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(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Following Wednesday's news that inflation remained elevated in September, economic reports released Thursday and Friday offered a look at rising prices across the U.S. economy. Import prices, export prices, and prices charged by American producers all recorded their largest annual increases since 2022. Rising import prices...

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Lawmakers from both parties...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican and former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race. “You have to vote for Michele Tafoya, who is a very respected person,” Trump said during a rally in Ohio on Monday. “It’s hard to win because...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her delegation spent more than $200,000 on an eight-day trip to Asia in September, averaging $26,000 per day. This is according to records obtained by The Center Square through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Michigan...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A New Jersey deputy attorney general has been charged in Pennsylvania after investigators alleged he used artificial intelligence to create and distribute child sexual abuse material online. A CBS Philadelphia report identified the defendant as Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, a Lower Makefield Township resident. The Bucks...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Trump administration's border security efforts are ongoing, including sending more National Guard troops to the southwest border. The most recent to be sent to Texas are from New York. Last week, 120 New York Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the 204th Engineer Battalion were sent...

(Headline USA)  At least eight states are suing artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, saying the company's popular chatbot model violated state consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults in what prosecutors described as a reckless pursuit of profit. The company's chatbot model, ChatGPT, is giving dangerous medical advice, encouraging...

(Headline USA) Six Flags Over Georgia is set to open its gates Friday evening for the first time since a man fell to his death from one of the amusement park's towering roller coasters. Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old school employee from Atlanta, was thrown from the Goliath coaster...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration sued California election officials Thursday, asking a judge to bar the state from counting mail-in ballots for next month's midterm elections from people the federal government has identified as “likely” noncitizens until their status can be confirmed. The lawsuit comes after the Justice Department said...

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) Ohio’s universal school choice plan took another hit in the courts Thursday. The 10th District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the state's EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion voucher programs are unconstitutional. Again, the court stayed the opinion, allowing the programs to continue while...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) FBI agents in north Texas have disrupted a North Korean espionage ring targeting U.S. companies. The scheme involves illegally obtaining information from U.S. companies to facilitate the country’s sanctioned weapons program, federal authorities allege. The case “is about far more than fraud,” U.S. Attorney Ryan...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former neo-Nazi in Tennessee was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to plotting to destroy a Tennessee energy facility in November 2024, days before the presidential election. The one-time neo-Nazi, Skyler Philippi, was sentenced after his lawyers pushed for...