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DARE: New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Trump administration issues revised travel ban, with more countries' citizens barred indefinitely from entering the United States. More
DARE: World Leaders Urge Big Tech to Police Terrorist Content
Heads of state urge tech companies to play a greater role in policing extremist content. President Trump criticizes media attention to Russian involvement in the 2016 election following Facebook's… More
DARE: Facebook, After ‘Fail’ Over Ads Targeting Racists, Makes Changes
In response to a report revealing that Facebook’s online ad tools had allowed advertisers to target self-described “Jew haters” or people who had used terms like “how to burn… More
DARE: Fox News Fights Back On Lawsuit Filed Over Seth Rich Story
Fox News continues to defend the long-debunked story on the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich, seeking to have the defamation lawsuit filed against it dismissed or moved to… More
DARE: Americans know literally nothing about the Constitution
A poll from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals how little people know about the most basic elements of our government and the Constitution. More than… More
DARE: Angry Viewers Are In No Mood To Laugh At Sean Spicer’s Emmy Jokes
Spicer’s tenure serving in the Trump administration was marked by frequent controversies. Members of the viewing public were quick to call out the problem with allowing Spicer himself to… More
DARE: Ben Shapiro spoke at Berkeley as protesters gathered outside
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro speaks at UC Berkeley as the administrators, organizers of the event and accompanying protests, and police combine to allow speech and counter-speech to be safely… More
DARE: Press Secretary suggests punishments for Trump critics
White House spokeswoman pronounces ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's tweet calling President Trump a white supremacist a "fireable offense." More
DARE: Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley
With Democrats talking tough about applying antitrust scrutiny to “Big Tech” and Republicans condemning internet firms for their snap judgments about who gets to say what online, tech is… More
DARE: Trump admin backs baker in discrimination case
Trump Administration Justice Department backs baker in Supreme Court case testing whether religious freedom can justify refusal to comply with state laws barring discrimination against LGBT individuals. More
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