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Trump Administration Orders a Colorado Coal-Fired Power Generator to Stay Open

(Headline USA) The Trump administration has told another coal-fired power facility to remain open, this time ordering the owners of a Colorado electricity generating unit to keep it running beyond its Wednesday retirement date. Compliance will cost Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the other owners of the Craig Station...

GOP Fiscal Hawks Balk at $5.7B for Refugees in 2026 HHS Funding Bill

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) When Congress returns next week, lawmakers will have less than a month to pass the remaining nine appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal year 2026. Already, however, there are signs of further delay, with two Republican senators pledging to vote against the bill for...

US Military Bombs Three More Alleged Drug Boats, Says There May Be Survivors

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Southern Command said on Wednesday that its forces bombed three more alleged drug boats that were traveling as a convoy and suggested there may have been survivors. SOUTHCOM said the strike killed at least three “narco-terrorists,” a term the Trump administration uses to justify extra-judicial executions...

US Bombed Seven Countries in 2025 as Trump Dramatically Expanded Airstrikes

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) 2025 saw a major increase in US airstrikes due to President Trump loosening the rules of engagement for military commanders and launching new interventions in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. According to a report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) released earlier...

Leaked Emails Reveal Clintons’ Ties to Epstein Deeper Than Previously Disclosed

(José Niño, Headline USA) Newly authenticated emails from Jeffrey Epstein's personal accounts reveal the convicted sex offender and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell maintained significantly closer ties to the Clinton Foundation and its personnel than Bill and Hillary Clinton have publicly disclosed, according to a recent report by Dropsite News. The...

‘Systemic Fraud:’ HUD Secretary Condemns $5.8 Billion in ‘Questionable’ Payments

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Trump administration says it will crack down on housing assistance fraud after a report from the Department of Housing and Human Development flagged billions in potentially fraudulent payments made since fiscal year 2024. “A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President...

Tariffs to Transgender Athletes: SCOTUS Cases to Watch in 2026

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court will head into 2026 with numerous high profile decisions to issue. Transgender athletes, birthright citizenship, presidential firing power, tariffs and redistricting are several issues that hang in the balance of the high court’s decision making. The Center Square compiled many of...

Colorado Marijuana Sales Hit $1B as Trump Shifts Policy

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) In 2025, Coloradans spent upwards of $1 billion on legal marijuana. That generated almost $200 million in tax and fee revenue for the state, according to monthly data published by the Colorado Department of Revenue. By the end of the year, the department anticipates...

‘Epstein Files’ Revelations Continue to Roil Washington

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days past the official Congressionally-set deadline to publish all federal files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. Department of Justice is still releasing the documents piecemeal. Congress last month overwhelmingly passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated that the DOJ declassify by...

Trump Says He’ll Support an Israeli Attack on Iran If Tehran ‘Continues’ Its Missile Program

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Monday that he would support an Israeli attack on Iran if Tehran “continues” its conventional missile program or if it works to rebuild its civilian nuclear program that was damaged by US airstrikes during the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic in June. The...

Report: CIA Conducted a Drone Strike in Venezuela

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has claimed that the US had “knocked out” a “big facility” as part of the US campaign targeting alleged drug boats in Latin America and against Venezuela. CNN later reported on Monday that the CIA conducted a drone strike on a port facility in Venezuela, which,...

Mike Pompeo: GOP Must Root Out Antisemitism or Face ‘Poisonous’ Consequences

ing Groisman's attendance at a White House Hanukkah celebration—Pompeo acknowledged growing concerns about antisemitic sentiment emerging in Republican circles.
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