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(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum to expand space travel, with the goal of facilitating more than 1,000 launches and reentries “on American soil” each year by 2030. The White House seeks to encourage American exceptionalism in its approach to space travel, beginning with...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) By now, anyone who follows cable news is likely familiar with Gustavo Gordillo, the co-chair of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. But viewers may not know that the self-described socialist lives in a Brooklyn townhouse now valued at $1.5 million,...

(Ioannis Vlahos, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration is increasing sanctions on Cuba, in the form of new economic penalties for Cuban industries as well as expanding enforcement of laws that bar Americans who visit the island from dealings with government-owned or -affiliated businesses. The penalties, which were announced Thursday by the...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) Federal and state officials are questioning Illinois sanctuary policies after a Jordanian national charged with illegal possession of Molotov cocktails was released on electronic monitoring while he was unlawfully present in the United States. Hamed Alsaidi, 31, was arrested in Mokena on August 1 and...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to meet with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un sometime this year, though Pyongyang has not yet confirmed that Kim is interested in talks. “I get along with him well,” Trump said, according to The Washington Post. “And you...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Flock, a video surveillance company, is working to build privacy legislation in the United States based on the company’s policies. An emerging license-plate-reading camera company, Flock has faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers and the public in recent years over its tactics to monitor law enforcement...

(Headline USA) A U.S. Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they reenlist soon: four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Commanders of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, believe free time to...

(Headline USA)  Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as “Believe,” “She Needed Help” and “Peace For Lindsay,” gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Michael Caruso, the suspended clerk of courts for Palm Beach County, remained behind bars for another night after authorities charged him with sexually abusing a young relative, according to a CBS News report. Caruso, who previously oversaw the county's clerk's office, appeared in court restrained...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Texas federal judge has struck down the Biden administration's signature restriction on untraceable firearms, finding the regulation violates two separate constitutional guarantees roughly 17 months after the Supreme Court let it stand on narrower grounds. Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Fort Worth ruled...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American Action Network, a leading outside group tied to House Republican leadership, plans to roll out a $22 million advertising push on Thursday spanning 41 congressional districts, according to an Axios report. The move signals how GOP strategists intend to lean on tax policy...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As the national debt quickly approaches $40 trillion, economists warn that skyrocketing deficits will distinctly impact Americans of all generations, including students, families and retirees. Global think tank The Conference Board analyzed how different levels of budget deficits will adversely impact student loan costs, mortgage...