DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
DARE: Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic
Presidential falsehoods about the administration's separation of children from their immigrant parents raises the pressure on news organizations. More
DARE: Judge in Libel Suit Rules BuzzFeed May have Protection for Report on Trump Dossier
BuzzFeed scores legal victory over dossier alleging Trump's ties to Russia. Trump disinvites Philadelphia Eagles after players said they would skip the national anthem ceremony in protest. Justice Department… More
DARE: Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends
Facebook agreements giving device makers access to vast amounts of users’ personal information come to light. Trump expected to nominate a conservative ally of Stephen Bannon to head Broadcasting… More
DARE: Roaring Protests of Commencements Past Make Way for a More Subdued Stand
Multiple accounts emerge of colleges and universities choosing commencement speakers based on hopes that their appearance and speeches will provoke fewer, or more subdued, protests. Comedian Samantha Bee apologizes… More
DARE: U.S. News Outlets Block European Readers Over New Privacy Rules
American news outlets block access to their websites from Europe rather than comply with strict new European data privacy laws. Privacy concerns arise over voice-activated "assistants" in the home… More
DARE: Trump Can’t Block Twitter Followers, Federal Judge Says
Citing First Amendment, federal judge rules in favor of Knight Institute challenge to Trump who has been blocking individuals on Twitter—the decision is expected to be appealed. NFL owners… More
Judge’s Decision on President’s Blocking of Twitter Users a Substantive and Symbolic Defense of the First Amendment
Today's decision is both substantively important as a defense of the First Amendment, and symbolically important in reminding us that, as the court states, "no government official—including the President—is… More
DARE: Stephen King Among the Honorees at PEN America Gala
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, tells the 2018 PEN America Literary Gala that "the autocrats' playbook for discrediting critical coverage… is now going viral" and warns "the… More
DARE: Pressure Rising on GOP After Trump–DOJ Fight’s Latest Turn
Trump's demands on the Department of Justice pressure top officials to safeguard the agency's independence. Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg to face European regulators at a hearing today over the… More
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