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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… -
Funding tops Congress’ to-do list before the end of the year
There are only 21 days until the 117th Congress ends and the 118th begins. The slate will be wiped clean, and they’ll start fresh with a new Republican majority in the House and a larger 51-49 Democratic majority in the Senate. As the clock winds down, Congress has a big to-do list, with items lawmakers… -
FTX founder Bankman-Fried charged in US, new CEO calls him ‘unsophisticated’
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing charges from multiple U.S. agencies after getting arrested Monday night in the Bahamas. Once considered crypto’s white knight, Bankman-Fried’s arrest and charges come one month after his cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy following a spectacular collapse. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged the fallen CEO in “orchestrating… -
Biden criticized for releasing Viktor Bout, merchant of death
The Biden administration is coming under heavy fire for its prisoner exchange of WNBA star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. While critics are happy Griner is on her way home, they are not pleased a man called the merchant of death is free. Bout was originally arrested in 2008, and extradited to… -
5 jobs ChatGPT, the AI taking the internet by storm, could replace
Artificial intelligence is used in everything from virtual assistants to creating works of art. The latest trend taking social media by storm is OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which can generate human-like text based on input from a user. The sophisticated chatbot can understand and respond to a wide range of topics. It’s so advanced some worry it…
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