Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced legislation that would create a commission to oversee the declassification of documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena and extraterrestrials. It is included in the National Defense Authorization Act and appears to have enough support to pass.  “For decades, many Americans have been fascinated by objects mysterious and unexplained…

Meta’s launch of Threads earlier in July amassed more than 100 million users in just a few days for the Twitter alternative. Threads is hoping to get a leg up on the competition by eventually integrating the microblogging platform into the fediverse. What is the fediverse? The fediverse is “a social network of different servers…

The United States Marine Corps has a new ride to get from ship to shore. It’s called the amphibious combat vehicle (ACV), and production on the different variants of the ACV is ramping up. It’s not a tank. The 8×8 platform is a mix between an armored personnel carrier and a boat. The company that…

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is reportedly planning to launch his own Twitter-based media company following the recent launch of his own show on the platform. According to sources who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, Carlson is teaming up with former White House adviser Neil Patel to raise funds for the new venture.…

The divisive Supreme Court ruling that banned race-based admissions has effectively ended affirmative action at colleges and universities. President Biden has said the decision reverses progress while Chief Justice John Roberts stated affirmative action is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional. Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that basing admissions on merit, not the color of one’s…

Tens of thousands of actors officially went on strike after a work stoppage was unanimously approved by Hollywood’s largest union. While the strike officially began at midnight Friday, signs could already be seen Thursday, with the cast of the upcoming film “Oppenheimer” walking out of the movie’s London premiere. The actors, represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American…

At a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Thursday, July 13, President Joe Biden was asked about a potential prisoner swap involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He has spent over 100 days in what the United States describes as wrongful detention in Russia on espionage charges. “Oh, I’m serious…

ChatGPT has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to turn over its records related to consumer protections, and the World Health Organization (WHO) officially released its report on how safe it is to consume an artificial sweetener found in popular diet drinks. These stories and more highlight the rundown for Friday, July 14,…