More from Brent Jabbour
-
Arizona to remove shipping containers from Mexico border
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, has agreed to stop installing shipping containers along his state’s border with Mexico. According to a court filing, Arizona also agreed to remove those that have already been put in place to avoid a restraining order or preliminary injunction. The containers were added to fill gaps in the border wall.… -
Biden to give Zelenskyy $2 billion for war and Patriot missiles
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington to meet with President Biden and address a joint session of Congress. According to a senior administration official, President Biden will announce a $2 billion security package to Ukraine, which will include a Patriot missile battery. According to the State Department, Patriots are capable of defending against cruise… -
Congress giving $1.1 billion to fix 46,000 broken bridges
Congress is on track to provide an additional $1.14 billion in 2023 to reduce the backlog of structurally deficient bridges. But that’s not even close to what’s needed to fix the problem. A 2021 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers said 46,154 structurally deficient bridges in the United States are in “poor condition”.… -
Grand jury indicts 2 in hacked Ring doorbell swatting scheme
A grand jury indicted two people in a swatting scheme in which the defendants are accused of hacking into Ring video doorbells, calling the cops by placing bogus emergency calls, and then live streaming the police response on social media. The pair are accused of doing this about a dozen times in a single week.… -
Congress negotiating $1.7 trillion funding bill ahead of Friday deadline
The federal government is preparing to spend $1.7 trillion next year. According to the newly released 2023 omnibus spending package, taxpayer dollars are being split, with $772.5 billion for non-defense spending and $858 billion in defense funding for the military. Congress is currently negotiating the final details and the numbers may change slightly. But lawmakers… -
Jan. 6 committee makes criminal referrals against Trump
The committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol made multiple criminal referrals to the Justice Department against former President Donald Trump. The committee said Trump is criminally liable for his role in the riot and the attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden. The committee said Trump… -
Elizabeth Warren drills Tesla board over Musk’s Twitter moves, legal conflicts
While Twitter users who participated in a straw poll overwhelmingly support Elon Musk stepping down as CEO, it may be too late for Musk’s golden goose, Tesla. On Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to the chair of Tesla’s board raising questions about possible legal failures by Musk and the board since Musk’s… -
Border Patrol closes highway checkpoint as immigration surges
The Border Patrol shut down a highway checkpoint in the El Paso sector as the number of illegal crossings in the area skyrockets. Photos sent to Straight Arrow News by a source in El Paso show a checkpoint in New Mexico blocked off and unstaffed. The Border Patrol El Paso sector denied the shutdown was… -
House intelligence GOP and Democrats release dueling COVID reports
In another example of partisanship, Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released separate reports on COVID-19. The committee’s work is supposed to be nonpartisan, but the dueling reports highlight what each party has expressed concern about. For Democrats, their concerns are intelligence collection and how the Trump administration handled it. For Republicans, it’s… -
Electric Ford F-150 wins major award as these 5 iconic vehicles go EV
Electric vehicles have been getting a lot of attention in recent years with analysts believing half of U.S. car sales will be EVs by 2030. Ford’s F-150 Lightning just won the 2023 MotorTrend Truck of the Year, becoming the second EV to do so. The F-Series isn’t the only legacy model being electrified. Here are… -
FTC swings big against Microsoft, Meta, but may have a losing strategy
The federal government is cranking up the heat on Big Tech as the Federal Trade Commission takes on two major antitrust cases. The commission just voted 3-1 to sue Microsoft to block its $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. At the same time, it’s in court against Meta, Facebook’s parent company,… -
House votes to let Puerto Rico decide statehood
The House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act, a bill to give the island territory the chance to decide its own future. If fully approved and signed into law, it would set up a binding referendum on Nov. 5, 2023, in which Puerto Ricans would choose from among three options: statehood, independence, or… -
Biden administration prepares for end of Title 42 while being urged to keep it
There’s just one week left until the court-ordered end to Title 42 on Dec. 21. The pandemic-era policy allows the U.S. to deport immigrants who cross illegally almost immediately on public health grounds. When it ends, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has predicted there could be as many as 18,000 illegal crossings per day. But…