The Food and Drug Administration on March 11 launched a unified digital platform for tracking adverse events from drugs, vaccines, and other regulated products, replacing a fragmented network of legacy systems that included the long-troubled Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The new FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System, known as AEMS, consolidates reports into a single, […]
Hanging by a Thread: Who Decides Vaccine Policy in America?
Despite intense marketing efforts underway to reframe MAHA before the midterms as a movement dedicated to sabotaging the standard American diet, Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) did not emerge to take on red food dyes, cereal companies, or the Food Guide Pyramid. We weren’t following the government’s dietary guidelines to begin with, and those issues […]
EPA Considers Adding Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals and PFAS to Latest List of Drinking Water Contaminants
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering adding microplastics and pharmaceuticals to the agency’s official list of drinking water contaminants. The EPA’s Contaminant Candidate List identifies contaminants in drinking water that aren’t regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The agency is publishing a draft of the sixth and most recent version […]
WHO Launches Global Vaccine Passport Initiative Backed by Pfizer and Bill Gates Foundation
Five years after digital vaccine passports were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is partnering with an investment firm linked to COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech and the Gates Foundation to roll out “interoperable digital health wallets.” The WHO announced earlier this week that it is partnering with Temasek, a firm owned […]
Newly Obtained Records Show Biden Officials Withheld Stroke Risk Signal Linked to Pfizer COVID Shot
New documents obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) add to existing evidence that health officials under the Biden administration downplayed COVID-19 vaccine safety risks and delayed warning the public. “The records provide further evidence of the Biden administration’s awareness of and willingness to downplay the significant safety risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines,” Johnson told The Defender. The […]
Missouri v. Biden Settlement Marks Major Victory Against Federal Social Media Censorship
A years-long legal fight over federal censorship has ended in a sweeping settlement that restricts the government’s ability to pressure social media companies to suppress protected speech, securing a decisive outcome for the plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden. The agreement, secured by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of its clients, places binding restrictions […]
Biden CIA’s War on Motherhood: Retracted Intelligence Report Labeled Traditional Homemaking and Family Values as Indicators of “White Extremism”
In a stunning revelation of politicized intelligence under the Biden administration, a 2021 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) assessment explicitly framed the promotion of traditional motherhood and homemaking as a gateway to “white racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism” (REMVE). The document, titled “Women Advancing White Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremist Radicalization and Recruitment,” was […]
Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr. Vaccine Reforms as Legal Battle Heads Toward Appeal
Monday’s federal court ruling that blocked changes to vaccine recommendations and other actions taken by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands a good chance of being overturned on appeal, legal experts told The Defender. Monday’s ruling stemmed from a lawsuit against Kennedy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed by the American Academy […]
Leaked Confidential Report Warns of ‘Severe, Disabling’ Chronic Conditions After COVID-19 Vaccination, Calls for ‘Urgent’ Action
A leaked “confidential report prepared for federal vaccine advisers is raising new concerns about chronic health conditions following COVID-19 vaccination, warning that the U.S. medical system is failing to recognize and treat affected patients. The document, dated Feb. 15, 2026, was developed by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) COVID-19 Immunization Workgroup and […]
Tucker Carlson Claims CIA Read His Text Messages and is Preparing a Criminal Referral Against Him
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on Saturday accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of secretly accessing his private communications and attempting to construct a criminal case against him, according to a March 14 video posted to X. Carlson said intelligence officials have been reading his text messages and communications and are now attempting to frame those […]