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Did the pollsters blow it again? In 2016, American voters were taken by surprise when Donald Trump won the presidential election over Hillary Clinton, despite polls predicting otherwise. Pollsters were criticized for underestimating the enthusiasm of Trump supporters. This time around, in the 2022 midterm elections, polling numbers suggested Republicans would win big, but the…
Republicans are not on track to flip as many House seats in the midterm elections as they had hoped. In fact if they win the majority, it could be very similar to the 220-212 balance of power that Democrats currently hold. Between that and the Georgia Senate race going to a runoff, former President Donald…
A top aerospace commander in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard announced the country has developed a hypersonic ballistic missile. On Thursday, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh claimed the missile can not only pass through the “enemy’s air defenses” but also has the capability of targeting air defense systems. “This system is very fast and is capable of…
Tech stocks have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Take Meta, which announced Wednesday it is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees. The company’s stock is down about 70% in 2022 amid declining sales and profit and rising expenses. And while Meta’s year may be exceptionally bad…
About 600 migrants have been released to the streets of El Paso, Texas by border enforcement agents since Friday. They said federal holding facilities and nonprofit shelters are full. According to the U.S. Border Patrol, the city was asked to reopen its welcome center, but it refused. An El Paso city official said the city won’t…
The U.S. has been worried for months that Russia was considering using chemical weapons in the ongoing Ukraine War. G7 leaders warned of severe consequences if that happened, and exports of the drug fentanyl to Russia have been scaled back due to fears it would be weaponized by Putin’s military. Despite those concerns, Straight Arrow…
The first day new Twitter owner Elon Musk walked into its San Francisco headquarters, he quickly fired former CEO Parag Agrawal. Soon after, he fired roughly half the company’s workforce. Reports indicate that in the week after the $44 billion aquisition, the social media platform lost more than 1.3 million users. Now, the Tesla founder…
California voters have decided against allowing in-person sports betting at tribal casinos and licensed racetracks, and online sports betting. The dual decisions came from two different ballot measures: Propositions 26 and 27. Proposition 26 gained support from the tribal casinos and racetracks, while Proposition 27 was supported by sportsbooks like DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM. Proposition…
Experts have said over and over again that Latinos are not a monolith. That’s particularly clear in states like Florida, Nevada and Arizona. We’re currently waiting for results in those last two states, where Latinos have been seriously courted in recent weeks. “Latino voters are nothing if not assimilate into the mainstream. They care about…
The rematch had the same result. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, R, is projected to beat Stacey Abrams, D, for the second consecutive election. Abrams painted Kemp as a politician who doesn’t follow through on his word and who oversaw a decline in Georgia’s economy and quality of life while he was in office. She gave…
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