Update (Dec. 29, 2021): About a month and a half after going public on Wall Street, all-electric carmaker Rivian Automotive announced Tuesday it will delay deliveries of its electric pickup truck and sports utility vehicle with big battery packs to 2023. Rivian Chief Executive RJ Scaringe said the majority of the roughly 71,000 preorders for Rivian’s…

America’s leaders are pandering to our greatest international rival at the risk of our entire nation. Business executives are pushing for less regulation and more investment in China despite Beijing’s aggressive acts against humanity. Elites in Washington, D.C. allow it because not only do they benefit financially from the kowtowing, but they are afraid to…

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a request from lawyers for former President Donald Trump Tuesday. The lawyers had sought to block the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots from receiving White House documents. “The public interest lies in permitting — not enjoining — the combined will of the legislative and executive…

According to a report from the United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) released Tuesday, at least 13 advisers to former President Donald Trump created a “taxpayer-funded campaign apparatus” within the White House, a violation of the Hatch Act. The law limits political campaigning by government employees. The 13 officials include several prominent former Trump staffers:…

The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in multiple cases Tuesday, including one asking what Texas must allow a death row inmate to have during his execution. Ramirez v. Collier involves John Henry Ramirez, who is on death row for killing a Corpus Christi convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery. According to Ramirez’s petition…

General Electric (GE) shares jumped more than 8% before the opening bell Tuesday after the company announced it will split itself into three different companies. In a news release announcing the change, GE said the companies “will be better positioned to deliver long-term growth and create value for customers, investors, and employees”. The companies are:…

Update (Feb. 1, 2022): According to reporting from ABC News, one of the many Trump associates subpoenaed by the committee investigating last January’s Capitol riots has turned over text messages to the committee. ABC News said an anonymous source familiar with the investigation told them the associate is former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. According to…

Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle confirmed Thursday Russian analyst Igor Danchenko has been arrested. His arrest, first reported by the New York Times, is part of special counsel John Durham’s probe into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. According to a grand jury indictment issued in…

Update (Dec. 13, 2021): A month after an independent Pentagon review found no misconduct in August’s botched drone strike in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said Monday no U.S. troops will face disciplinary action. According to the officials, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asked Central Command Commander Gen.…

On Friday, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple attempted to clear up confusion surrounding a criminal complaint filed against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The complaint, first reported Thursday, accused the former governor of putting his hand under a woman’s shirt on Dec. 7, 2020. “A criminal summons was issued. I would have liked to…