(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As the federal government shutdown hits the one week mark, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Democrats to vote for Republicans’ funding bill to prevent permanent damage to the U.S. economy.
“Each week the shutdown continues, it will wipe out an estimated $15 billion...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Sunday deployed California National Guard troops to Portland after a federal judge in Oregon on Saturday temporarily blocked the president from calling up the Oregon National Guard.
“My administration is aware that 101 federalized California National Guard members arrived in Oregon...
North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train...
As the government shutdown enters its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended Republican leaders’ refusal to concede to Democrats’ health care policy demands in exchange for their votes on federal funding….
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump turned to mockery on Monday, ridiculing Democratic demands ahead of the government shutdown on Tuesday evening.
He posted an AI-altered video on Truth Social of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache — a likely jab at Jeffries’s push to exploit the government shutdown to expand Obamacare subsidies, which...
President Trump has said he will attend a meeting of hundreds of US military generals and admirals at the US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, this Tuesday…
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Top Democratic lawmakers are set to ditch Washington DC for a two-day getaway at the five-star Hotel Yountville in California, even as a government shutdown looms, Politico Playbook reported Saturday.
The trip is scheduled for Oct. 13–14, which would be the 12th day of a potential shutdown...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The woman caught on tape viciously attacking a pro-life interviewer? She walked scot-free after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dismissed her criminal charges.
The alleged assailant, Brianna Rivers, was initially arrested by the New York City Police Department and charged with second-degree assault after she punched veteran pro-life...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) America is known as the “land of opportunity,” so much so that an illegal alien was appointed as the top education official in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national with a final deportation order, was arrested Friday while allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun...