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(Photo by Joe Raedle/Staff via Getty Images) OAN Brooke MalloryUPDATED 4:19 PM – Monday, March 13, 2023 According to the U.S. Department of Interior, Joe Biden and his administration have approved a limited version of ConocoPhillips’ $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow Project in Alaska. The decision has caused overwhelmingly positive reactions from Alaskan … Continue reading Biden approves Alaskan Willow oil project, upsetting climate activists

(Photo by David Nagle/U.S. Navy/Getty Images) OAN Geraldyn BerryUPDATED 4:02 PM – Monday, March 13, 2023 As anxiety over China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific area grows, President Joe Biden and the heads of two important U.S. allies formally confirmed on Monday that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States to update its … Continue reading U.S. to sell nuke-powered submarines to Australia

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee on Monday said the quick collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the sudden need for a bailout plan shows federal regulators may not have been as aware of the situation as they should have been. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., accused regulators of being “asleep at the wheel” in a … Continue reading Senate Banking Republicans wary of Biden officials’ handling of SVB collapse: ‘Asleep at the wheel’

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) issued a scathing rebuke Monday of President Joe Biden’s administration after it approved a scaled-down version of an oil drilling project in a petroleum-rich region of northern Alaska. Markey, a climate hawk and cosponsor of the failed Green New Deal, called the administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, a multibillion-dollar oil … Continue reading Ed Markey Rages at Biden over ‘Disastrous Decision’ to Approve Oil Drilling Project

South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were focused on cutting taxes when the session began in January. They now can declare victory on that topic. The record was more mixed on other … Continue reading South Dakota legislative session marked by tax cuts, election reform, culture war headway

A Montana State University (MSU) student has won her legal battle against the school, successfully getting the university to lift a no-contact order imposed on her after she refused to comply with a sorority’s “insistence” on preferred pronouns. MSU student Daria Danley filed a lawsuit against the school after it accused her of “hate speech” and imposed … Continue reading Pronoun Police Lose: Student Wins Legal Battle with Montana State U. over Free Speech

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will be sent to an inpatient rehabilitation facility after being treated at the hospital for a concussion and a rib fracture. McConnell, 81, was rushed to the hospital last week upon tripping at a reception and private dinner at a Washington, DC, hotel hosted by the Senate Leadership Fund, a Senate campaign fund … Continue reading Mitch McConnell Sent to Rehabilitation Facility After Hospitalization for Concussion, Rib Fracture

Nikkei Asia reported Sunday that advanced sniper rifles, night vision goggles, and other top-shelf American military equipment left in Afghanistan during President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal are resurfacing in the hands of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists. Nikkei Asia alleged the American gear has been used in lethal terrorist actions: In some attacks, police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa … Continue reading Report: Pakistani Taliban Terrorists Using U.S. Weapons Biden Abandoned in Afghanistan

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge William Osteen granted the request by House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger to formally intervene in the lawsuit filed in January. … Continue reading North Carolina lawmakers will defend abortion pill restrictions in federal court

Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall, after the petition cleared another hurdle Monday. The constitutional amendment moves to the signature-gathering phase after the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed the petition language contains … Continue reading Petition to enshrine abortion rights into Ohio Constitution clears major legal hurdle

As startups race to integrate AI into their products, they are running into a major roadblock: spiraling costs, caused by the immense computing power required to process AI queries. CNBC reports on one startup, video game company Latitude, which found itself paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to process millions of AI requests … Continue reading Startups Struggle to Meet ‘Massive’ Costs of AI

Microsoft, which is devoting its resources to the AI race, and which has a head start thanks to its bankrolling of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has reportedly spent a figure “probably larger” than several hundred million dollars to assemble the computing power needed to support the AI company’s projects. At the hardware level, AI systems are … Continue reading Report: Microsoft Spent Hundreds of Millions on OpenAI Supercomputer

Former President Donald Trump’s policies at the United States-Mexico border helped deter illegal immigration, while President Joe Biden’s policies are encouraging record-setting inflows, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, compares the size and scale of migrant caravans under Trump versus those that have arrived under the … Continue reading Rice University Study: Trump Policies Cut Illegal Immigration, Biden Policies Encourage Inflow

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was discharged from a hospital Monday after being treated for a concussion from his fall at a hotel in Washington, D.C., last week.  In a statement, a spokesperson for McConnell said the recovery was “proceeding well.” “At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period … Continue reading Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged from hospital after being treated for concussion from fall

California’s imploding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) had a number of foreign depositors, including tech start-ups in China. Chinese firms rushed over the weekend to reassure their customers and investors that their exposure in the SVB collapse is minimal, or that they have enough cash on hand to weather any loss of access to their SVB … Continue reading Chinese Tech Startups Panic over Money Trapped in SVB Crisis

Illinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law on Monday that will take effect next year. Starting Jan. 1, Illinois employers must offer workers paid time off based on hours worked, with no need to explain the reason … Continue reading New Illinois law mandates paid leave ‘for any reason’

Last month, President Biden’s Department of Energy proposed new efficiency standards for washing machines that requires new appliances to use considerably less water, all in an effort to “confront the global climate crisis.”  Leading industry corporations have voice their opinion on the rule, claiming the mandates force manufacturers to reduce cleaning performance to ensure their … Continue reading Biden washing machine rule would make Americans dirtier and stinkier — and raise prices: manufacturers

CARACAS, Venezuela – Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro announced on Saturday that he would preside over “free and fair” elections in 2024. “In 2024 the presidential elections will come, the people will vote, they will elect and, on January 10, 2025, the president-elect will be sworn in and will continue the course of our country, in … Continue reading Venezuela’s Socialists Announce ‘Free and Fair’ 2024 Presidential Election, Guaido to Run

Those who love a young woman named Keyarah Mendoza hope to find and thank two people who rushed to help when she was in desperate need. On January 27, Mendoza was driving down Interstate 495 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when the worst thing imaginable happened, Boston.com reported Friday. She was flung from her car when it … Continue reading Woman Flung Out of Car in Wreck Saved by Nurses Stopped on Road: ‘They Were Certainly Angels’

Just ahead of the Super Bowl in Feb., ESPN and the NFL Network benched Michael Irvin after a Marriott hotel worker made unspecified claims of sexual harassment. Now the hotel chain is revealing some specifics about the claims lodged against the broadcaster. The cable network moved quickly to take Irvin off its Super Bowl broadcast … Continue reading Marriott Releases Details of Alleged Lewd Conduct by NFL Network’s Michael Irvin

Two men are accused of stealing $26,000 worth of baby formula from several stores in Georgia, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Police arrested Regulo Sanchez-Romero and Mateo Sanchez-Romero on Thursday and apprehended a 16-year-old who was with them as they exited a Publix store north of Atlanta, allegedly in possession of 12 cans of … Continue reading Two Men Accused of Stealing $26K Worth of Baby Formula in Georgia

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) pushed back on President Joe Biden blaming the rollback of some financial regulations — which Gottheimer voted for — for the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse by stating that the regulators “should have caught” problems with SVB. Host Jake Tapper asked, “So, today, President … Continue reading Dem Rep. Gottheimer: Biden Blaming Trump, GOP for SVB Collapse Is Wrong, Regulators ‘Should Have Caught’ SVB’s Problems

President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to enact rules to prevent banks from collapsing after inflation, fueled by the Biden administration’s energy policies, caused increased interest rates meant to tamp down Biden’s soaring price hikes. One day after taking credit for inventing a new mechanism intended to provide liquidity “to help assure banks have the ability to meet … Continue reading Joe Biden Vows to Prevent Future Bank Collapses Under His Watch

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has yet to explain how the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis happened on his watch — with Silicon Valley Bank, a California bank, under California regulations. The federal government stepped in to protect depositors on Sunday, after a run on the bank last week made it insolvent. … Continue reading Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Latest Failure on Gavin Newsom’s Watch

(Photo by U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) OAN Geraldyn BerryUPDATED 2:19 PM – Monday, March 13, 2023 San Diego Fire and Rescue has announced that at least eight people of unknown nationalities are dead and seven people are missing following two boats crashing off the San Diego’s Black Beach coast on Saturday night. The … Continue reading Smuggling boat crash has deadly consequences

EXCLUSIVE: The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chair Rep. Richard Hudson pledges to go “on offense” in next year’s elections to expand the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives. “We’re on offense. We’re not going to protect our majority. We’re going to grow our majority. I think this list is very realistic and I … Continue reading House GOP campaign chair says dozens of Democratic seats are in play for 2024

Golf great Tiger Woods is finally responding to claims by ex-girlfriend Erica Herman’s accusation of sexual abuse saying that she is not a victim, just a “jilted ex-girlfriend.” The bizarre breakup continues to roil the two in acrimony as Herman seeks to sue Woods on a multitude of claims, including that he tricked her into … Continue reading Court Docs: Tiger Woods Says Erica Herman Is Not a Victim, just a ‘Jilted Ex-Girlfriend’

(Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Deven BerryhillUPDATED 2:30 PM PT – Monday, March 13, 2023 Staff members close to the Vice President have accused Senator Elizabeth Warren of being dodgy about endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the VP candidate for President Joe Biden for the 2024 elections. In a … Continue reading VP snubs Senator Warren over recent radio interview

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle weighed in on the migrant rush in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, with one asking in “what world” does a rush like it “not catch” the eye of the president. Sunday saw a group of at least 1,000 mainly Venezuelan illegal migrants rush the Paso Del Norte bridge … Continue reading Texas lawmakers react to the El Paso migrant rush: ‘Full-blown invasion at our southern border’

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans will hold a call with members Monday evening to discuss the Biden administration’s response to the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse and formulate a response, Capitol Hill sources told Fox News Digital. The briefing call is being convened by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House GOP leadership at 8 p.m. EST, according to … Continue reading House Republicans meeting Monday evening to plot response to Biden’s handling of SVB collapse