Federal Government

The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.

Concerned Women For America recently filed a formal civil rights complaint against the University of Pennsylvania, claiming that under Title IX with the U.S. Department of Education, the school refused to protect the rights of its college female athletes under federal law.

A total of 21 states filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, as a means of blocking the federal COVID-19 mandate requiring masks for airline travel and other modes of public transportation.

10 CEOs of airline companies have signed a letter calling on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on flights.

President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra have launched unprecedented attacks on people of faith.

Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez said that “we thought last year was complete chaos” on the border, but “this year’s going to be catastrophic.”

Inflation may be hitting new 40-year highs, but less than a quarter of U.S. organizations say they are revising their salary budgets due to inflation.

A nonprofit watchdog group has sued the Biden administration for its failure to turn over documents that explain how massive government contracts to detain migrants at the border were awarded to a former Biden transition team member.

A Senate bill backed by eight Democrats to end the public transportation mask mandate was not supported by Utah's Sen. Mitt Romney.

Masks could have just been "coercive security theater that did not enhance the public safety at all," says Paul.