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(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche dropped a bombshell of data on Thursday describing Trump administration efforts to find hundreds of thousands of missing unaccompanied alien children (UACs). UACs are minors trafficked to the U.S. border and smuggled into the U.S. under the guise...

(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Six months after a female wrestler in the Puyallup School District reported being sexually assaulted by a male wrestler who identifies as female during a match, the 16-year-old student and her mother are suing Washington state officials. “Washington state officials insist on pushing gender ideology...

(Headline USA) An American scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy was arrested by authorities in China on suspicion of spying, China's foreign ministry said Friday. The scholar, Min Zin, was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” said China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman...

(Headline USA) A rare lapse in a law that gives the U.S. government vast spying powers appears likely after the House failed on Thursday to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump's refusal to name a permanent head of the nation's intelligence agencies. Trump has doubled down...

(Headline USA) Damaging storms swept through the Midwest, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight delays or cancellations at Chicago airports with more potentially severe weather expected Thursday. The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of...

Axios reported on Wednesday that the US still had not determined whether Iran intentionally downed a US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz before the US began bombing Iran on Tuesday night. For its part, Iran never took credit for downing the Apache, and Iran’s deputy foreign minister denied...

(Randy Diamond, The Center Square) More than 10,000 applicants are vying for 15 rent-reduced apartments under a new Seattle affordable housing program funded by a city tax on workers who make more than $1 million a year. Amazon, Microsoft and other companies fought the tax, but voters approved it in...

(Headline USA) A large, burning cross was discovered at a Chicago park on Tuesday afternoon, and police said they are investigating how it ended up there and the motive behind it. Video taken by a motorist shows the wooden cross engulfed in bright orange flames as it leans against a tree...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday slapped down a decision from the Biden administration that regulated efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters. Justices on the high court vacated the District of Columbia district court's decision in American Gas Association v. Department of Energy, where...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) After being sentenced to 35 years in prison for murder, Karmelo Anthony continues to enjoy the support of a small group of defenders who bizarrely portrayed his conviction as an example of racial injustice. Anthony received the sentence after a jury found him guilty in the fatal...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled former White House COVID czar Anthony Fauci is set to testify before Sen. Rand Paul’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Fauci, who was among several officials pardoned by former President Joe Biden for potential federal offenses, has faced ongoing congressional scrutiny over the use...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, will testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee in a closed-door hearing on Wednesday over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gates is among several individuals brought in by lawmakers on the oversight committee to testify about...