2024

TL/DR - Idaho's attempt to execute one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, Thomas Eugene Creech, failed after multiple unsuccessful attempts to tap into a vein for lethal injection. Creech, who has been in prison for 50 years and was sentenced to death in 1983 for murder, was returned to his cell after the botched attempt. Amid a…

TL/DR - The worldwide donkey population has decreased by 76% since 1992 due to increasing demand for Ejiao, a gelatin found in donkey hides, primarily in China. To counter this trend, the US Congress introduced "The Ejiao Act of 2023", prohibiting the sale, import, or export of any product containing donkey hide. Daisy Acre Ranch in North Phoenix…

TL/DR - Congressional negotiators have reached a deal to temporarily prevent an impending government shutdown by funding governmental departments including Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development until March 8. The remaining agencies will have their funding voted on and enacted before…

TL/DR - The Supreme Court is set to decide if Donald Trump can claim immunity in the federal investigation into election fraud led by special counsel Jack Smith. The court plans to expedite the case and hear arguments the week of April 22. However, the high court has ordered that a lower court ruling against Trump remain on hold until its…