- Fifth Circuit blocks key part of Texas social media law aimed at protecting minors
A federal appeals court ruled 2–1 on July 24 that federal law overrides a key part of a Texas social media law that requires platforms to monitor and filter material deemed harmful to minors. A provision in the state law required digital service providers to come up with a strategy to prevent minors from being exposed to what it describes as “harmful material” and other [...]
- The idiocy of the COVID era summed up in a photograph
I was going through my smartphone to clear out old photos and happened upon one I took near the University of the District of Columbia on June 6, 2020. It shows a young, masked woman with a shaved head standing on a street corner holding a sign that reads, “I cough on racists.” Doesn’t that sum up the meanness and the sheer idiocy of the COVID-19 era? I [...]
- Vadum discusses Tate brothers’ UK extradition fight and Rubio comments on NewsX World
Investigative journalist Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on July 23, 2026, to analyze the ongoing legal battle involving social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate. At the time of the broadcast, the brothers were in U.S. federal custody in Florida after their July 18 arrest by U.S. Marshals while traveling to a boxing event. They are fighting a formal [...]
- Appeals court creates circuit split allowing district courts to block deportations
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 2–1 on July 23 that a federal district court has authority to hear a Georgetown academic’s challenge to his detention by immigration authorities. The ruling appears to create a split among federal courts of appeals over whether the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) bars such challenges, making Supreme Court review [...]
