In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, members of Congress are aggressively pointing the finger, expressing concern for their safety, and lamenting the incendiary culture in America right now. Straight Arrow News spoke with members of Congress on Capitol Hill about their thoughts on the killing and what happens next. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to double its gas turbine manufacturing capacity within two years. The Japanese manufacturer is one of a small handful of companies working to fulfill gas turbine orders. The cost to build new gas power plants is going up. And wait times for delivery of new turbines that generate electricity can stretch […]
Apparent AI-generated books centered around the death of Charlie Kirk have been popping up on Amazon mere hours after the conservative activist’s assassination. Amazon removed the books on Thursday evening prior to responding to inquires from Straight Arrow News. The books, offered both in paperback and in audio format, included titles such as “The Charlie […]
A judge sentenced former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife, Nadine Menendez, to 54 months in prison. It’s the latest in the saga involving Egyptian officials, a former United States senator, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars and political favors. Nadine Menendez will report to prison in July 2026, as the judge […]
Political violence has intensified across the nation within the past 15 years as extremists have plotted or carried out the assassinations of several lawmakers and their families. Attacks have targeted governors, state and federal politicians, influencers and the president of the nation in what several researchers have said is likely due to a rise in […]
President Donald Trump arrived at Yankee Stadium Thursday night for the team’s game against the Detroit Tigers on the 24th anniversary of 9/11. Trump received a mixed reaction from the crowd initially, which became a loud ovation when he was shown on the stadium’s video scoreboard during the national anthem. What did Trump do before […]
Senate Republicans on Thursday changed their chamber’s rules to circumvent Democratic opposition to many of President Donald Trump’s nominations. Dubbed the “nuclear option” by politicos, the move upends one of the Upper Chamber’s norms that force bipartisan agreements before things get done. The party-line vote on Thursday empowers Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to […]
Utah’s governor called conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death a “political assassination.” The search for the alleged gunman who shot and killed Kirk during a college campus event continues. Plus, just miles from Columbine, another school shooting occurred. This time at Evergreen High in Colorado. One student has died, others have been wounded and investigators work […]
The teenager suspected of opening fire on two classmates at a Colorado high school Wednesday has died after he turned the gun on himself. The incident happened just before 12:30 p.m. local time at Evergreen High School, about 30 miles west of Denver. Authorities rushed three students, including the suspected shooter, to the hospital in […]
Jonathan Koomey remembers the hype around electricity demand during the dot-com bubble. Now, he is raising the alarm over stark parallels he sees between that decades-old speculation and the projected energy demand of artificial intelligence data centers. Regional grid operators in the U.S. are projecting major increases in the amount of power required in the […]
