Trending Politics reports, A flashbang is a type of grenade that, rather than sending out shrapnel or a concussive wave when it explodes, makes a bright flash and loud noise. It’s meant to, with the flash and boom, disorient targets.

Sheila Dang from Reuters reports, News of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk taking a board seat at Twitter has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media firm's ability to moderate content, company insiders told Reuters.

Alan Feuer from The New York Times reports, A federal judge decided on Wednesday that a former government contractor from New Mexico who claimed that the police let him into the Capitol during last year’s Capitol protest was not guilty of four petty offenses, the first acquittal connected to the sprawling investigation of the attack.

Chuck Goudie from ABC 7 Chicago reports, TV star Jussie Smollett was patted down and processed just like any other criminal about to be locked up in the Cook County Jail. There are video and audio recordings of the whole thing. One sheriff's deputy is heard reassuring Smollett he is "in safe hands."

Katie Pavlich from Townhall reports, After ignoring the scandal during the 2020 presidential election regarding the Biden family and with possible indictments looming, the mainstream media is finally covering Hunter Biden's shady foreign dealings.