As Straight Arrow News previously reported, lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump asked in a letter published on Monday, Jan. 6, for Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final reports on the election interference and classified documents cases. Now, the federal judge who dismissed Trump’s classified documents case is…

In his final days in office, President Joe Biden is making history with the creation of two new national monuments in California. This action cements his legacy as the president who has protected the most land and water in U.S. history, according to Reuters. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Biden will sign proclamations designating Chuckwalla National…

Foodies on the Las Vegas Strip looking for a bite to eat at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant were out of luck this past weekend. The Southern Nevada Health District closed down Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at the MGM Grand after an inspection Thursday, Jan. 2. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the health department found multiple…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is accused of running a torture-filled prison and using American detainees as bargaining chips in negotiations with the United States in a new lawsuit. Two men from the U.S., who were imprisoned in Venezuela, are suing Maduro, saying his security officials put them through a pattern of torture including waterboarding, electrocution,…

Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to relocate Customs and Border Protection headquarters to his home state of Texas. If the bill were signed into law, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security would have until Jan. 1, 2026, to move the agency’s functions, personnel and assets to a not yet determined…

With only a couple of weeks until President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico is working to move migrant caravans away from the United States border. Mexican officials told the Associated Press they’re using a “dispersion and exhaustion” method to spread the migrants throughout the country while limiting how many gather in one place.  It’s a…

Iran’s top diplomat warned Israel if it attacks Tehran it could lead to “a large-scale war,” and claimed Iran is ready for any Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic. The comments first surfaced when Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s interview with China’s CCTV aired on Chinese state-run media on Saturday, Jan. 4. The foreign minister…

Prospective home buyers who thought the Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle would relieve high mortgage rates were in for a rude awakening in 2024. Since the date of the Fed’s first cut in September, the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has gone up nearly a full percentage point, even though the Fed has cut two…

After issuing a series of inaccurate news alerts Apple said it will update its artificial intelligence feature. Some of the false headlines the technology generated included one that said Luigi Mangione, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, had killed himself and another that tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay. Apple said it’s developing…

Iran reportedly executed more than 900 people last year, including dozens of women and five juveniles. It’s the most people the country has killed in nearly a decade, according to numbers compiled by the United Nations Human Rights Office. The country hung more than 30 women. Some of those women were reportedly convicted of killing…