(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) A booming stock market propelled California’s main state retirement fund to near-record returns, but the fund is still $166 billion short on its obligations, according to the Reason Foundation. With the taxpayer-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office warning the state should be ready for a possible...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) President Donald Trump said talks to end the Ukraine war were going “okay” after US officials met with Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
“The talks on Ukraine-Russia are going along. We are talking, the talks are going okay,” the President said on Monday. “I’ll do whatever I...
(Headline USA) After a gunman shot a Delaware state trooper inside a DMV office near Wilmington on Tuesday, the wounded trooper pushed a nearby employee to safety before the gunman shot him again, killing him, authorities said. A police officer then confronted, shot and killed the gunman.
The trooper, who has...
(Headline USA) Brown University's president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others earlier this month.
Questions surrounding Brown's security policies have only intensified since the Dec. 13 shooting that rocked...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Nearly $900 million in secretive donations funded the 2024 presidential election, with the majority of that “dark money” going to the Democrats’ Kamala Harris campaign, according to the New York Times.
The Times reported Wednesday that Future Forward USA Action, the super PAC backing Joseph Biden...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison came under fire for blaming two car manufacturers for a surge in vehicle thefts across the state, with critics arguing the problem stemmed from lenient, soft-on-crime policies instead.
The backlash followed Ellison’s framing of a multi-state settlement, in which he claimed Minnesota faced a...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A firestorm of controversy has engulfed Brown University following the mass shooting that took place last Saturday.
Critics are now questioning whether the prestigious institution deliberately disabled security cameras, inadvertently creating blind spots that allowed the shooter to escape detection.
According to the latest reports shared by...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration awarded Silicon Valley data analytics firm Palantir Technologies a $300 million contract without competitive bidding to construct an AI powered system targeting alleged fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This move has sparked widespread concern about surveillance overreach and discriminatory targeting...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a roughly 10-month stint that left many of his supporters disappointed, Dan Bongino is set to quit his job as FBI deputy director, according to multiple reports.
Fox News reported Monday that Bongino is set to decide about his future in the next few weeks....
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,”...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department is considering charging alleged Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson with an anti-Christian hate crime, according to NBC News.
Citing three people familiar with the matter, NBC reported Saturday that the justification for charging Robinson with a hate crime largely hinges on his alleged...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Friday he had received information from a “new FBI whistleblower” that raises questions about the bureau’s investigation into the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case.
The alleged whistleblower information centers on Brian J. Cole, Jr., the suspect the DOJ claimed placed explosive devices...