Andy B.

The best thing we can do for our kids right now is to just let them be kids. Kids are getting cell phones sooner than any generation before them, screen times are up while real human connection is down, and foundational skills aren’t being taught enough these days. We need to take a step back. It’s why I just signed a bipartisan bill into law, requiring cursive handwriting to once again be taught in PA public schools. It’s also why I’ve called on the legislature to pass a bill requiring schools to both implement a bell-to-bell cell phone ban and guarantee recess for every Pennsylvania student.  Let’s continue our work to set young people on a path to success — and let our kids be kids.

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey wasn’t nominated for Best Picture (1969) Kubrick’s landmark sci‑fi got iced out because some voters found it “too boring.” Rock Hudson declared mid‑screening: “Will someone tell me what the hell this is about?” The buzz spread, and 2001 was left drifting in space. 4/

BREAKING: I’m told by three law enforcement sources that the vehicle used in the attack at a Michigan synagogue today is registered to a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon who lives in Dearborn, MI. I have a name, but am waiting for confirmation that name matches the badly burned corpse that was driving the vehicle. Can only confirm the vehicle registration right now. More as we get it.

BREAKING: The 2026 Oscars are on high alert after the FBI warned of a potential “surprise attack” from the regime in Iran. Law enforcement in California has been alerted to threats that could involve drones, sleeper cells or lone actors.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Dominique Evans on how the gunman in the shooting at Old Dominion died: "There were students that were in that room that subdued him, and rendered him no longer alive. I don't know how else to say it." Well, you do know how to say it: the cadets killed the enemy.