The U.S. Navy plans to decommission more than three dozen ships by the end of next year. Included in the list are several old vessels that have served for nearly four decades and some newer ones that have been commissioned for just a few years, Popular Mechanics reported this week. The Navy, as the magazine…

The long awaited announcement on student loan forgiveness is happening today. According to the Associated Press, $10,000 worth of student debt is set to be forgiven for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year. President Biden is also expected to continue a pause on payments first put in place at the start of the pandemic.…

Twitter is reportedly rife with security problems, failing to protect user data and lying about it to the company’s board and federal regulators. Those are the accusations in a damning whistleblower report by Twitter’s former security chief, according to documents obtained first by CNN and The Washington Post. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is a renowned hacker…

While much of the talk surrounding the 2024 presidential race is focused on the Republican party and the prospect of a Donald Trump reelection campaign, speculation is now swirling around who will be vying for the Democratic nomination. One name that hasn’t circulated much — until recently — is the governor of California, Gavin Newsom.…

The Department of Defense has once again denied Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for National Guard assistance with the thousands of migrants who are arriving on buses from Texas. This is the second denial since Bowser made her initial request in July. In a letter to Bowser, DOD executive secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly stated…

China has a water problem. Specifically, it does not have enough of it. After months of drought, the lack of water in China could have global impacts. China, like the United States, Europe, and pretty much the rest of Earth’s northern hemisphere, is seeing record high temperatures and very little rain. The worst conditions have…

What happened to the investigation into who leaked Supreme Court Justice Alito’s draft opinion on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health? The unprecedented breach sparked massive protests, due to the opinion showing the Court was ready to overturn the landmark abortion ruling from Roe v. Wade. It even led to Congress passing a bill to bolster security for…

A private, off-campus housing unit for students at the University of California, Berkeley drew attention for allegedly banning white people from some common spaces. The brouhaha began when a screenshot of the unit’s house rules made the rounds on social media. The guest rules for residents of the so-called “Person of Color Theme House” —…

Immigration at the southern border continues to surge. In July, border agents encountered 199,976 immigrants on the southern border. Agents encountered 207,426 in June; the fourth month in a row with more than 200,000.  The governors of Arizona and Texas are not happy with the federal government’s response and are now enforcing immigration law on…

Right-wing personality Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $4 million to the parents of one of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. The Texas jury found Jones liable for damages for repeatedly spreading conspiracy theories that the school shooting was a hoax. The trial was a debacle for Jones. At one point,…