Classified documents were found at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence; President Joe Biden has been sued over his migrant sponsorship plan; and Pope Francis criticized laws criminalizing homosexuality. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Earthquake hits California coast A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the…

Congress is at a familiar crossroads in 2023. Since 1960, elected representatives have acted on the debt ceiling 78 times to avoid default. As the U.S. breaches its current $31.4 trillion ceiling, the Treasury Department is taking “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. Those measures will help stave off decision-making time until June, but Congress theoretically…

It was a debacle that Taylor Swift fans will remember forever and always. It all goes back to November, when Swift announced her Eras tour. A presale began Nov. 15, but Ticketmaster’s system wasn’t ready for it and crashed. The company then canceled the sale for the general public. Now the Senate Judiciary Committee wants…

Over the course of four days and 15 ballots, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., won the race for House speaker. It will take some time to determine whether the concessions, promises and compromises he made will embolden the California Republican or ultimately undermine his efforts to be an effective leader. Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette believes…

Chaos on Wall Street after a technical issue caused certain stocks to come to a stop; Amazon launches prescription subscriptions; and animals are killing humans. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 24, 2023.  Trading issue pauses major stocks Trading in dozens of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange…

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) anti-white supremacy bill aims to “prevent and prosecute white supremacy inspired hate crime.” It would apply to any situation where white supremacy ideology motivated the planning, development, and carrying out of an act that would be considered a hate crime. The controversial bill would also give the Justice Department authority to investigate and…

As police search for a motive in this weekend’s mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, law enforcement experts have expressed concern over information sharing in the hours following the shooting, when the suspect was still on the loose. Nearly five hours passed between the shooting at a ballroom dance hall and when the Los Angeles…

Everyone has heard about ChatGPT, as the software has been blowing up all over the internet. The artificial intelligence tool is nothing short of impressive, but with users testing out the limits, it’s turning out to be a lot smarter than originally thought. According to a Wharton Business School professor at the University of Pennsylvania,…

The FBI has another black eye. Over the weekend, former agent Charles McGonigal was arrested at JFK airport in New York while returning from a trip to the Middle East. Federal prosecutors said McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office, laundered money for a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Not only…

Could the nation’s debt crisis be solved by a single coin? Every day the U.S. gets closer to defaulting on its debt, the calls grow louder for a trillion-dollar solution. In true fashion, The Simpsons got close to foreshadowing this exact scenario in a 1998 episode titled, “The Trouble With Trillions,” in which former President…