William Vaillancourt

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | William Vaillancourt |Kenneal Patterson

A contentious town hall Tuesday night for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene saw several disruptions, protests, arrests, and a taser used on two individuals. At the outset, one male audience member at the event in Acworth, Georgia was escorted out. Greene responded by saying that that behavior wouldn’t be tolerated. “This is a town hall. This is not a political rally. This is not a protest. If you...want to protest, shout and chat, we will have you removed just like that man was thrown out.

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | William Vaillancourt |Corbin Bolies

The Trump administration has conveniently restricted access to the Associated Press and other wire services after finding a way to comply with a federal judge’s order. The loophole exploited by the White House, as the New York Post reported Tuesday, came a week after U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, ordered the administration to include the AP in the press pool once again.

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Corbin Bolies |William Vaillancourt

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg took the stand this week to try to prevent the Trump administration from ripping apart his tech empire—and take shots at other social media platforms. Zuckerberg spoke both Monday and Tuesday at the jury trial in the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit to force Meta to divest its social platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, responding to the FTC’s questions over internal emails it says show Meta wanted to stifle competition.

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini |William Vaillancourt

Kristi Noem’s steady stream of publicity stunts has been a drag on her agency’s immigration enforcement efforts, according to a new report. President Donald Trump’s secretary of homeland security has gone horseback riding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, joined the Coast Guard for boat and helicopter patrols, ridden an ATV through the Arizona desert, and traveled to El Salvador to film a propaganda video at a notorious torture prison.

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Erkki Forster |William Vaillancourt |Yasmeen Hamadeh

A collection of conservative commentators promptly came to Donald Trump’s defense after CNN anchor Dana Bash corrected the president’s latest criticism of the network—that it “hates” the United States. CNN has long been a central target of Trump’s attacks on the press. He has routinely called it—and the press at large—the “enemy of the people” for reporting he deems unflattering.