Author: Tyrone Jones

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century’s collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church. The 447-233 vote by the UMC’s General Conference came one day after delegates overwhelmingly voted to repeal a 52-year-old declaration that the practice of homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and two days after they repealed the denomination’s ban on LGBTQ clergy.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his spouse were charged Friday with accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and moving the money illegally. The legal document brought by the Justice Department (DOJ) describes payments Cuellar purportedly received from an oil business owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. “The bribe payments were purportedly laundered,…

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's (R) autobiography hasn't been published, but mistakes in the writing are already surfacing. Noem’s representative mentioned that the Republican governor has been made aware of "two small errors". The book is called "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." The Dakota…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) made fun of the students protesting on college campuses after a report was released stating a Houthi-run university in Yemen will offer slots to those suspended at U.S. universities. “If a homicidal, Iranian-funded, terrorism proxy wants to pick up your college education tab, you really, really might want to reevaluate things,” Fetterman posted…

A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records unsealed on Friday say that Miguel Eugenio Zapata was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge that he made false statements to law enforcement. A charging document says Zapata submitted at least seven anonymous tips to the FBI’s website claiming that seven government employees and contractors were involved in the riot at the Capitol. Court records don’t identify which government agency employed Zapata.

NASA has selected nine companies to perform feasibility studies of commercial approaches to deliver spacecraft to Mars and provide services there.

Introducing Solar Hopper, an independent drone that uses 24 perovskite solar cells to recharge. It also looks very cool!

China launched its complex and ambitious Chang’e-6 mission Friday to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon.

Hope Hicks, a former long-time adviser to Donald Trump, is describing how his 2016 presidential campaign got involved in a political scandal over a recording in which he bragged about touching women without their consent. The well-known “Access Hollywood” recording is key to the case. Prosecutors claim it sped up his then-lawyer Michael Cohen's payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep her silent about allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier. Hicks said that once she found out about the recording, she understood that it was a damaging development.

Mary Trump, former President Trump's niece, expressed mixed confidence that her uncle will be convicted in court, suggesting there is 'always a way out for him,' as his criminal hush money trial continues in New York. “I think the real split screen we need to think about is Donald Trump, presidential candidate for the Republican…