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Secret Service Aims to Hire 4,000 More Agents, Officers and Other Staff

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the heels of two major assassination attempts and a slew of other scandals, the Secret Service is aiming to hire 4,000 new employees by 2028, according to the Washington Post. The Post reported Sunday that the service aims to expand its special agent ranks from...

How the US Captured Venezuelan Leader Nicolás Maduro

(Headline USA) After months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its leader and whisk him to the United States where his administration plans to put him on trial. In a Saturday morning interview on...

Helicopter Crashes Into Arizona Mountains, Killing 4

(Headline USA) A private helicopter crashed Friday in a mountainous area of Arizona, killing all four people aboard, officials said. Those killed were the 59-year-old pilot, two 21-year-old women and a 22-year-old woman, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on the social platform X. Their names have not...

Judge Who Aided Illegal Immigrant Resigns Under Threat of GOP Impeachment

(Headline USA) Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an illegal immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor. The letter was sent Saturday. Republicans had been making plans to impeach her ever since her Dec. 19 conviction. A spokesperson...

Tesla Loses Title as World’s Biggest Electric Vehicle Maker as Sales Fall for 2nd Year in a Row

(Headline USA) Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a...

U.S. House Contests to Decide Control of Congress in 2026

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. However, analysts predict only 66 have at least a slight chance of...

First Negotiated Medicare Drug Prices Go Into Effect Jan. 1

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Negotiated lower Medicare costs for 10 popular prescription drugs went into effect Thursday. How much those savings will be passed on to Medicare Part D and applicable Advantage plan enrollees is unclear, however, as drug pricing and reimbursement is notoriously complex and opaque, though lawmakers...

WATCH: TCS Investigating Potential Child Care Center Fraud in WA

(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Daycare centers that receive hundreds of thousands in taxpayer subsides did not appear to have any children when The Center Square visited the facilities this week and were either openly hostile or told journalists that they were hoping to have children in their care,...

State Department Investigated Would-be Trump Assassin before His Attack

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The State Department released records about Ryan Routh on Wednesday, showing that he was under investigation prior to his Sept. 15, 2024, assassination attempt against Donald Trump. As has been widely reported, Routh went to Ukraine shortly after Russia invaded in early 2022, and he worked...

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...
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