The FBI on Wednesday raided the home of a Washington Post journalist who focused on the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. Federal officials said the raid was part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally keeping classified documents, according to The Post. It’s not usual for the FBI to […]
Former mayor of New York City Eric Adams is being accused of a crypto scam just a few weeks after leaving office. Adams allegedly made several million dollars using a common method of deceit called a rug pull. NYC Token Earlier this week, Adams held a press conference in Times Square to push his new […]
A growing number of states have rejected recent changes to the national vaccine schedule as more than 200 health groups across the country urge lawmakers to investigate why the schedule was changed and why credible scientific evidence was ignored. In early January, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Centers for […]
A federal court in California allowed the state to move forward with its voter-approved congressional map just one month before the state’s candidate filing deadline for the midterm election. The ruling is a loss for both President Donald Trump and the Justice Department, who accused California Democrats of using race to redraw boundaries. The three-judge […]
Heading to St. Louis? You might want to keep an eye out… for monkeys. It’s been nearly a week since law enforcement first received reports of monkeys roaming parts of the St. Louis area. Now, after days of unsuccessful searches, officials say they are moving away from tracking the animals themselves and focusing instead on […]
Saks Global, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, is seeking a financial lifeline. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Tuesday, citing cash shortfalls and missed key payments. Saks, which had been trying to secure $1 billion in financing to keep its stores open, recently missed interest […]
On Tuesday evening, the White House sent hundreds of termination letters to federal grant recipients working in addiction recovery and mental health, according to NPR. Sources told the publication that the total amount cut could reach $2 billion. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration originally provided the affected grants. Many of the […]
Iranian authorities are hunting for and confiscating illegal Starlink satellite dishes in Tehran in an effort to stop protest videos from reaching the outside world. The campaign was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and has been detailed by activists and human rights groups. According to the Journal, authorities are combining door-to-door searches and […]
Keith Smith, an anesthesiologist in Oklahoma City, and his colleague Steven Lantier finally decided enough was enough. The hospital where they worked was price gouging patients, and the two doctors knew it. “We felt like we were accomplices,” Smith told Straight Arrow News. “We were anesthetizing patients that were going to be facing a real […]
Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance came nine months before Rosa Parks, and it ultimately helped crack the law that enforced segregation. Colvin, whose stand in 1955 put her at the center of a constitutional fight she never sought, […]
