Just eight weeks before the midterm elections, Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced a bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks in most cases. With Democrats in control of Congress, the bill has little chance of passing and may have even given voters more incentive to turn out in November. Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan…

While the government is throwing resources at prosecuting pandemic-related fraud cases, the Department of Justice’s Deputy Attorney Lisa Monaco announced a new plan that fights fraud in corporate America. It pushes companies to claw back any compensation received by corporate executives involved in bribery and fraud. The new plan also limits how companies use probationary…

An “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Ian begins “catastrophic” landfall in Florida – Hurricane Ian, with 155 mph winds near Category 5 status, has begun to make landfall over over Sanibel and Captiva islands in southwest Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Floridians are bracing for the “extremely dangerous” storm, with about 2.5 million…

Italy has elected a hard-right coalition led by the head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni. She is expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II and the fall of Mussolini. Meloni is known for her extremist views on immigration and gender. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan believes…

Special Counsel John Durham appears to be winding down the Justice Department investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. Durham’s team used a grand jury to indict a cybersecurity lawyer with ties to Hillary Clinton — and who has since been acquitted — and a Russia analyst, Igor Danchenko, accused of lying…

The Virginia Department of Education, under the direction of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R, put out new guidelines for policies regarding the treatment of transgender students. It is being billed by the department as a way to protect a parent’s right to make decisions about their child’s life and education, but it’s also being met with…

Leaks in two crucial natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are being investigated for possible sabotage. After the damage was discovered in the Nord Stream pipelines that run from Russia to Germany, the Danish government said it views the incidents as “deliberate actions.” The pipelines and the gas they transport are a key aspect…

Immigration has become a major headache for President Biden as he continues to manage a large influx of migrants along the southern border. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, have sent buses and planes full of migrants up north as part of their effort to protest what they call President…

There are dire predictions about climate change effects. Voices, particularly on the political left, call for quick fixes. But slowing the world’s warming trend is not a fast process. Democrats contend government needs to spend massive amounts to address what some call the existential threat of a warming planet. The recently signed Inflation Reduction Act contains…

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is 89 years old and running for re-election in Iowa this fall. If he wins, he will be 95 at the end of his next term. Grassley is armed with seven terms in Congress and a Donald Trump endorsement. “I was born at night, but not last night,” Grassley said at a…