Los Angeles County this weekend surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and reported its first case of the mutant, more contagious variant that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom last year.

Parler CEO John Matze, whose social media company is still circulating after Amazon Web Services (AWS) banned the company’s account, said that there was no evidence from Amazon, Apple, or Google before cut services earlier this week.

The National Rifle Association announced Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy and intends to seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas rather than New York.

Shocked by Big Tech censoring President Trump and other conservatives in recent months, Republican state lawmakers introduced a bill that would put social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook in legal trouble for restricting political posts in North Dakota.

A leaked recording of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey implies that the company's policy enforcement efforts will go far past suspending President Trump.

A rising number of Democratic lawmakers have claimed that some of their Republican congressional associates aided and encouraged a mob of mostly pro-Trump followers who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.

​Sen. Lindsay Graham and Rep. Matt Gaetz are criticizing some of their fellow Republicans over the impeachment vote against President Trump in the House.

A resurfaced May 2017 tweet from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has led to calls for consistency from Twitter as the social media giant continues its efforts to crack down on those skeptical of the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The Department of Homeland Security's second-highest official, Ken Cuccinelli, said he spent hours on Tuesday planning with President-elect Joe Biden's team preparing for the worst during next week's inauguration celebrations.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced "wokeness" during a Monday speech in which he supported recent modifications at government-funded international broadcaster Voice of America, where a Trump-backed overhaul has attracted scrutiny in recent months.

Pompeo’s address to VOA staff was broadcast live on the network, despite the complaints of some staff members, who wrote a letter to VOA head Michael Peck claiming the speech at the broadcaster’s headquarters would amount to "propaganda" and jeopardize those who attended during the coronavirus pandemic.

In his speech, Pompeo said the VOA had "lost its commitment to its founding mission" under past administrations and turned toward broadcasts that were "too often about demeaning America." He also addressed judgment from VOA employees, claiming that those who attempted to hinder his speech from being broadcast live had a "dangerous" instinct toward censorship.

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"Censorship, wokeness, political correctness, it all points in one direction – authoritarianism, cloaked as moral righteousness," Pompeo said. "It’s similar to what we’re seeing at Twitter, and Facebook, and Apple, and on too many university campuses. This is not who we are, as Americans. It’s not what Voice of America should be. It’s time to put woke-ism to sleep."

The Trump administration has suffered bipartisan criticism in recent months for modifications instituted by Michael Pack, a right-leaning documentarian appointed as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the parent of VOA.

Critics say Pack has replaced top officials with Trump loyalists and forced a change toward the advancement of U.S. foreign policy rather than independent journalism. In November, a federal judge ordered Pack to stop further staff changes and efforts to intervene in editorial operations.

Pompeo explained that about 40 percent of VOA’s workforce had been "improperly vetted" earlier to Pack’s tenure and that the Trump administration was "reorienting VOA back to its mission of truth and unbiased reporting."

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"The Trump Administration isn’t trying to politicize these institutions," Pompeo said. "We’re trying to depoliticize them."

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to examine Pack’s changes to the agency once he takes office.

Pompeo’s address indicated his first public remarks since pro-Trump protestors charged the Capitol in response to the attempt by lawmakers to confirm Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. Democrats and some Republicans have blamed Trump for inciting a riot, even though he denounced the violence and asked his followers to trust the system.

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Pompeo did not discuss the riot during his speech. In a statement last week, the secretary of state called for authorities to "swiftly bring justice" to individuals who participated in the riot.

Twitter stock fell on Monday after the tech giant permanently banned President Trump’s account.

The President is "deranged, unhinged, dangerous," and deserving of prosecution, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in an interview listed to air Sunday night on "60 Minutes."

Senate Democrats are pushing for two of their Republican colleagues to resign following Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol building, claiming that their roles in challenging the results of November’s election helped to "undermine" democracy.

A former investigative reporter with the Associated Press, who now teaches the subject at the University of Florida claimed that the rioter who was photographed in the Capitol Building holding a lectern is not a Trump supporter.

A New York City landlord is undergoing his own eviction as residents in his Harlem building decline to pay the rent.