THE GOP PLEDGE TRAP. The Republican National Committee wanted to enforce unity among GOP presidential candidates by requiring them to sign a pledge to support whoever becomes the Republican presidential nominee. But in doing so, the RNC set a trap for itself and might soon suffer the consequences.

A federal appeals court appeared hesitant to lift a lower court ruling on Thursday limiting the Biden administration's ability to work with social media companies on content moderation, prompting one judge to make a "mob" analogy.