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(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Minnesota U.S. Senate race has shifted in favor of Republican and former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. The Cook Political Report shifted its rating in the race from “Likely Democrat” to “Lean Democrat.” The shift comes as fraud,...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Seven in 10 true independents say the country is headed the wrong way, a new The Center Square poll found, but most won’t commit to either major party’s candidate. The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll found 70% of true independents say things in the country...

(Headline USA) Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds. An indictment unsealed on Thursday...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military has been scaling back its presence at bases across the Middle East, and the US has ordered staff reductions at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, NBC News reported Wednesday, amid growing signs that the US and Israel may be preparing to launch another attack on Iran. Sources...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A California county sent duplicate mail-in ballots to thousands of voters in what officials have characterized  as a printing error, raising questions about election security amid heightened federal scrunity. Tulare County, which includes part of Sequoia National Park, acknowledged the “error” in a statement posted on its...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, temporarily prevented the Trump administration from challenging a policy that allows federal taxpayer dollars to support prisoners' gender transitions. The majority justices on the high court did not block an order in Trump v. Kingdom, a...

(Headline USA) Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Kennedy, has died. She was 42. An advocate for education reform and disability rights, Kennedy lived most of her life in Massachusetts. She died on Sept. 21, according to the town clerk...

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. aerospace and defense shares have lagged the broader market as investors reassess whether President Donald Trump’s proposed $500 billion military spending expansion can survive the November midterm elections. The Financial Times reported that Wall Street is increasingly pricing in a Democratic congressional breakthrough and...

(Headline USA) The FBI is investigating reports of an “incendiary device” being thrown at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday night. There were no reports of injuries or significant damage, the FBI said in a statement. “FBI personnel and evidence response technicians are on site collecting...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign appeared to stand by an ad that featured his Democrat opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother to attack her as a "liar." The ad in question features Donna Stearns Arthur accusing her Democrat daughter of lying about her past. The two...

(Headline USA) The parents of one of three children killed in last week's shooting at an elementary school in Oregon have hired attorneys to investigate the school's protocols and how the teenage gunman got his weapon. Rhoam Summer, 5, was one of three children killed along with a teacher in the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration on Monday launched a formal investigation into the controversial D.C. Department of Corrections, dubbed the “D.C. Gulag” by critics over the reported harsh treatment of detainees, including many Jan. 6 defendants. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division notified D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser of the investigation in...