As the Russia-Ukraine War reaches its one-year mark, the United States is feeling the strain. Supplies are running low and the Pentagon is now tapping into a little-known stockpile of American ammunition in Israel to meet Ukraine’s need for artillery shells in the war. This stockpile, located on Israeli soil, is typically used to provide…

Border Patrol agents are using a new app to process migrants; deadly tornadoes ravage the South; and Lisa Marie Presley is dead at 54. These stories and more highlight your morning rundown for Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.     Dozens of deadly tornadoes strike South Residents from Alabama and Georgia had their lives flipped upside down after…

The United States is sending Vampires to Ukraine. No, these aren’t the sparkly kind from some teenage literary saga. These Vampires are straight up killers. The Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system is a portable weapons kit. It can be installed on most any vehicle with a cargo bed or a flat surface. The…

The U.S. military isn’t getting enough new recruits. The Army is 15,000 recruits shy of its goal for this year, and just lowered its goal for next year by another 15,000. Only about 23% of young Americans meet the requirements to join the military in the first place. Less than 10% are actually interested in…

A U.S. military device containing a biometric database recently sold on eBay for $68, plus shipping and handling. According to the New York Times, researchers in Germany bought the Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, or SEEK II. Inside the device was a memory card containing the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints and iris scans of more than…

The ringleader behind Michigan governor’s kidnapping plot is sentenced; new developments form on Ukraine-Russia peace talks; and why thousands of Washington state residents were without power on Christmas. These stories and more highlight your midday rundown, aimed straight down the middle for Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Leader behind kidnapping plot sentenced On Tuesday, the leader…

Most of the drones Russia is using in its war against Ukraine are made in Iran. Most of the components inside those drones, however, are made in America. In November, the UK-based group Conflict Armament Research examined several drones downed by the Ukrainian military. They found more than 80% of the drone parts were manufactured…

Newly released documents obtained by the Intercept suggest Twitter secretly helped the U.S. wage a propaganda campaign in the Middle East at the request of The Pentagon. That’s according to the latest batch of the so-called “Twitter Files” revealed this week. According to journalist Lee Fang, dozens of fake social media accounts covertly run by…

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…

The end to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate; Oregon gun law on pause; L.A. bans styrofoam; and Biden puts a ban on big cats. Straight Arrow News has these stories and more in the Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 midday update. End to military vaccine mandate added to defense bill A new defense bill would require the Pentagon…