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Update 1/5/22 5:00 P.M. EST: The House of Representatives finished its ninth vote without a candidate gaining a majority. A tenth vote is underway. According to the New York Times (Lean Left Bias), this is the most protracted speaker election since 1859.

Since the new Congress convened Tuesday morning, representatives have been deadlocked in attempts to elect the Speaker of the House.

Facebook announced Friday that former President Donald Trump's accounts would be suspended for two years, "effective from the date of the initial suspension on January 7 this year." After two years, Facebook "will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded." The company suspended Trump indefinitely "following his praise for people engaged" in the deadly violence at

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he had directed intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to come closer to a definitive conclusion on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and to “report back to me in 90 days.” The announcement came days after the Wall Street Journal reported on an intelligence report stating that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced in a New York Times opinion (Left bias) piece that he would provide Ukraine with "more advanced rockets systems and munitions" as part of a $700 million weapons package to help the country defend against Russia's invasion. 

This is the 4th major weapons portion and 11th aid package the U.S. has approved for Ukraine since the invasion started,