Department for supporting organizations that aim to delegitimize and de-platform media websites. This follows a lawsuit filed in October by Consortium News, a left-wing website, against one of these organizations and the Pentagon for comparable actions.

Why this is important: Media websites are essentially defunded when so-called misinformation groups, including the ones that receive public financing, take viewers and ad income away from them. The recent legal actions pose a danger to the public and private sectors' online censoring industry.

Introducing the players: The Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a British group that advises advertisers not to sponsor risky media sources, is funded by the State Department. In the meantime, Newsguard—a rating service used by many businesses and libraries—is also funded by the State Department and the Pentagon. It alerts users to websites' reliability.

The bias: While sparing mainstream media, the GDI largely labels right-leaning websites and even tangentially conservative viewpoints as "disinformation." Consortium News charges Newsguard of misrepresenting their reporting as foreign misinformation working for the Pentagon. Consortium News frequently questions official narratives around US foreign policy.

Casting the book towards them: The First Amendment, the Administrative Procedure Act, and Texas's social media legislation support the Texas lawsuit's assertions. It further states that the State Department is not allowed to use taxpayer monies "to influence public opinion in the United States" as per federal law. Newsguard and the Pentagon are charged with defamation and violating the First Amendment.

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Republicans cave on Pentagon’s abortion policy

Here is what’s going on: was that Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who had been pressuring the Pentagon to discontinue its practice of paying for staff travel linked to abortions, mostly stopped his months-long Senate filibuster of military nominations. More than 400 nominations were swiftly passed by the Senate, although Tuberville is still holding onto a few important posts.

The inside scoop: A rule amendment that would have given Senate Democrats the power to overrule Tuberville's holds was put forth by the Democrats. Although the Republicans possessed sufficient numbers to maintain the blockade indefinitely, some of them threatened to assist Democrats, claiming that Tuberville posed a threat to national security. Instead of giving up all of his advantages, Tuberville then decided to give up a portion of it.

Why it’s important: The nine-month impasse tested which party would be more obstinate on abortion policy, the central dispute in the cultural war. Senate Republicans' decision to prioritize the military over pro-life issues has disappointed the socially conservative grassroots of the party but pleased the Washington establishment.

• The outcry: According to the Hyde Amendment, a bipartisan statute that forbids taxpayer funding for abortion and has been in effect for decades, Tuberville and other conservatives claimed that the Pentagon's novel policy violates the law.

• Even still, the Biden administration went so far as to say in July that funding abortion is "a foundational sacred obligation of military leaders."

What comes next: House Republicans are under pressure from the influential conservative think tank Heritage Foundation to abandon the Pentagon's abortion policy before passing the upcoming military bill.