Higher shipping prices could trickle down to consumers after Amazon announced that it is levying a 3.5% fuel surcharge on its third-party sellers. Those merchants accounted for more than 60% of items sold on Amazon’s platform in 2024, according to Marketplace Pulse. The new surcharge takes effect on April 17. Amazon had previously absorbed higher […]
Five weeks into the war, U.S. intelligence and outside reporting suggest Iran still retains major military capacity even as it prepares for the possibility of a ground fight. Recent U.S. intelligence assessments reported on by CNN says roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers remain intact and that thousands of one-way attack drones remain. Separately, The […]
A request for a ‘list of Jews’ continues to face pushback within the Jewish community at the University of Pennsylvania. It all started with a request from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC. EEOC request A subpoena from the EEOC sought a list of members from Penn’s Jewish community. The commission called it a […]
One year ago, President Donald Trump declared April 2 “Liberation Day” as he imposed a sweeping tariff package on imports from virtually every country. He predicted the date would be remembered as “the day we began to make America wealthy again.” One year later, U.S. consumer prices have steadily climbed — but not by as […]
Earlier this week, the United States Department of Agriculture announced plans to move its Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s a part of the Forest Service’s transition to what the USDA calls a “state-based organizational model.” While officials call the change a “common sense” way to “move leadership closer to the forests […]
Active-duty service members and other Department of Defense personnel will soon be able to carry their privately owned firearms for personal protection on domestic military installations. It’s a move that gun control advocates say top military brass have opposed for years. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he’d signed a memorandum allowing a qualifying […]
Efforts to memorialize the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk are proving that party lines don’t disappear, even in death. Republican lawmakers across multiple states have introduced legislation honoring Kirk, and while some bills have passed, others are hitting political roadblocks. Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit advocating for conservative politics on […]
About 1.1 million noncitizen households that receive food stamps are at risk of losing benefits after a measure included in the One Big Beautiful Bill took effect Wednesday. Data isn’t available to detail exactly how many could lose benefits, but it affects a class of immigrants who are refugees, asylees and others. Nearly nine months […]
President Donald Trump has weighed in on the difficulty for people trying to rebuild their homes following the deadly fires in California in January 2025, specifically calling out insurance companies. Residents have previously told Straight Arrow News that insurers have been less than helpful in paying out contracts. Trump’s post Trump took to social media, […]
The Senate has approved a plan to partially reopen the Department of Homeland Security, sending it back to the House. The proposal restores core agency funding while carving out immigration enforcement for a separate fight. The bill funds DHS through the end of the fiscal year, restarting operations at agencies like TSA and the Coast […]
