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(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Five-year plans for American roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs reaches an 18-month crescendo Thursday with a committee markup of the $580 billion BUILD America 250 Act. Introduced by Reps. Sam Graves, R-Mo., and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and three...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Graham Platner, the progressive favorite seeking Maine's Senate seat, is grappling with newly surfaced Reddit posts containing graphic sexual admissions about portable toilets and glowing descriptions of obscene military bathroom artwork, according to Fox News. A March 2017 entry on Reddit's r/Military forum captured Platner responding...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that he has decided to “hold off” on a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday due to requests from the US’s Gulf Arab allies. Trump claimed that the request to delay the attack came from...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that any US attack on Cuba would cause a “bloodbath,” a warning that comes as US officials are setting up pretexts for a potential war on the island nation. “The threats of military aggression against from the world’s greatest...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Trouble for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is far from over, as Vice President JD Vance appeared to confirm Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating allegations of immigration fraud involving the congresswoman. Omar was separately referred to the House Ethics Committee over her amended financial disclosures, which...

(Headline USA) Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk will make their case Tuesday to close portions of a key hearing and seal some evidence after a judge rejected their request to ban news cameras from court. Tyler Robinson's defense has argued that broadcasts of the proceedings...

(Headline USA) Before the first shot rang out at a San Diego mosque in a deadly shooting that would leave three men dead, police were already scrambling to find two teenagers who would ultimately be responsible. The search began after a mother of one of the teenagers reported her son was...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced the site of the latest city-owned grocery store as the democratic socialist looks to make good on a key campaign pledge. The 20,000-square-foot store, located in the Bronx's Hunts Point neighborhood, is part of a $70...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) China agreed to buy at least $17 billion annually in U.S. agricultural products through 2028 as part of a broader package of trade agreements announced during President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing. The agreements also included what the White House described as the first major...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US officials are working to create pretexts for a potential war on Cuba, as President Trump has made clear that the island nation is in his administration’s crosshairs. Late last week, US media outlets reported that the Department of Justice is taking steps to indict former Cuban President...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court slapped down an appeal from Virginia Democrats Friday to uphold their redrawn map of congressional districts, preserving what appears to be a Republican advantage heading into midterm elections. The high court did not include a reason along with its order. With multiple...

(Headline USA) All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said...