Former President Donald Trump was often described as “gaslighting” when rejecting certain realities and creating his own narratives. Will Smith is now being accused of the practice while promoting his new movie, “Emancipation.” Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid points to a conversation in the TV show “Bachelor in Paradise” where a partner’s gaslighting caused…

Two Republican senators introduced a bill they said will protect small family farmers and ranchers from proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules regarding greenhouse gas emissions disclosures. The Protect our Farmers from the SEC Act would exempt family-owned businesses from value chain reporting. The SEC-proposed rule would require public companies to disclose their greenhouse…

The last time the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing race to be considered in higher education admissions was back in 2016 when liberal Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat on the Court. This year, the much more conservative Supreme Court heard two cases accusing Harvard and the University of North Carolina…

China’s “zero-COVID” policy is one of the most stringent in the world. Things could soon change, however, for China’s 1.4 billion residents. For the last week, unprecedented protests have occurred in at least 23 cities across China, including Shanghai and Beijing. The protests started after a fire on Nov. 24 killed 10 people and injured…

Congress appears poised to back President Joe Biden in thwarting a potential holiday rail strike that could cost the U.S. economy $2 billion per day. But the deadline on impacts of a looming strike is barreling down the stretch quicker than some may realize. “While the actual deadline of the railroads being shut down is…

With another five weeks before the House decides who will become the next majority speaker, Congressman Kevin McCarthy has a math problem. There are a total of 222 House Republicans and front-runner McCarthy, R-Calif., needs 218 votes to secure the leadership position. That means McCarthy can only afford a handful of rejections, five to be…

The House of Representatives approved a labor agreement between rail workers and rail companies in a bipartisan 290-137 vote. Members on both sides of the aisle said it is a necessary but imperfect solution to avoiding a strike or shutdown that would cost the U.S. economy $2 billion a day.  “And if you think inflation…

Major protests over China’s strict COVID-19 quarantine policies continue to rock the communist country. One data analyst claims the government is using bot accounts to flood Twitter with porn as a way to distract and contain the spread of information about the protests. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan says such widespread dissent used to…

Robots with lethal capabilities are being added to police force; Gun-related deaths hit record high and Alabama halts executions. These stories and more highlight the midday update for Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.  China increases nuclear stockpile A new report from the Pentagon indicates China is boosting its nuclear arsenal at a record pace. Officials predict…

A Republican cold war is brewing between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as both men jockey for control of the GOP. Trump insulted his one-time ally at a rally shortly after DeSantis cruised to re-election earlier this month. Tension between the two has been growing for months and is likely to…