It’s been more than a year since the death of 23-year-old Cpl. Daegan Page. The Marine was among the 13 servicemembers and hundreds of Afghan civilians killed by an ISIS suicide bomber outside the Kabul Airport on Aug. 26, 2021.  Page helped facilitate the evacuation of American and Afghan civilians as Taliban forces began to…

In a sign that Russia’s casualties in Ukraine are mounting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country will mobilize 300,000 reservists to support its troops. Putin confirmed he promised to use all military means in Ukraine and was “not bluffing” when hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter…

According to Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, about 230 pilot whales have been stranded on a Tasmanian beach. In a Wednesday news release, officials said about half the animals were still alive. “A team from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania Marine Conservation Program (MCP) is assembling whale rescue gear and…

A 10-month-long bipartisan Senate investigation revealed the Justice Department undercounted the number of people who died in U.S. jails, prisons and detention centers by 990 last year, although senators estimate the number is much higher. The investigation also concluded that the Justice Department is failing to inform congress who is dying, where they are dying…

On Sept. 21, 2022, a special master has addressed his role in reviewing documents seized at Mar-a-Lago; the House of Representatives is set to vote on a Electoral Count Act reform proposed by Jan. 6 House Committee members, and the Federal Reserve is expected to announce an interest rate hike once again. Special master first…

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Focus on the Family ran ads celebrating the ruling and accusing multiple states of allowing late-term abortion “even up to the moment before birth.” Fact-checkers at PolitiFact looked at the ads and declared them to be “Mostly False.” However, the facts tell a different story — and…

As the old saying goes, the cure for high prices is high prices. But that line won’t work for food prices at the grocery store, which in August marked the highest 12-month surge since 1979. Groceries are up 13.5% on the year, driven by spikes in the price of eggs (39.8%), chicken (16.6%), cereal (16.4%)…

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census every ten years to determine the number of congressional seats each state is allotted based on its population. After each census, an independent survey is conducted to estimate which states were undercounted and which were overcounted. For the 2020 census, the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) reported that 36 states…

Europe is considering a ban on Russian tourism in response to the war in Ukraine. Four of the five EU nations that border Russia have already started blocking Russian visitors. Restricting travel would be the latest in a series of sanctions that have battered Russia since Vladimir Putin launched his invasion on Feb. 24. Straight…

Many Republicans remain furious over the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s home for classified documents. Some GOP lawmakers say they don’t trust the bureau anymore, and have even said they are in favor of abolishing the nation’s top law-enforcement agency. Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette notes that the FBI’s crusade against Trump has…