FDA approves Moderna, Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for youngest kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday amended emergency use authorization for Pfizer and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to include kids 6 months and older.
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Az. Senator Sinema Leaves Dems Declares Herself as Independent
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to switch her party affiliation from Democrat to independent is creating a post-midterm shake-up in the Senate, threatening to complicate what seemed like Democrats’ chances of having an outright majority after Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff win in Georgia gave Democrats their 51st seat in the next session of Congress.
House Democrats block Republicans’ push for oversight of Ukraine aid
House Democrats have blocked an audit of billions of dollars of U.S. military and economic aid to Ukraine, signaling a bitter partisan fight ahead as the incoming Republican majority vows to scrutinize what it calls President Biden’s “blank check” for Kyiv’s war with Russia.
Second installment of Twitter Files reveals platform’s push to silence conservatives
Twitter maintained a suite of tools to silence conservative viewpoints on the platform, placing talk show hosts, activists and even respected doctors on blacklists to limit the visibility of their accounts, newly released company documents show.
House passes amended same-sex marriage bill, sends it to Biden’s desk
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill codifying same-sex marriage into federal law, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk.
House passes defense bill rescinding military’s COVID vaccine mandate
The House on Thursday passed a $858 billion Defense spending bill that include an end to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Warnock’s win in Georgia State Runoff over Walker hands Dems 51 seats
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Georgia’s high-stakes Senate runoff election.
Elon Musk fires Twitter’s general counsel for suppression of Hunter Biden story
Elon Musk fired Twitter’s general counsel Tuesday following revelations about his alleged role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story on the platform.
Libraries Across the Country Say Yes to Drag Queen Story Time, No to Faith-Based Children’s Book
With a new children’s book out that celebrates family, faith, and biblical wisdom, actor-writer-producer Kirk Cameron cannot reach scores of American children or their families in many U.S. cities via the public library system because over 50 public libraries have either outright rejected him or not responded to requests on his behalf.
San Francisco bans use of lethal robots in policing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday unanimously to reverse its own decision last week to allow police the use of remote-controlled robots equipped with potentially lethal explosives to save lives in extreme circumstances, the Washington Examiner reports.
Real ID Deadline Pushed Back Again
The Real ID deadline has been pushed back yet again. The Department of Homeland Security deadline for enforcement will shift back another 24 months, from May 2023 to May 2025, the agency said Monday. After that date, federal agencies like the TSA will no longer accept driver’s licenses and other forms of identification that do not meet federal standards.
US Trade Deficit Widens in October on Weak Exports
The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in October as slowing global demand and a strong dollar weighed on exports.
Supreme Court grapples with Christian business owner’s objection to Colorado’s pro-LGBTQ law
The Supreme Court grappled Monday with balancing free speech against gay rights, hearing a case involving a Colorado website designer who says she shouldn’t be compelled to violate the tenets of her faith by creating products for same-sex marriages.
White House dismisses Hunter Biden laptop ‘Twitter files’ as ‘distraction’
The White House downplayed Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s file dump regarding the social media platform’s decision to suppress news stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election as a “distraction.”
White House opposes repealing military vaccine mandate through NDAA
The White House opposes using the annual defense spending bill to repeal a vaccine mandate for military service members, national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Monday.
Pentagon urged to build advanced defenses against growing cruise, hypersonic missile threats to U.S.
Rapid advances in Chinese hypersonic missiles and Russian cruise missiles pose major threats to critical infrastructure in the United States and the Pentagon needs to prepare better defenses for the homeland, according to a new report by the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board.
Trump Reacts To Hunter Biden ‘Twitter Files’: This ‘Allows For The Termination Of All Rules, Regulations, And Articles, Even … In The Constitution’
Former President Donald Trump reacted to the release of “The Twitter Files” on Saturday by saying, “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Republicans push to end military vaccine mandate through annual defense bill
Calls to repeal the military’s vaccine mandate through a must-pass defense spending bill are picking up steam despite Democrats’ resistance to changing the requirements.
Bombshell Twitter files suggest censorship driven by politics and connections, not facts
Elon Musk allowed Americans a glimpse inside his explosive “Twitter files” in a process certain to take many more days. But the first release of memos gave a sobering look suggesting censorship on the platform during the 2020 election was driven by politics and political connections more than facts.
Billionaire Musk To Implant Brain Chips
Elon Musk, perhaps the world’s most eccentric entrepreneurial billionaire, already had an online bank, solar roof tiles, a tunnel-digging machine, an electric car, a reusable rocket, and the occasional electric car riding a missile. He now hopes to add brain implant technology to his wishlist and connect the human brain to a computer within six months.