Zelenskyy goes to Washington; Donald Trump’s tax returns released; and severe weather heading your way. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.  Zelenskyy to visit Biden in Washington President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be meeting with President Joe Biden and Congress today in his first foreign trip since Russia invaded…

Congress has unveiled what’s inside the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package; a new cap on your kids’ medicines; and the coldest Christmas in four decades. These stories and more highlight our morning rundown for Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.  SCOTUS intervenes in Title 42 lift A Supreme Court ruling late Monday will temporarily keep Title 42 in…

CNN recently obtained a trove of texts submitted by former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol. While some have already been made public, many of the 2,319 texts between Meadows, Trump’s inner circle and GOP members of Congress were new. The texts,…

Once again, Colorado is front and center before the Supreme Court in a battle over the state’s laws protecting same-sex couples from discrimination. A web designer is challenging the state’s anti-discrimination laws, saying she should not be forced to create sites that go against her faith. Straight Arrow News contributor Tim Carney says the Colorado…

President Biden signed the Respect For Marriage Act into law, marking a key mile marker in the evolution of same-sex marriage views in the United States. Democrats had prioritized the bill after Roe v. Wade was overturned. It passed with bipartisan support. Straight Arrow News contributor Adrienne Lawrence says the new legislation is something to…

Deadly weather is still on the move; the Fed plans another rake hike; a new report reveals details on on long COVID deaths; and the USPS honors a late congressman. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Mother, son die in tornado, storm still moving “I just heard a…

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is an outspoken critic of many of the federal government’s COVID-19 policies, specifically mask and vaccine mandates. Now, the potential 2024 presidential candidate is asking Florida’s Supreme Court to impanel a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” in regard to COVID-19 vaccines. “Because in Florida, it is against the…

The Supreme Court is once again trying to answer the decades-old question: What constitutes racial discrimination? On one side is Students for Fair Admissions, an organization that has fought racial preferences in school admissions. On the other side, Harvard and the University of North Carolina contend that they aim for a student body this is…

This week the Supreme Court heard arguments from a website designer and devout Christian who is creating a custom wedding site but refusing to work on same-sex weddings. Lorie Smith is challenging a Colorado law that prohibits most businesses from discriminating against LGBTQ customers. Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed concern about the precedent it would set,…

A majority of the conservative-leaning Supreme Court appears sympathetic to an evangelical Christian web designer who is refusing, based on her religious beliefs, to provide services to same-sex couples planning to wed. Lorie Smith is seeking an exemption from a Colorado state law that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. She claims there…