(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. national debt is now larger than the entire American economy and is only set to keep growing, further exacerbating the affordability crisis and risking national security.
Out of the $39 trillion total national debt, debt held by the public hit $31.27 trillion on...
(Headline USA) Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party in the northwestern Sinaloa state said they would temporarily step down from their posts after the United States charged them and eight other politicians and security officers with drug trafficking.
The bombshell indictment against the 10 has shaken Mexico's political establishment.
In...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump says the Pentagon is preparing to release some “very interesting” UFO files uncovered by his administration, generating a mix of buzz and skepticism as he hints at new revelations around questions of alien life.
Trump started stoking interest in the extraterrestrial in February, directing federal agencies...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill spent years dismissing Republican warnings about voter fraud as baseless. On Monday, her administration offered a sweetheart deal to a Democrat politician accused of orchestrating a massive voter fraud scheme.
That candidate, Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim, ran for the Democratic nomination for mayor...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Both the House and the Senate passed a 45-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans.
The Senate passed the 45-day extension by unanimous consent, and the bill then passed...
(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) National teachers unions have spent over $1 billion on political activity and advocacy since 2015, according to a new report by Defending Education.
Both reports, shared with The Center Square, found the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association together directed $669 million...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The $25 billion estimate the Pentagon gave to Congress on Wednesday regarding the cost of the Iran war is a lowball figure that doesn’t include the cost of repairing the destruction at US bases across the Middle East, CNN has reported.
Sources told the outlet that factoring...
(Headline USA) A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.
The person is “believed to be involved” in the bank robbery in Berea on Thursday, Trooper Justin Kearney posted online.
A man...
(Headline USA) A student at a Tacoma high school was booked on five counts of first-degree assault after four students and an adult security guard were wounded in a stabbing at the school Thursday, police said.
The Tacoma Fire Department took five people to hospitals from Foss High School, with four...
(Headline USA) ICE arrests have fallen in recent months, and the number of people in immigration detention has dropped from a high of roughly 72,000 in January to 58,000 this week, according to The Associated Press.
But in a sign of its continued determination, ICE in budget documents says it plans...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After weeks of delay, the U.S. House on Thursday approved the Senate’s legislation reopening the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump signed the legislation shortly after, ending the 76-day DHS shutdown. All agencies except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A pro-abortion scholar struggled Wednesday to answer a question that touched on the gruesome reality of the procedures she defends, even as she continued offering politically correct talking points about “reproductive healthcare.”
American University senior scholar Jessica Waters faced questioning from freshman Rep. Brandon Gill, who bluntly...