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(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) As the U.S. nears a mid-2027 debt-limit deadline with debt approaching $40 trillion, two Republican bills would bar Congress from raising the ceiling without matching any increased spending with spending cuts elsewhere. The Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act, introduced separately by U.S. Senate Republican Whip John...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After years of investigating aviation security, retired federal investigators and 9/11 whistleblowers argue terrorism threats are very real and unless greater security measures are implemented, another similar terrorist attack could happen again. One of them, a former U.S. Air Marshall and Federal Aviation Administration security...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) President Donald Trump touted his record on crime and public safety during a visit to New York on Friday, which was also aimed at boosting Republican candidates in tightly contested races ahead of the midterms. Trump toured the Nassau County Police Academy in Long Island,...

(Headline USA) Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines last week to hold him in contempt. In a pointed letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, a lawyer for...

(Headline USA) A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police said, following an extensive search around two homes and a wooded area. Officers responded just before noon to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 170 miles northwest of Detroit,...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow continued construction on the White House ballroom.  Construction of the ballroom, which has taken over the East Wing of the White House, has gone on for the past several months. A panel of...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A top Democratic lawmaker rushed to defend Hasan Piker after the accused antisemite claimed a university canceled one of his appearances because of his views on Israel, a shocking reversal for a politician with a lengthy pro-censorship record. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a member of the House...

(Headline USA)  A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was charged Friday with one count...

(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024. Mangione, 28, said he even used a...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is preparing to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln as part of a scheduled Middle East deployment, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, news that comes as families of military personnel aboard the Lincoln have reported that sailors have attempted to...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US intelligence officials were skeptical of Israeli intelligence that claimed there was a threat of an Iranian assassination plot against President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month, which prompted the Secret Service to secretly move him to a military aircraft, The Washington Post has...

(Headline USA) The top editor of Forbes left his job last month and was reportedly dismissed for accepting $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine. The New York Times reported this week that Randall Lane was paid by RJ Shook, whose company, Shook...