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Parler, founded in Nevada in 2018, bills itself as an alternative to "ideological suppression" at other social networks. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this week in Washington, D.C. ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Amazon cut off Parler from its Web hosting service, knocking the social media site offline. Hollie Adams/Getty Images hide caption
Parler Executive Responds To Amazon Cutoff And Defends Approach To Moderation
People line up on Thursday for the first day of Clark County's pilot COVID-19 vaccination program at Cashman Center in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island in New York City and across the U.S. have not been unionized. That could change in Alabama. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Shoppers walk past a "Sale" sign outside a store at the Easton Town Center Mall in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 7. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a "Build Back Better" Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020. On Thursday, Biden unveiled an ambitious economic plan just days before he's set to be inaugurated as president. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
$1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy
A plant in Waterloo, Iowa, is one of several Tyson Foods facilities that experienced severe outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers last year. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
U.S. Still Lags In COVID-19 Workplace Safety, Former OSHA Official Says
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday that he believes tech companies that banned President Trump from various social media platforms was a move that sets a dangerous precedent for a free Internet. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
FAA administrator Stephen Dickson, seen testifying before a Senate committee last year, has ordered "zero tolerance" of passengers who disrupt airline flights. Graeme Jennings/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Airbnb said it is canceling reservations — and blocking new ones — in the D.C. area during the week that President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The contract for Wollman Ice Rink in New York City's Central Park is operated by the Trump Organization and among those that will be terminated by the city. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Skepticism about COVID-19 vaccinations has prompted suggestions that the government should pay people to get the shots. (AP Photo/LM Otero) LM Otero/AP hide caption
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs suggested Republicans who voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win were "criminal." John Lamparski/Getty Images hide caption
After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric
YouTube is the latest social media company to shut down President Trump's account following the riots at the U.S. Capitol. Martin Bureau /AFP via Getty Images hide caption