House Republicans unveiled their platform for the 2022 midterms and their priorities should they take back a majority in Congress. They’re calling it the “Commitment to America.”  Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., previewed the plan during a speech in Pittsburgh. The House Minority Leader painted it as solutions to what he called problems that Democrats created,…

When activist investors take a major stake in a company, the intent is to shake things up. Usually through specialized hedge funds, they flex their shareholder position to advocate for everything from firing CEOs to changing the focus of the business. Here are companies in the throes of activist investors in this week’s Five for…

A former Twitter executive turned whistleblower appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and said that the company is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, also said the social media company is more than a decade behind industry security standards putting users’…

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. He is Twitter’s former head of security who alleged the company has extraordinary security flaws from the inside out and has tried to hide them.  Zatko gave Congress and federal regulators a whistleblower disclosure document that was shared with CNN…

Now that Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced plans to step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, some are re-assessing his legacy. Fauci has led the NIAID for nearly 40 years. During that time he led efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, Ebola and other serious outbreaks. But his work spearheading the government’s…

Doctors have expressed concern over Queen Elizabeth’s health Thursday morning. Buckingham Palace has said the 96-year-old queen is currently under medical supervision. Her family has traveled to be by her side. The news comes just two days after Queen Elizabeth met with new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Truss expressed her concerns on Twitter after hearing…

The attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana got another win in court this week in their suit against the Biden Administration. The suit alleges Biden’s team either colluded with or coerced social media companies to suppress certain information. Last week, Republican Attorneys General Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Jeff Landry of Louisiana released a slew…

Elon Musk has submitted more paperwork to the court in the legal fight with Twitter. This time, Musk cited a recent whistleblower’s claims as further reason the acquisition is invalid. Last week, the former head of security at Twitter, agreed to be identified as Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, said the social media platform has “extreme and…

Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social is reportedly facing some financial troubles. A vendor said the social media platform isn’t paying its bills. Twitter banned Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection. So, under the Trump Media and Technology Group, the former president created Truth Social. The social media site is pretty much just like Twitter.…

Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Facebook censored the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan his company censored the story only after an F.B.I. warning about Russian misinformation. In 2020, the New York post leaked emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop. The emails showed while he was vice president,…