(Headline USA) A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others unaccounted for with no hope for rescue, authorities said.
Another nine people were injured, some severely, in...
(Randy Diamond, The Center Square) Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is claiming that his hardline policies on the homeless will mean that thousands of the unhoused will relocate to Seattle, with its more permissive policies, if he is elected to office.
The former reality television star-turned-political candidate has made...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday ousted four-term incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn during a night of major upsets and a race that got national attention.
Paxton won the long anticipated Republican runoff for the Senate despite Cornyn, a former Senate Republican whip, getting...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez may be behind bars on corruption charges, but his son, Rep. Rob Menendez, appeared eager to defend the family name during a heated confrontation with a peaceful protester outside a New Jersey ICE facility over Memorial Day weekend.
Menendez, a Democrat representing the same New...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An awkward moment unfolded outside an anti-ICE protest at a New Jersey detention facility when demonstrators loudly cheered two Hispanic men exiting the building — only to discover the pair were actually federal agents in plainclothes.
“Welcome, brothers,” a protester said in Spanish, as two men emerged from Delaney Hall Detention Facility through...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) signaled he is not walking away from politics just one week after losing his Republican primary to a Donald Trump-backed challenger, filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for a potential 2028 campaign while leaving open the possibility of running for...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump's emerging agreement to conclude the Iran war is drawing fierce pushback from hawkish Republicans who argue the deal risks squandering American military gains and leaving Tehran in a stronger position than before hostilities began, Fortune reported.
The proposed arrangement that Trump described as...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the United States committed a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire between the US and Iran, a statement that came a day after the US military said that it launched strikes against targets in southern Iran.
The...
(Phil Davidson, The Center Square) Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Discord, a popular and free communications platform, for allegedly allowing child predators to groom and exploit kids while deceiving parents and the public about the safety of its platform.
In October 2025, Paxton opened an investigation into Discord after...
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont, has spent nearly $608,000 on private jets, chauffeured cars, and upscale hotels since last year through his campaign fund, an investigation by The Center Square found.
Sanders is barnstorming the country on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) We talk a lot about sound money around here. Primarily, we focus on the financial impacts of unsound fiat currency on the American people. It steals their wealth and robs them of purchasing power.
However, there is another pernicious aspect of fiat money that gets...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command on Monday took credit for attacks on Iran after Iranian media reported explosions in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement to CNN, CENTCOM spokesman Timothy Hawkins framed the attack on Iran as “self-defense” even though the...