The Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party will hold its first hearing Tuesday night in primetime. The bipartisan panel wants to show the public that the threat from China is not just overseas, it’s right here at home.  One of the committee’s focuses will include so-called “police…

Pending home sales in January paint a positive and negative picture for the housing market. On one hand, the pending home sales figure is down 24.1% on the year, according to the National Association of Realtors. On the other hand, the pending home sales figure in January is up 8.1% from December, rising for the…

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is looking at whether to narrow Section 230, a foundational internet shield law that passed in 1996. But even some of the justices are grappling with that role. “I mean, we’re a court, we don’t really know about these things. These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on…

New polling from Monmouth University found that Americans are very concerned about the future of artificial intelligence. For starters, 55% think AI will one day pose a risk to the human race. Respondents also had doubts about its ability to improve quality of life. Only 9% percent of respondents thought developing AI would do more…

Over 20 years, Congress has raised, suspended and reinstated the debt ceiling two dozen times, going from under $6 trillion to $31.4 trillion. Now, sometime between July and September, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the U.S. will run out of funds. But the nonpartisan office warns it could happen even sooner. “For example, if…

The Department of Defense briefed the Senate on how the United States stacks up against China. The senators were told how the U.S. and China compare on surveillance capabilities, research and development, advanced weapons systems and anything else that may allow either side to gain the upper hand in a conflict. When the senators came…

In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., the Federal Reserve injected money into the system by purchasing large quantities of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. In June 2022, the Fed began quickly reducing its $9 trillion bond portfolio in an attempt to rein in high inflation. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan…

In December of last year, the G7 economies – backed by the EU and Australia – imposed price caps on what they’ll pay for Russian crude oil. Now Russia is following up on its threat to retaliate by cutting its oil output by about 5% in March, sending energy prices higher. An EU spokesperson has said…

Illegal immigration dropped 42% in January compared to December. According to new numbers from CBP, Border Patrol agents encountered 128,410 migrants in between official ports of entry compared to 221,675 the month before. Breaking it down by demographic, 108,573 were single adults, 38,087 were family units, and 9,393 were unaccompanied children. As per deportation proceedings, 64,499…

Pew Research polled Americans about their priorities, and according to the report, Americans have kept the economy top of mind just as they did in last year’s survey. Americans want to strengthen the economy. 75% of those polled said it should be the No. 1 priority of the Biden administration. Coming in second place was…