Efforts to approve military and government funding are at a standstill in Congress. The House failed to approve the rules for debate on a bill to fund the military twice — lawmakers didn’t even get to the final vote.  A small group of the chamber’s most conservative Republicans banned together to stop the bill from…

A government watchdog has announced its findings after studying the living conditions in U.S. military barracks, a concern it said goes back decades. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) began looking into the Department of Defense’s housing management after reports of poor living conditions in barracks surfaced. According to the report released Tuesday, Sept. 19,…

A government watchdog agency found that about 15% of all unemployment benefits from the government have been claimed illegally since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. That equates to around $135 billion of the $900 billion in benefits paid from April 2020 to May 2023. The watchdog’s revelation points to a flawed expedited process with…

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was set to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on Tuesday, Sept. 5. He was one of four Proud Boys members who were convicted of sedition back in May. The other three received sentences of 15-18 years in prison last…

Following a system failure that forced Toyota to suspend production at all of its 14 Japan assembly plants, the company announced operations would resume Wednesday, Aug. 30. Twelve of the plants will get back to work Wednesday morning, with the other two resuming production in the afternoon. In a statement, Toyota described the system failure…

Idalia has strengthened to a hurricane on its way toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, and Toyota has stopped all production at its plants in Japan. These stories highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Idalia expected to hit Florida as Category 3 hurricane Less than 24 hours away from projected landfall in Florida, Idalia has strengthened…

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced a sweeping indictment that included 41 charges and named 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump. All 19 defendants were charged with violating Georgia’s RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act. Notable co-defendants include former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, and…

Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for records from former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account in January 2023. Smith’s warrant was revealed in court documents released Wednesday, Aug. 9 as part of an order from a three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. According to the documents, when Twitter, now…

For years, U.S. military emails have ended up in the hands of a Russian ally. This massive problem was caused by a simple typo. The domain of U.S. military email accounts is “.mil.” However, it was discovered that millions of emails were mistakenly sent to “.ml” accounts. “.ml” is the domain of Mali, a West…

If the United States and Chinese navies ever square off, submarines will be a deciding factor. In a recent war game simulating a conflict between China and the U.S., outcomes showed attack submarines would wreak havoc on the People’s Liberation Army navy. In order to contribute to the fight, however, the submarines need to be…