A prisoner swap between the United States and Iran is set to take place. And the search is on once again in Pennsylvania for escaped inmates. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. U.S. citizens freed as part of prisoner swap with Iran Update: Five Americans detained in Iran for…

A historic strike begins as autoworkers and Detroit’s three big car companies fail to come to an agreement. And NASA releases its findings after a yearlong study into UFOs. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Autoworkers go on strike against Detroit’s Big 3 For the first time ever, the…

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, is retiring. He cited his age as one of the main reasons. “The fact that at the end of a second term I would be in my mid 80s and I think it’s time for guys like me to get out of the way and have people in the next generation…

The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), is trying to get Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from an upcoming case. One of the lawyers involved in the case interviewed the Justice and then wrote an op-ed about him in the Wall Street Journal.  The case is Moore v.…

Commercial pilots face mandatory retirement at 67. Foreign Service employees at the State Department are forced to retire at 65. Why, then, don’t members of Congress face mandatory retirement after a certain age? As some senior lawmakers grapple with health issues in public and with at least 20 members of Congress aged 80 or older,…

Can former President Donald Trump be banned from the 2024 presidential election ballot over his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol building? Some legal scholars and politicians are trying to make that case.  Advocates for removing Trump contend the Jan. 6 riot was an insurrection and that Trump should…

The U.S. is waiving sanctions to allow the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds as part of a prisoner exchange agreement. Under this deal, five American citizens who are currently detained in Iran would be released. There are currently conflicting statements coming from the U.S. and Iran on how the country will be…

The United States Armed Forces face a growing threat following the announcement of a “no limits” friendship between China and Russia, along with Russia’s outright invasion of Ukraine and China’s posturing for an invasion of Taiwan. This is why Democrats and Republicans have both taken more pro-military positions in recent years. Straight Arrow News contributor…

As the end of the federal government’s fiscal year approaches, Congress and President Joe Biden must pass a new budget. The United States is grappling with $32 trillion in national debt, and politicians have yet to reach a consensus on federal funding allocation, with the threat of a government shutdown growing larger by the day.…

Every state attorney general in the country is asking Congress to investigate and pass new laws that address artificial intelligence’s ability to make child pornography. In a letter to congressional leaders, the attorneys general said AI is “creating a new frontier for abuse that makes such prosecution more difficult.”  The letter detailed exactly how the…