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(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...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has at least some 75,000 unreleased records pertaining to Thomas Crooks, the man who allegedly tried assassinating Donald Trump at his July 13, 2024, campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, court records show. That information comes from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed last...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Kashyap Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is being protected by agents on the bureau’s Nashville SWAT team. According to the New York Times, such measures are costing the taxpayers an estimated $1 million per year. “A former senior official who has hired such agents said Ms. Wilkins’s...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The man at the heart of the 2016 Russia hoax that sought to usurp the duly elected president of the United States has now set his sights on overthrowing the commonwealth of Virginia. Steele Dossier architect Marc Elias issued an X post Tuesday that urged Virginia...

(Headline USA) A massive fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region killed a firefighter and injured at least 11 other people Friday, authorities said. The firefighter was found dead at the mill, state officials said. The firefighter was part of a huge emergency response to flames tearing...

(Headline USA) U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa’s most populous country in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said Abu Bakr...

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of former county clerk Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering related to the 2020 election. The move follows months of pressure from President Donald Trump on the high-profile case, with Peters now eligible for parole on...

(Headline USA) Two people inside a small plane were found dead Thursday after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames, the Akron Fire Department said. There were no immediate reports of injuries inside the home after the crash shortly before 4 p.m., the department said in a...