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North Carolina court orders RFK Jr.’s name to be removed just before ballots are sent

A North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name must be removed from the state's presidential election ballot, upending plans in the battleground state just as officials were about to begin mailing out the nation's first absentee ballots for the Nov. 5 presidential election. The intermediate appeals court issued an order […]

Musk's Starlink will block X in Brazil to comply with judge's orders

Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink said on Tuesday it would block Musk's social media platform X in Brazil, following a recent order by the country's Supreme Court to block the platform in the South American country. “The Starlink team is committed to keeping you connected,” the company said. I wrote to X Tuesday. […]

Venezuelan judge orders the arrest of former opposition candidate Edmundo González

A Venezuelan judge reportedly ordered the arrest of former opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez on Monday amid ongoing disputes surrounding the country's elections this summer. The arrest warrant was issued as part of a criminal investigation into Venezuela's elections, according to the Associated Press. America Gonzalez won. But ruling leader Nicolas Maduro was declared the […]

VA Gov. Orders Flags ‘Flown at Half-Staff’ to Honor Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Virginia's Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, ordered flags to be “flown at half-staff” in memory of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 23, who was one of six bodies found in a tunnel beneath Gaza. In the press release: issued On Sunday, Governor Youngkin announced that he was ordering flags flown at half-staff “in memory and in […]

Brazil's Supreme Court orders suspension of X

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the immediate nationwide suspension of social media platform “X” after the platform refused to appoint new legal representatives in an ongoing dispute. Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered internet service providers and app stores to block X in Brazil within five days, and imposed a fine of 50,000 […]

Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X after it missed deadline | X

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of social media platform X's activities in the country after the company failed to meet a deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country. Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has been battling X's owner Elon Musk since April, ordered “the immediate, complete and total suspension of X's […]