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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Between the Soviet-style “block party” during the inauguration of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Times Square protests opposing the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, it may seem to some as if the Big Apple is on the verge of a socialist revolution. But...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Congress faces a mountain of political challenges when it resumes session next week, including a potential government shutdown, a health care affordability crisis, and the ongoing release of the Epstein files. U.S. lawmakers left town for the holidays after passing only three of the 12...

(Headline USA) Foreign flags are flying in Florida---and Republicans are celebrating it. Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country — a stunning outcome they had longed...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US attack on Venezuela early Saturday morning that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife killed at least 40 people, including military personnel and civilians, The New York Times has reported, citing an unnamed senior Venezuelan official. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez...

(Headline USA) The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president had been captured and flown out of the country after months of intense pressure on Nicolás Maduro's government — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after...

(Headline USA) Minnesota officials have until next week to hand over information on providers and parents who receive federal child care funds that the Trump administration contends have been used fraudulently or risk losing federal funding.  State officials said Friday recent inspections showed several childcare centers accused of fraud by...

(Money Metals News Service) Silver is starting to attract high levels of retail demand from U.S. investors – most of whom very recently caught on to the compelling silver investment thesis. Five years of production deficits combined with an expanding array of demand sources have finally started to matter, with...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) US District Judge Matthew Sharbaugh ruled Friday that Brian Cole Jr., who’s accused of planting two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest, is to remain in jail—despite the fact that Cole has not...

(Headline USA) Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. The 34-year-old Democrat became mayor in a...

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit this week against Virginia, alleging the state unlawfully grants in-state college tuition rates to students who are not legally present in the United States. The government is seeking a permanent injunction against certain provisions of the Virginia...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. House Oversight Committee called on Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to testify regarding alleged fraud throughout the state. Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., called on Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to testify at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 10. "American...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to give Hamas a two-month deadline to disarm, according to a report from Israel Hayom, an outlet owned and published by Trump mega-donor Miriam Adelson. Trump said during a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Florida on...