Navy veteran Rob Wilson, a resident of Flagstaff, Arizona, has been denied the ability to advertise his business, Timberline Firearms and Training, at the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. Wilson first ran a 10-second silent ad in the airport in 2019, hoping to attract tourists visiting the area. The ad, which ran on a loop at the…

Artificial intelligence is making it more difficult than ever to discern what is real and what is fake on the internet. A New Jersey high school student is speaking out after she said classmates created and distributed AI-generated naked photos of her and other girls in the school. “I did start crying because I was…

Publicly traded companies spend millions of dollars on elections, and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has introduced a bill to end that. Hawley’s proposal, the Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act, would ban publicly traded corporations from giving money to super PACs and from making independent expenditures, political ads or other electioneering communications. “I just don’t…

Donald Trump, the former U.S. president and current frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary, recently promised to implement comprehensive ideological testing for immigrants seeking to come to the United States. He indicated that these tests will also screen for religion and referred to Christianity as “our religion” in his statement. Straight Arrow News contributor Dr.…

Do public officials have the right to block their constituents from their personal social media pages? The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the issue. On Oct. 31, the justices heard oral arguments to decide whether “a public official’s social media activity constitutes ‘state action’ only if the official used the account to perform a…

In the wake of deglobalization and international conflict, the United States seeks to regrow its domestic manufacturing and industrial base. Fortunately, the United States already has one of the largest and most developed industrial waterway systems in the world. Unfortunately, that system is not currently living up to its full potential. Straight Arrow News contributor…

On Oct. 18, Douglass Mackey was sentenced to seven months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 presidential election. The far-right influencer, who posted under the pseudonym “Ricky Vaughn,” attempted to trick voters into believing they could vote by text message. Straight Arrow…

A lot has changed in the Republican presidential primary. The field is narrowing and may continue to do so further in the next week or two. Here are three things to know:  1. Former Vice President Mike Pence dropped out  Mike Pence announced he is suspending his campaign. Polls show he was losing support; the…

A Maine community comes together to heal just days after the state’s worst mass shooting. And Panera Bread adds warnings to a caffeinated drink after the death of an Ivy League student. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Maine community mourns after mass shooting A town in Maine,…

Former President Donald Trump has an unlikely ally in his appeal to remove a gag order. The American Civil Liberties Union said a gag order on Trump is unconstitutional. “Trump retains a First Amendment right to speak, and the rest of us retain a right to hear what he has to say,” the ACLU brief…