Two soldiers are being questioned after photos of them dressing their service dogs as BDSM leaked online. Images of one of the officers, who resigned from the Army only last week, wearing one of the dog masks, have surfaced online. Two gang members were revealed to be commissioned officers after their identities were revealed in a long chat broadcast by a second Twitter account. On Tuesday, the Army released a statement promising to examine the claims. U.S. Army Pacific is aware of material published on social media revealing activities while in uniform, according to Major Jonathan Lewis, a spokeswoman for…
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Parliamentary voting on the government’s long-term budget agreed to on Tuesday night must be completed by December 22. Legislators are debating a continuing resolution that would keep spending at its current level through December 16. (CR). House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released a joint statement announcing the framework agreement (D-CT). Hill gives more detail than what was included in the initial press release. The Appropriations Committee Chairman, former Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, said earlier this week that lawmakers had “reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that should allow us to conclude…
A year-long “omnibus” funding package that would expire at the end of the current fiscal year in September 2023 is now being negotiated by senators, who aim to include over 7,500 earmarks totaling $16 billion. On Tuesday night, many legislators made public statements suggesting that a comprehensive framework agreement had been reached. There are over 7,500 earmarks worth $16 billion spread among 2023 appropriations bills produced throughout the year, Bloomberg Government reported earlier in the day. According to Bloomberg Government, the 2023 appropriations bills have 3,123 earmarks with a total value of $7,780,973,000 from the Senate and 4,386 earmarks with…
According to Newsom, it is the federal government’s “responsibility” to address the issue of illegal immigration since the federal government “owns” the problem. On Monday, Gavin Newsom, the Democratic contender for governor of California, said he was worried that President Joe Biden’s proposal to overturn Trump’s border policy would “destroy” the state. The deportation scheme outlined in Title 42 by Trump will be scrapped if Biden is elected. The current state of affairs is “not functional and is poised to break in a post-42 world,” as Newsom put it on Monday, so “we need to take some accountability and ownership.”…
The United States will invest $55 billion in Africa to improve the continent’s economy, healthcare, and security, the White House announced on Monday. When President Joe Biden met with African leaders on Tuesday, he was anticipated to provide further details on the benefits package. Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor, told the press on Monday that the United States would contribute $55 billion to Africa over the next three years to help with “the significant challenges of our day.” However, despite the widespread perception that the United Government is trying to force its will on African governments, Sullivan claims that…
Conservatives in the House of Representatives claimed it had “spilled over” into the public. Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have given evidence suggesting that an event at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology may have been the origin of the deadly COVID-19 virus. FOX News was the first to report the breaking news. The leak, which happened late on Wednesday, originated in the minority staff report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The executive summary claims “there are indications that SARS-CoV-2 may have been tied to China’s biological weapons research program and spilled over to the human…
Although the math on Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) path to Speaker of the House may be stacked against him, he still has the support of certain members. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) made it clear to reporters after Tuesday’s Republican Governance Group (RG2) meeting that McCarthy had both her and the majority of the Republican caucus. She said, “There is no Plan B,” indicating that she was entirely behind McCarthy’s bid for the presidency. This backing contrasts the resistance from Republicans, some of whom have made it clear they won’t be supporting McCarthy. The new Congress will consist of around 50…
After enacting the most severe contractionary policy in a decade, the Federal Reserve decided to raise the target federal funds rate by 0.5 percentage points. The Federal Open Market Committee has now raised rates four times this year, with today’s increase being the most recent (June, July, September, and November). The current interest rate objective is between 4.25% and 4.50%. The Committee’s decision on the future pace of raising the target range will consider the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation, and economic and financial developments, as stated by the…
Rep. Virginia Foxx is drafting legislation to restrict the involvement of child protection services in disputes over transgender youth. On Tuesday, North Carolina Republican Representative Virginia Foxx introduced legislation to protect parents who refuse to allow their children to undergo social or medical gender transitions from having custody of their children terminated. Foxx, a prominent member of the House Committee on Education & Labor, recently told Fox News Digital, “Parents have the right and duty to keep their children safe.” It also includes making choices about life-altering medical interventions. Foxx argued that deciding not to provide a kid with gender…
With 11.6 million Americans out of work and another 3.7 million underemployed, President Joe Biden plans to import roughly 65,000 foreign workers on H-2B visas to fill blue-collar positions. Secretary of Homeland Security under Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, said in October that the government would be enabling corporations to import up to 65,000 extra H-2B foreign visa workers to fill nonagricultural positions in construction, meatpacking, landscaping, and other sectors. Mayorkas announced the plan’s completion on Tuesday. To help American businesses prepare for their peak season labor demands, the Department is making additional H-2B visas accessible sooner than before, as said by…
Instead of appearing before Congress via video from the Bahamas to answer naive questions about the inner workings of bitcoin exchanges, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will be prepared to face federal charges brought by the U.S. government on Tuesday. The Attorney General of the Bahamas claims that the Royal Bahamas Police Force detained Bankman-Fried, the CEO and creator of the bitcoin business FTX, on Monday night. Fried, a banking tycoon, saw his fortune wiped out when allegations of fraud were leveled against him and his company, FTX. The United States officially informed SBF that it had filed criminal charges against him…
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said he would ask the state’s highest court to convene a grand jury to look into allegations of impropriety with COVID vaccinations. The news was shared with Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and other health officials during a ceremony centered on “accountability” for the COVID mRNA doses. DeSantis stated, “That will come with legal processes that we’ll be able to collect more information and to bring legal punishment for individuals who committed malfeasance.” Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, is hosting a meeting to discuss responsibility for mRNA vaccines. To monitor “the public health establishment,”…
The FACE Act ensures that all Americans, regardless of their views, can have a legal and safe abortion. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer, the Justice Department has been actively prosecuting pro-life campaigners under laws from the 1990s, as Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta acknowledged earlier this month. In a speech commemorating the Justice Department’s 65th birthday on December 6, Gupta said that the ruling “dealt a terrible blow to women throughout the country.” She said that the decision nullified a constitutionally protected right to abortion and increased the “urgency” of the Department of…
After lobbyists for the media industry failed to include the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a significant gift for corporate media companies, in the annual military budget bill, they are now trying to sneak it into a potential omnibus package. Breitbart News has heard from sources on Capitol Hill that media lobbyists are making last-ditch efforts to contact members to attach the bill to an omnibus if one is enacted, even though it is still unclear whether or not a collection will be passed. Despite the JCPA’s overwhelming defeat in the Senate and House, its proponents played dangerous games…
Many of Tesla’s financial backers are worried about the company’s reputation after CEO Elon Musk spent significant time and effort on Twitter in recent weeks. Since the billionaire entrepreneur has focused so heavily on protecting free speech and eliminating efforts to limit the reach of conservative accounts, his $44 billion buyout of the social media business has drawn significant ire from lefties. Musk has also given media outside of Twitter copies of correspondence that show how previous Twitter officials tried to censor conservative voices and get rid of President Trump. Future Fund Managing Partner Gary Black, whose firm holds $50…