President Joe Biden announced on Dec. 20 that the federal government has canceled an additional $4.28 billion in student debt for 55,000 public service workers across the country. In a statement, Biden said teachers, nurses, service members, and law enforcement officials, are among the public service workers who will benefit from the latest debt cancellation. […]

Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for director of national intelligence (DNI), picked up a key endorsement from the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). The NBPC—a labor union representing 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel across the country—endorsed Gabbard in a on Dec. 17. letter addressed to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Cotton […]

The northern giant hornet, dubbed the “murder hornet” for its aggressive nature and potentially deadly sting, has been eradicated from the United States five years after it was first identified in the country, officials announced on Dec. 18. Formerly known as Asian giant hornets, the invasive species was first detected in North America in British […]

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 17 that he has nominated Florida-based art collector Nicole McGraw to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Croatia. “Nicole is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and World renowned art collector,” Trump wrote in a statement posted on Truth Social. McGraw opened her first art gallery in Palm Beach Gardens back […]

President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 17 that he has nominated former NFL player and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. In a statement on Truth Social, the incoming president said he believes Walker, 62, is the ideal candidate for the role because he has “spent decades […]

The Pentagon has denied allegations by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) that drones seen flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks are being controlled by Iran. Speaking to reporters at a Wednesday press conference, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said the Department of Defense has no evidence that the drones are the […]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Dec. 11 that he will “fight to the end” in the face of attempts to impeach him following his short-lived martial law declaration earlier this month. In a televised speech lasting slightly less than 30 minutes, Yoon said he declared martial law on Dec. 3 as a […]

A federal judge in Texas on Dec. 10 rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones’s Infowars website to satirical publication The Onion, ruling that the process did not result in the best possible bids and citing concerns about transparency in the auction. The Onion was named the winning bidder of Infowars’ assets during the Nov. […]

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Ronald Johnson, the former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, to serve as ambassador to Mexico in his upcoming administration, he said on Dec. 10. If approved by the U.S. Senate, Johnson will work closely with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has been tapped by Trump for secretary of state, to […]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol must be suspended following his short-lived declaration of martial law, the head of the country’s ruling party said on Dec. 6, citing “credible evidence” that Yoon sought to arrest and detain political leaders following his proclamation. The leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Han Dong-hoon, made the […]

A federal judge in California agreed to end a tax case against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, once the court receives the formal pardon. In a five-page order published on Dec. 3, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi criticized some of the “representations” contained within a statement published by the White House on Dec. 1 […]

President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 27 that he intends to roll out a “large-scale” advertising campaign aimed at informing Americans of the dangers of fentanyl when he takes office in January. “I will be working on a large scale United States advertising campaign, explaining how bad Fentanyl is for people to use—millions of lives […]

Republican candidate Nick Begich defeated incumbent Democratic rival Rep. Mary Peltola in Alaska’s U.S. House race on Wednesday, providing Republicans with a small victory as they seek to bolster their narrow House majority. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Begich shortly after 9 p.m. ET, with 99 percent of the votes counted. […]

The United States closed its embassy in Kyiv on Nov. 20 and warned American citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter after receiving “specific information of a potential significant air attack.” “Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion” by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), his office said in a Nov. 18 statement. The order focuses on CCP influence operations such as “Operation Fox Hunt,” which are part of wider efforts by the Chinese communist regime to […]

The governors of Illinois and Colorado, both Democrats, have announced the formation of a new alliance aimed at safeguarding against “authoritarianism” and preventing the “undermining of democratic institutions,” just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to assume office. The alliance, named “Governors Safeguarding Democracy” (GSD), is being billed as a historic and nonpartisan coalition […]

The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill alongside Japanese, and South Korean militaries on Nov. 3, just days after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time in nearly a year. The training exercise saw the United States fly the B-1B bomber a highly versatile, multi-mission weapon […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Oct. 31 that a video allegedly showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have carried out voter fraud in the U.S. presidential election is fake and an example of targeted disinformation. The 20-second video emerged on the social media platform X with just days to go until the […]

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office mistakenly posted a spreadsheet to its website that contained partial passwords to some parts of the state’s voting systems, it has confirmed. In an Oct. 29 statement, the office said the spreadsheet shared on the department’s website “improperly included a hidden tab including partial passwords to certain components […]

The U.S. Army must release records related to a visit former President Donald Trump made to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in August, after reports emerged of an alleged altercation between his campaign staffers and an official working at the cemetery. Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia […]