Author: Michael

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a meeting with new senators in the Old Senate Chamber. As part of the traditional swearing-in ceremony, Harris has implemented a COVID-19 testing requirement for senators, their families, and any guests over the age of 2.

This requirement aligns with protocol set by the White House for those interacting with President Joe Biden. Some senators may choose not to participate in the ceremony due to this requirement, although none have publicly stated their intention to do so.

The US president says new weapons shipments will help Kiev fight Moscow
US President Joe Biden has described the Ukraine conflict as entering a crucial phase, justifying Washington’s latest pledge to send more heavy weapons to Kiev. His statement came after Ukraine rejected Russia’s proposal for an Orthodox Christmas ceasefire.
“Right now, the war in Ukraine is at a critical point. We have to do everything we can to help the Ukrainians resist Russian aggression, and Russia is not attempting to slow up,” Biden said during a government meeting in the White House on Thursday.

As the conflict over naming the next GOP Speaker of the House boiled over into a second full day on Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) defended his position against voting for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-CA) as the top House officer.
By Wednesday evening, the House membership failed for the sixth consecutive vote to name a new Speaker. The number of Republicans who refused to vote for McCarthy rose from Tuesday to Wednesday from 20 to 21.
Gaetz has had a close relationship with President Donald Trump since he was first elected to Congress in 2016.

Malicious actors stole the data of 235 million users, making them vulnerable to various attacks, a cyber expert has said
Data from more than 200 million Twitter accounts has been leaked and posted by hackers on an online forum, a security analyst said on Wednesday.
In a post on LinkedIn, Alon Gal, the co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, revealed that the leak “contains 235,000,000 unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses.

Governments across Europe will have a hard time filling up storage facilities given the dearth of Russian supplies, Equinor head Anders Opedal has said
The European energy market is likely to remain tight this year despite the current drop in gas prices, Anders Opedal, the CEO of Equinor, Norway’s largest energy company, told Bloomberg in a piece published on Thursday.
European gas prices have dropped to their lowest level in over a year this week due to unseasonably warm weather, with gas futures at the TTF hub in the Netherlands dipping below $700 per 1,000 cubic meters on Thursday.

“I have not typically been a crier and this whole experience has truly taken me to my knees,” the “Chrisley Knows Best” star said of her conviction.

Kate Garraway ridiculed Prince Harry’s pettiness this morning as she expressed disbelief he used his memoir to grind axes over the size of his childhood bedroom.

The Duke of Sussex reiterated that he wants reconciliation with his relatives, even though his memoir has plunged the Royal Family into its worst crisis since the death of his mother.

MAILONLINE LIVEBLOG: Get all the latest news about Prince Harry and the fallout of his explosive tell-all autobiography, Spare, at MailOnline’s live blog on January 6, 2023.

Two bungling vandals set themselves on fire by setting themselves on fire in a California small business security camera.
Max Solorzano released the footage as the owner of Bakersfield’s immigration services company. Bakersfield is two hours North of Los Angeles. The footage was taken on New Year’s Day.
Two cameras capture two separate shots of two men in dark clothes and covered faces approaching the building to spray an accelerant onto them.
The fire lit up and flashed towards them. They extinguished the flames and ran away from the business.